Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 02/07/2008, Docket: RP08-156-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 101 Second Revised Sheet No. 101 : Effective
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 101
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
Except where expressly stated in an executed Firm Storage Service
Agreement and/or an Interruptible Service Agreement, the General Terms
and Conditions of Saltville's currently effective FERC Gas Tariff shall
apply to all natural Gas services rendered by Saltville under any
service agreement, including, but not limited to, service under the FSS,
ISS, IPS, and ILS Rate Schedules.
2. DEFINITIONS
Base Gas shall mean the Gas required to remain in the storage cavern
connected to Saltville's facilities located in Smyth County and
Washington County, Virginia sufficient to protect the caverns'
integrity.
Btu shall mean one British Thermal Unit, and shall be the quantity of
heat required to raise the temperature of one (1) pound of water from
fifty-eight and five-tenths degrees (58.5 degrees) to fifty-nine and
five-tenths degrees (59.5 degrees) Fahrenheit. The reporting basis for
Btu is 14.73 dry psia and 60 degrees F (101.325 kPa and 15 degrees C,
and dry). Standardize the reporting basis for gigacalorie as 1.035646
Kg/cm2 and 15.6 degrees C and dry.
Business Day shall mean Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Banking
Holidays for transactions in the United States, and similar holidays for
transactions occurring in Canada and Mexico.
Contract Year shall mean the twelve (12) Month period beginning on April
1st and ending on March 31st.
Critical Notices shall mean information pertaining to Saltville
conditions that affect scheduling or adversely affect scheduled Gas
flow.
A Cubic Foot of Gas shall mean the volume of Gas that occupies one cubic
foot at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, a pressure of 14.73
psia, and dry. Mcf means one thousand (1,000) cubic feet and Mmcf means
one million (1,000,000) cubic feet.
Customer shall mean the party that holds all lawful right and/or title
to the natural Gas that is being stored, parked and/or loaned and who
executes a service agreement with Saltville.
Customer's Stored Gas or Gas Stored shall mean the quantity of Gas
(stated in Dth) stored by Saltville for Customer's account.
Customer's Transporter or Transporter shall mean the interconnected
pipeline delivering Customer's Gas to Saltville's facilities or the
interconnected pipeline receiving Customer's Gas from Saltville's
facilities.
Day or Gas Day shall mean a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive
hours, beginning and ending at 9 a.m. Central Clock Time.
Dekatherm or Dth shall mean the quantity of heat energy which is
equivalent to 1,000,000 Btu. One Dekatherm of Gas means the quantity of
Gas which contains one Dekatherm of heat energy.