Portland General Electric Company
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/01/2005, Docket: RP05-550-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 23 First Revised Sheet No. 23 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 23
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. DEFINITIONS
Except where the context expressly establishes another meaning, the
following terms when used in this Tariff and in a Service Agreement or
other agreement with Transporter incorporating said Tariff will have the
following meanings:
1.1 Agent: Any party retained by Service Requester for purposes of
administering Service Requester's Service Agreement with Transporter. An
Agent has only those rights designated in writing to Transporter by such
Service Requester.
1.2 Balancing Nomination: A separately identified Nomination to resolve
or reduce imbalance(s) with Transporter.
1.3 Begin Date: The Gas Day specified by Service Requester when a
transaction is to begin.
1.4 British Thermal Unit ("Btu"): As defined in the American Gas
Association Report No. 3, as revised from time to time. "Standardize the
reporting basis for Btu as 14.73 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. Standardize the reporting
basis for gas volumes as cubic foot at standard conditions of 14.73 psia,
60 degrees F, and dry. For gas volumes reported in cubic meters, the
standard conditions are 101.325 kPa, 15 degrees C, and dry." NAESB WGQ
Standard 2.3.9.
1.5 Business Day: "Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Banking
Holidays for transactions in the U.S., and similar holidays for
transactions occurring in Canada and Mexico." NAESB WGQ Standard 3.2.1.
1.6 Commission: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any
successor entity thereto.
1.7 Confirmation Requester: "A Confirmation Requester is a Service
Provider (including a Point Operator) which is seeking to confirm a
quantity of gas via the information outlined in NAESB WGQ Standard 1.4.3
with another Service Provider (the Confirming Party) with respect to a
nomination at a location." NAESB WGQ Standard 1.2.8.