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. 341 Original Sheet No. 341 : Pending
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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(c) If an upstream or downstream party requires
additional information, if the volumes transported are subject to a
discounted rate, or if additional information is otherwise required by
Natural, then, upon notification by Natural, Shipper must include in each
nomination such additional information as is specified by Natural.
Nominations must be submitted to Natural through Natural's Interactive
Website, or such other electronic means as are mutually agreed upon by
Natural and Shipper. The sending party should adhere to nomination,
confirmation, and scheduling deadlines. The receiving party may waive any
submittal deadline in this Section 8.
(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.
8.2 STANDARD NOMINATION CYCLES
Natural 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 Natural; noon to send Quick Response; 3:30 p.m. for
receipt of completed confirmations by Natural 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 Natural; 6:30 p.m. to send Quick Response; 9:00 p.m. for
receipt of completed confirmations by Natural from upstream and downstream
connected parties; 10:00 p.m. for Natural 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).