Western Gas Interstate Company

Fourth Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 04/01/1996, Docket: CP96- 81-006, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 222 Original Sheet No. 222 : Effective

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(continued)

considered as giving any such customer the right

to take any Curtailment Over-Run quantity; nor

shall such payment be considered as a substitute

for any other remedies available to Western or

other Buyer or Shipper against the offending Buyer

or Shipper for failure to adhere to its

obligations under the provisions of this Section

15.

15.6 Allocation of Capacity

(a) Firm Capacity - Shippers receiving firm

transportation services, when operating

within the primary receipt and delivery

limitations of their executed Service

Agreements, shall have superior right to

service over all interruptible services.

(1) Primary Receipt and Delivery Point

Capacity - When capacity available to be

scheduled for use among firm Shippers is

less than the quantity nominated and

confirmed at a Primary Receipt Point or

Delivery Point, the capacity available

for such firm services at the each

affected Point shall be prorated among

firm Shippers of firm services

scheduled:

(i) on the first of a month such that

the quantity available to be

scheduled for a given Shipper is

the lesser of (I) that Shipper's

confirmed nomination or (II) the

operational capacity of the Point

multiplied by the quotient of that

Shipper's MDTQ and the sum of the

MDTQs of each Shipper who nominated

firm service at the affected Point;

and