Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC

Original Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 05/01/1999, Docket: CP96- 52-003, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 20 Original Sheet No. 20 : Effective

RATE SCHEDULE LNG-2

Natural Gas Liquefaction and Terminal Delivery

(Guilford County, North Carolina)

(Continued)

5. DETERMINATION OF DELIVERIES

The quantity of liquefied natural gas delivered by Pine Needle to Customer shall

be determined by having the transportation vehicles weighed on certified scales

before and after loading. The carrier shall have the responsibility of

furnishing Pine Needle with certified weights prior to, and after, loading with

liquefied natural gas. Pine Needle shall approve the location of weighings and

shall have the option to witness all such weighings. The weight of liquefied

natural gas so delivered shall be converted into dekatherms in accordance with

the American Gas Association Gas Measurement Committee Report No. 5 of Fuel Gas

Energy Metering, as amended, expanded or superseded from time to time, applied

in an appropriate manner.

6. CUSTOMER'S CONCURRENT DELIVERY OR WITHDRAWAL NOMINATION

On each day Customer receives service under this rate schedule, Customer shall

schedule a same day delivery of natural gas to Pine Needle at Pine Needle's

natural gas storage facilities. Quantities of natural gas concurrently

delivered to Pine Needle shall be equivalent to the dekatherms delivered by Pine

Needle to Customer under this rate schedule, plus the applicable fuel retention

factor to compensate for fuel and gas otherwise used or lost and unaccounted for

in Pine Needle's operations. Pine Needle's fuel retention percentage is

specified on the currently effective Sheet No. 4 of this Tariff.

7. REQUEST FOR SERVICE

Requests for service hereunder shall be considered acceptable only if Customer

has completed and returned Pine Needle's service request form (which is

available to all Customers and potential Customers on request) to the following

address:

Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC

c/o Pine Needle Operating Company

Attention: Customer Service

P. O. Box 1396

Houston, Texas 77251

Such requests for service shall contain the information specified in Pine

Needle's service request form, as such may be revised from time to time, and