Viking Gas Transmission Company

First Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 09/01/2005, Docket: RP05-394-001, Status: Effective

Substitute Original Sheet No. 85.01 Substitute Original Sheet No. 85.01 : Effective

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

22. REQUESTS FOR SERVICE (Continued)

22.4 Creditworthiness Notices

22.4.1 Company Responsibilities

(a) Company shall designate, on its Internet website or in written

notices to Customer, the Internet E-mail addresses of up to two

representatives who are authorized to receive notices regarding

Customer's creditworthiness. Customer's obligation to provide

confirmation of receipt is met by sending such confirmation to

such representatives, and Company shall manage internal

distribution of any such confirmations. [0.3.7]

(b) If Company requests additional information to be used for credit

evaluation after the initiation of service, Company,

contemporaneous with the request, shall provide its reason(s) for

requesting the additional information to Customer and designate

to whom the response shall be sent. Company and Customer may

mutually agree to waive this requirement. [0.3.3]

(c) Upon receipt from Customer of all credit information provided,

Company shall notify Customer's authorized representative(s) that

it has received such information. Company and Customer may

mutually agree to waive this requirement. [0.3.6]

(d) After Company's receipt of Customer's request for re-evaluation,

including all required information ("Customer's Request"), within

five (5) Business Days, Company shall provide a written response

to Customer's Request. Such written response shall include

either a determination of creditworthiness status, clearly

stating the reason(s) for Company's decision, or an explanation

supporting a future date, which a re-evaluation determination

will be made. In no event shall such re-evaluation determination

exceed twenty (20) Business Days from the date of the receipt of

the Customer's Request unless specified in Company's FERC Gas

Tariff or if the parties mutually agree to some later date.

[0.3.9]

(e) Regarding capacity release transactions, Company shall provide

the original releasing Shipper with Internet E-mail notification

reasonably proximate in time with any of the following formal

notices given by Company to the Releasing Shipper's Replacement

Shipper(s), of the following:

(i) Notice to the Replacement Shipper regarding the Replacement

Shipper's past due, deficiency, or default status pursuant

to this Section 22 and Section 6 of the General Terms and

Conditions of Company's FERC Gas Tariff.

(ii) Notice to the Replacement Shipper regarding the Replacement

Shipper's suspension of service notice;

(iii) Notice to the Replacement Shipper regarding the Replacement

Shipper's contract termination notice due to default or

credit-related issues; and

(iv) Notice to the Replacement Shipper that the Replacement

Shipper(s) is no longer creditworthy and has not provided

credit alternative(s) pursuant to this Section 22. [5.3.60]