Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 08/15/2007, Docket: RP07-526-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 111B Original Sheet No. 111B : Effective
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
3. CONTRACTING FOR SERVICE (continued)
3.7 Sale of Capacity. Upon the availability of new storage capacity
resulting from an expansion of Saltville's facilities, Saltville
shall sell such capacity to prospective Customers either via the
open season procedures described in Section 3.8 below or via the
first-come, first-served procedures described in Section 3.9
below, with the selection of the procedures being at Saltville's
sole option.
3.8 Open Season.
(a) Notice of open season. If Saltville elects to conduct an
open season pursuant to Section 3.7 above or if an open
season is required pursuant to Section 8 of Rate Schedule
FSS, Saltville shall post notice of the open season on its
Internet Web site. Such notice shall set forth when the
open season begins and ends, the type of service being
offered, the minimum rates, if any, Saltville will accept
for the available capacity, how and where interested parties
may submit requests for service, the criteria that will be
used to evaluate bids ("Bid Evaluation Procedures"), and
additional details about the open season.
(b) Duration. An open season held pursuant to Section 3.7 above
shall be held for a period of not less than five (5)
Business Days. An open season for storage capacity held
pursuant to Section 8 of Rate Schedule FSS shall be held
according to the timeline specified in Section 8.2(b) of
such rate schedule. During this time, Saltville will accept
bids from potential Customers for the service identified in
the notice of the open season. All bids submitted in
response to a notice of an open season must be submitted to
Saltville via the LINK® System.
(c) At the conclusion of the open season, the value of each
submitted bid will be determined according to the Bid
Evaluation Procedures. Saltville reserves the right to
reject any bid which (i) may detrimentally impact the
operational integrity of Saltville's facility, (ii) yields
an economic value that is unacceptable to Saltville, (iii)
does not satisfy all of the terms of a specific open season,
(iv) does not contain all of the required information
specified in the notice of the open season, (v) contains
terms and conditions other than those contained in
Saltville's FERC Gas Tariff, and/or (vi) does not meet
Saltville's creditworthiness requirements set forth in
Section 3.4 of the General Terms and Conditions. If
Saltville rejects any request for available capacity posted
pursuant to this Section 3.8, Saltville will notify the
potential Customer that submitted the rejected bid of the
reason(s) for such rejection via e-mail.