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. 333 Original Sheet No. 333 : Pending
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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the Commission. To avoid termination, the Shipper must satisfy Section
16(b) of these General Terms and Conditions within this notice period.
Such notice may be given simultaneously with the notice provided for in
Section 5.12(a)(1) of these General Terms and Conditions.
(e) In addition to any prior notice provided for above, Natural
shall simultaneously notify the Commission in writing of any suspension or
termination of service under this Section 5.12.
(f) Natural may not take any action under this Section 5.12
which conflicts with any order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
5.13 EMERGENCY CURTAILMENT RELIEF
In the event that Natural is advised by a Shipper under a firm
DSS, FTS, FFTS, or FTS-G Agreement that delivery of gas is necessary to
avoid irreparable injury to life or property (including environmental
emergencies) or to provide for minimum plant protection, Natural may adjust
the volumes scheduled or curtailed (including diverting gas from other
Shippers as necessary) to deliver the volumes required within such
Shipper's MDQ to avoid or mitigate the emergency situation to the extent
Natural can do so without creating an emergency situation for the Shippers
with reduced volumes; provided, however, that no relief shall be available
hereunder to the extent a Shipper has been relying on interruptible gas or
transportation to serve the use for which relief is being requested. To
qualify for such emergency relief, Shipper must certify within twenty-four
(24) hours that it has utilized all other sources of gas supply, that it is
providing no interruptible services and that it or its customers could not
use alternate fuel. If emergency relief is sought by more than one
Shipper, any volumes which Natural can provide shall be prorated, if
necessary, based on the sum of MDQs under all of the firm Agreements listed
above for each of the requesting Shippers. The Shipper receiving relief
volumes shall pay for any volumes it receives in excess of the volumes
otherwise available under Natural's scheduling and curtailment procedures a
unit rate equal to the highest charge for failure to comply with an
Operational Flow Order during a Critical Time as specified in Section 23.
If Natural subsequently determines that Shipper was not eligible for the
emergency relief received, the charge shall be twice that specified in the
prior sentence. Except when emergency curtailment relief is provided
during a Critical Time (in which event the disposition of the revenues
shall be in accordance with Section 23), any revenues received by Natural
from such Shipper in excess of the sum of otherwise applicable charges and
any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Natural as a result of providing
relief shall be distributed among all Shippers which received reduced
volumes due to such emergency relief in proportion to their volumetric
reduction.