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Effective Date: 06/01/2010, Docket: RP10-678-000, Status: Effective
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 51 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 51
Superseding: Third Revised Sheet No. 51
RATE SCHEDULE MBA
Management of Balancing Agreement Service
1. AVAILABILITY
This Rate Schedule is available to any party (hereafter called
"Balancing Provider") who contracts with a Shipper or another party
(hereafter called "Balancing Customer") for the purpose of providing
Balancing Customer with balancing services. At the request, and under
the direction of, Balancing Provider, Transporter will manage the
balancing service, provided that:
1.1 Balancing Provider has entered into a Management of Balancing
Agreement ("MBA Agreement") in the form contained in Transporter's
Gas Tariff for service under this rate schedule.
1.2 Balancing Provider has entered into a balancing agreement with
Balancing Customer, and has provided the same to Transporter for
it to determine that the terms and conditions are (i) not
inconsistent with Transporter's Gas Tariff, except as may be noted
herein, (ii) operationally and administratively feasible for
Transporter to manage, and (iii) are otherwise acceptable to
Transporter.
1.3 Balancing Provider can provide Transporter with the receipt of Gas
or the delivery of Gas at point(s) (hereafter called "Balancing
Point(s)") which are at or downstream of the point that is
balanced (hereafter called "Market Point") on behalf of Balancing
Customer. Such Balancing Point(s) may include point(s) in Canada
on Transporter's interconnected affiliate pipeline, Vector
Pipeline Limited Partnership.
1.4 Balancing Provider provides Transporter with (i) written proof of
its access to and/or control of the Balancing Point(s) and Market
Point at which the balancing will take place, (ii) the names and
methods of communicating with persons who are authorized to act
for Balancing Provider and whom Transporter can contact for
purposes of managing the balancing service.
1.5 Balancing Provider has satisfied the creditworthiness criteria in
section 31 of the GT&C of Transporter's Gas Tariff.
1.6 Balancing Provider has in effect a Transportation Agreement(s)
under Rate Schedules FT-1, FT-L, FT-H, or IT-1 (hereafter called
"Associated Transportation Agreement(s)") and represents and
undertakes to tender to Transporter for transportation pursuant to
that Associated Transportation Agreement(s) such quantities of Gas
as may be required for purposes of performing the requested
balancing service at an hourly quantity that is equal to or