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. 375 Original Sheet No. 375 : Pending
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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12. BALANCING SERVICE AND OVERRUN CHARGES
12.1 GENERAL
This Section applies to transportation services provided
under Rate Schedules FTS, FFTS, FTS-G, DSS and ITS, to storage services
provided under Rate Schedules PALS, BESS, DSS, FRSS and NSS and to line
pack service under Rate Schedules IBS and LPS. Except for the no-notice
aspect of service under Rate Schedules DSS, FTS-G/NB, FFTS-NB, FRSS and
FTS-NB, each Shipper has the obligation to ensure actual volumes delivered
to Natural at Receipt Points and actual volumes taken from Natural at
Delivery Points conform to the volumes nominated by the Shipper and
confirmed by Natural each day.
12.2 BALANCING SERVICE AND OVERRUN CHARGES DURING NON-
CRITICAL TIMES
(a) During periods when a Critical Time is not in
effect, if actual receipts, deliveries, injections or withdrawals under an
Agreement at a point on any day do not conform to a Shipper's rights under
its Agreements or to the sum of its confirmed nominations and available
no-notice rights, after receipts, deliveries, injections and withdrawals
are allocated consistent with Section 10 or 11 of these General Terms and
Conditions, as applicable, the following Overrun Charges and Balancing
Service Charges shall apply (except as provided in Section 12.6):
(1) In the event that receipts, deliveries,
injections or withdrawals allocated to a Shipper under said
Section 10 or 11 at any point or under any Agreement exceed Shipper's
available firm contractual rights (MDQ, MSV, IQ or WQ), an Overrun
Charge shall apply. Specifically, the Overrun Charges set out herein
shall apply to the following: volumes taken or tendered in excess of
MDQ under Rate Schedule FTS, FFTS or FTS-G; volumes taken or tendered
in excess of MDQ, MSV, IQ or WQ or volumes taken in excess of
Shipper's maximum withdrawal rights in any fifteen (15) day period
under Rate Schedule DSS; and volumes taken or tendered in excess of
MDQ, MSV, IQ or WQ under Rate Schedule NSS; volumes taken or tendered
in excess of MDQ, IQ, WQ or MSWQ under Rate Schedule FRSS; and
volumes taken or tendered in excess of Shipper's maximum daily access
volumes or maximum allowed cumulative IBS Balance under Rate Schedule
IBS; and volumes taken or tendered in excess of a Shipper's rights
under an LPS Agreement or in any way inconsistent with an LPS RO. In
addition, if a Shipper fails to satisfy the maximum or minimum
monthly withdrawal obligation in Rate Schedule DSS, an Overrun Charge