Gulf South Pipeline Company L P
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 05/05/2003, Docket: RP03- 64-000, Status: Suspended
Third Revised Sheet No. 1201 Third Revised Sheet No. 1201 : Suspended
Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 1201
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Section 5
(Continued)
(e) A warranty that the Customer, and its parent, has not
declared bankruptcy or is subject to liquidation or debt
reduction proceeding under state or federal guidelines.
5.2 Credit Evaluation
(a) Gulf South's credit evaluation procedures will result in the
establishment of maximum dollar credit limits on a
standardized nondiscriminatory basis for each Customer. The
total amount owed Gulf South by Customer for transportation
or storage service, including without limitation the value
of imbalance gas, shall not at any time exceed the maximum
dollar credit limit established for such Customer. In the
event the Customer's credit limit is exceeded, then Gulf
South will apply the standards of this Section and, if
necessary, has the right to seek additional security under
Section 5.3.
(b) Creditworthiness will be initially established by the
Customer having an investment grade credit rating or an un-
enhanced senior unsecured debt rating of at least BBB- by
Standard & Poor's or Fitch or a rating of at least Baa3 by
Moody's. To the extent the Customer is rated by multiple
agencies, Gulf South shall use the lowest credit rating to
determine the Customer's creditworthiness. If the Customer
does not have its own credit rating, then Gulf South shall
either calculate a credit rating based upon financial
analysis criteria and ratios, which are generally relied
upon in the natural gas industry or rely upon the credit
rating of the Customer's parent company. In addition, Gulf
South will consider the following factors:
(i) Consideration of whether Customer or any parent
entity has pending a petition in bankruptcy or the
entry of a decree or order, continuing unstayed and
in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive
days, by a court having jurisdiction adjudging the
following:
1) declaring the Customer as bankrupt or
insolvent;