Western Gas Interstate Company
Third Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 06/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 53-003, Status: Effective
Revised Original Sheet No. 281 Revised Original Sheet No. 281 : Superseded
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(continued)
(b) Daily Balancing Charges - If on any day Shipper
delivers to Western at the Receipt Point(s) quantities
which are in excess of ("Positive Imbalance") or
deficient by ("Negative Imbalance")the greater of 50
MMBTU or 10 percent of the transportation quantities
taken by Shipper at the Delivery Points, as adjusted
for Retention Quantities, Shipper shall have forty
eight hours after notification by Western, or such
other period of time as reasonably required by Western
to protect the integrity of its system, to initiate
corrective action mutually agreed upon by Shipper's
and Western's gas dispatchers, at each affected
Receipt Point and Delivery Point. In the event
Shipper fails to initiate the corrective action
mutually agreed upon by Shipper's and Western's gas
dispatchers within the period agreed upon, Western
shall charge Shipper a Daily Imbalance Charge of $0.10
per day per MMBTU of Positive Imbalance or Negative
Imbalance, for each day as long as the Positive
Imbalance or Negative Imbalance exists, until Shipper
brings its cumulative imbalance within the 10 percent
tolerance level.
(c) Cumulative Monthly Balancing Charges - Subsequent to
the close of each Billing Month, Western shall notify
Shipper of its cumulative imbalance quantity, measured
as the difference between cumulative receipts and
deliveries by Western under the transportation Service
Agreement. If the absolute value of the cumulative
imbalance is more than 10 percent of the volumes
scheduled by Western for Shipper under the Service
Agreement in the Billing Month, then Shipper and
Western's dispatchers shall agree on appropriate
corrective action within ten days and Shipper shall
bring its cumulative imbalance within this 10 percent
limit within 45 days after such agreement.
If Shipper fails to bring its cumulative imbalance
within the 10 percent limit within the 45 day period,
then Western shall charge Shipper $0.01 per MMBTU per