Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Fourth Revised Volume No. 1-B
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Effective Date: 12/28/1999, Docket: GT00- 19-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 21 Original Sheet No. 21 : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SERVICES - continued
Unpaid and Disputed Bills. If an invoice is in
dispute, Shipper shall pay portion not in dispute
and provide documentation identifying basis for the
dispute. Should Shipper fail to pay part or all of
the amount of any such bill, interest thereon shall
accrue at an average prime interest rate computed
in a manner consistent with section 154.501(d) of
the FERC's Regulations from the DUE DATE until date
of receipt of payment by transporter. If such
failure to pay continues 30 days after payment is
due, Transporter, in addition to any other remedy
it may have, after Transporter provides Shipper
with 20 days prior written notice may suspend
further service to Shipper until such amount is
paid; provided however, that if Shipper in good
faith disputes in writing the amount of any such
bill or parts thereof and pays to Transporter such
amounts as it concedes to be correct, and at any
time thereafter within 30 days of the demand made
by Transporter shall furnish a good and sufficient
surety bond guaranteeing payment to Transporter of
the amount ultimately found due upon such bills
after a final determination, which may be either by
agreement or judgment of the courts as may be the
case, then Transporter shall not be entitled to
suspend further service unless and until default be
made in the condition of such bond. If resolution
of the dispute is in favor of Shipper and the
Shipper furnished a surety bond and any
interest assessed instead of paying the disputed
amount, then the Transporter shall reimburse
Shipper for the cost of securing the surety bond
and any interest assessed. No payment by Shipper
or the amount of a disputed bill shall prejudice
the right of Shipper to claim an adjustment of the
disputed bill.
10.2 Any payments received shall first be applied to
accrued interest, then to additional charges due,
then to the previously outstanding principal due,
and lastly, to the most current principal due.