Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 10/01/2009, Docket: RP09-953-000, Status: Effective
Sixth Revised Sheet No. 113 Sixth Revised Sheet No. 113
Superseding: Fifth Revised Sheet No. 113
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
4. CAPACITY RELEASE
Any Customer under Rate Schedule FSS may seek to release to others any or all of its firm
service entitlements on a full Day or a partial Day basis, on a permanent or a temporary
basis, and on a recallable or non-recallable basis, subject to the procedures set forth in
this Section 4.
4.1 Notice of Offer. A Customer offering to release firm service entitlements shall
notify Saltville of the terms of its offer via the LINK® System, by the posting
deadline as determined pursuant to Section 4.3 herein. Saltville will display this
information on the LINK® System. Customer may propose a pre-arranged designated
Replacement Customer ("Prearranged Customer") to which the capacity would be
released. The releasing party has the right to withdraw its offer during the bid
period where unanticipated circumstances justify and no minimum bid has been made.
Offers shall be binding until written or electronic notice of withdrawal is
received by Saltville. The notice of withdrawal, which Saltville shall post on the
LINK® System, must contain the reason for withdrawal. Any contingencies or special
terms and conditions included in the offer to release capacity shall not be
contrary to any applicable provision of this FERC Gas Tariff. The offer shall
contain the following minimum information:
(a) Customer's legal name and the name of the individual who has authorized the
offer to release the capacity;
(b) Saltville's service agreement number;
(c) A description of the capacity to be released. Release quantity shall be
expressed as a numeric quantity only.
The offer must state the Maximum Storage Quantity, the Maximum Daily
Receipt Obligation, the Maximum Daily Delivery Obligation, the Maximum
Daily Injection Quantity, and the Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity and the
associated Primary Point of Receipt and Primary Point of Delivery, subject
to the proposed release and subject to the daily quantity limitations
described in Section 4.2 below;
(d) Whether the release is on a permanent or a temporary basis;
(e) The proposed effective date and term of the release;
(f) The identity of any Prearranged Customer, whether the Prearranged Customer
is affiliated with the Releasing Customer;
(g) For biddable releases, the method to be applied in evaluating bids,
allocating capacity and breaking ties, as described in Section 4.6 below;
provided, however, if the Releasing Customer specifies a bid evaluation
methodology other than the standard methods of highest rate, net revenue or
present value, such alternative bid evaluation method, which may include,
but is not limited to, the application of the Risk of Default Factor as set
forth in Section 3.8(h), must be set forth with sufficient specificity that
Saltville's evaluation of the bids to determine the "best bid" is a purely
ministerial matter that does not require any discretionary exercise of
judgment by Saltville. In addition, Releasing Customer must specify the
Tie Break Method that Saltville will apply to award capacity among multiple
bids that yield the same value;
(h) Whether, to what extent, and the conditions pursuant to which capacity will
be subject to recall for a full Day or a partial Day; and if recallable,
(1) whether the Releasing Customer's recall notification must be provided
exclusively on a Business Day, and (2) any reput methods and rights
associated with returning the previously released capacity to the
Replacement Customer. These rights and methods may be either: (i) reput
must be accepted by the original Replacement Customer for the original
terms of the release, or (ii) reput may be accepted at the option of the
original Replacement Customer for the original terms of the release.