Natural Gas Pipeline Company Of America
Seventh Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/18/2008, Docket: RP08-319-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 330 Original Sheet No. 330 : Pending
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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5.11 DELINQUENCY IN PAYMENT
(a) Irrespective of any otherwise applicable priority, Natural
may suspend service to any Shipper which is delinquent in payments under
any Agreement, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Natural shall give Shipper written notice of the
delinquency and of Natural's intent to suspend service if the deficiency
is not cured. If the delinquency is not remedied within fifteen (15) days
of such notice, Natural may suspend service. Natural shall simultaneously
provide written notice to the Commission of any such suspension.
(2) If a Shipper which has been deficient in payment
hereunder is again deficient in payment within six (6) months after the
prior deficiency, then Natural may suspend service to such Shipper within
five (5) Business Days after providing notice hereunder unless Shipper
remedies the deficiency within that time period. A Shipper shall not be
obligated to pay any reservation or demand charges for suspended service
attributable to the period when that service is suspended.
(b) In addition to suspension, Natural may terminate service if
the Shipper fails to remedy a delinquency in payment. Any such
termination requires thirty (30) days' prior notice to Shipper and to the
Commission. To avoid termination, the Shipper must remedy the deficiency
within this notice period. Such notice may be given simultaneously with
the initial notice under Section 5.11(a)(1) of these General Terms and
Conditions or with the notice under Section 5.11(a)(2) of these General
Terms and Conditions.
(c) In the event of a good faith billing dispute, withholding
of payment for the amount in dispute by Shipper shall not be considered a
delinquency in payment, consistent with Section 15 of these General Terms
and Conditions, and will not result in suspension or termination of
service.
(d) Natural may not take any action under this Section 5.11
which conflicts with any order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
5.12 DETERIORATION OF CREDIT
(a) (1) If at any time Natural reasonably determines based on
adequate information available to it that a Shipper is not creditworthy
under Section 16(a) of these General Terms and Conditions or if Shipper
fails to maintain assurance of future performance under Section 16(b) of