Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Fourth Revised Volume No. 1-B
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Effective Date: 05/01/2002, Docket: RP02-202-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 52F First Revised Sheet No. 52F : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 52F
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS - continued
Subject to the provisions in Sections 23.10(d)(1), (2) and (3)
below, the selection of winning Qualified Bid(s) among Qualified Bids
(or combinations thereof) of equal Winning Bid Value is based on the
following order of preference: (i) pro rata, if possible; (ii)
preference for a Qualified Bid with the highest Maximum Bid Volume;
(iii) preference for a Qualified Bid with the lowest Minimum Bid
Volume; and (iv) first come, first served.
The specific Qualified Bid selection procedure is as follows:
(1) Winning Bid Value Identification. If there is only
one Qualified Bid, or combination of Qualified Bids, which creates the
Winning Bid Value, such Qualified Bid(s) shall be awarded the released
capacity.
(2) In order to break ties, Transporter shall identify
all Qualified Bids which, alone or in combination with other Qualified
Bids, can create the Winning Bid Value. Transporter shall rank order
these Qualified Bids in order of their Unit Bid Value from highest to
lowest. Then Transporter shall allocate the Capacity Release Request
capacity first to the Maximum Bid Volume of each Qualified Bid with
the highest Unit Bid Value; Transporter shall allocate any remainder
to the Maximum Bid Volume of each Qualified Bid with the next highest
Unit Bid Value; and so forth. If, at any step, the available Capacity
Release Request capacity is less than the combined Maximum Bid Volumes
of Qualified Bids with equal Unit Bid Values, then the Capacity
Release Request capacity shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to
each Qualified Bid based on its Maximum Bid Volume. To the extent
such a pro rata allocation would result in a capacity allocation to
one or more Qualified Bid(s) below its Minimum Bid Volume, then such
below-minimum Qualified Bids shall be discarded in their entirety and
the Capacity Release Request capacity shall instead be allocated on a
pro rata basis (based on the Maximum Bid Volume of each Qualified Bid)
among the remaining Qualified Bid(s).
(3) In the event that the previous Section 23.10(d)(2)
pro rata allocation procedure does not result in a single winning
combination of Qualified Bid(s) with the Winning Bid Value, then
Section 23.10(d)(2) shall be disregarded and the winning Qualified
Bid(s) shall be determined in the following manner: