Trailblazer Pipeline Company
Fourth Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 12/28/2007, Docket: RP08-168-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 140 Original Sheet No. 140 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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(d) The standard quantity for nominations,
confirmation and scheduling is dekatherms per gas day in the United
States, gigajoules per gas day in Canada and gigacalories per gas day
in Mexico. (For reference, 1 dekatherm = 1,000,000 Btus; 1 gigajoule
= 1,000,000,000 joules; and 1 gigacalorie = 1,000,000,000 calories.)
For commercial purposes, the standard conversion factor between
dekatherms and gigajoules is 1.055056 gigajoules per dekatherm and
between dekatherms and gigacalories is 0.251996 gigacalories per
dekatherm. The standard Btu is the International Btu, which is also
called the Btu (IT); the standard joule is the joule specified in the
SI system of units. The International Btu is specified for use in
the gas measurement standards of the American Gas Association, the
American Petroleum Institute, the Gas Processors Association and the
American Society for Testing Materials. For non-commercial purposes,
these associations note that the exact conversion factor is
1.05505585262 Gigajoules per Dekatherm.
10.2 STANDARD NOMINATION CYCLES
Trailblazer supports the following standard
nomination cycles:
(a) The Timely Nomination Cycle: 11:30 a.m. for
nominations leaving control of the nomination party; 11:45 a.m. for
receipt of nominations by Trailblazer; noon to send Quick Response;
3:30 p.m. for receipt of completed confirmations by Trailblazer from
upstream and downstream connected parties; 4:30 p.m. for receipt of
scheduled quantities by shipper and point operator (central clock
time on the day prior to flow).
(b) The Evening Nomination Cycle: 6:00 p.m. for
nominations leaving control of the nominating party; 6:15 p.m. for
receipt of nominations by Trailblazer; 6:30 p.m. to send Quick
Response; 9:00 p.m. for receipt of completed confirmations by
Trailblazer from upstream and downstream connected parties; 10:00
p.m. for Trailblazer to provide scheduled quantities to affected
shippers and point operators, and to provide scheduled quantities to
bumped parties (notice to bumped parties), (central clock time on the
day prior to flow).
Scheduled quantities resulting from an Evening
Nomination that does not cause another Service Requester on
Trailblazer to receive notice that it is being bumped should be
effective at 9:00 a.m. on the gas Day; and when an Evening Nomination
causes another Service Requester on Trailblazer to receive notice
that it is being bumped, the scheduled quantities should be effective
at 9:00 a.m. on the gas Day.