Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
First Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 01/07/2008, Docket: RP08-113-000, Status: Effective
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 260 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 260 : Effective
Superseding: Third Revised Sheet No. 260
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(continued)
10. ACTION ALERTS AND OPERATIONAL FLOW ORDERS
10.1 Circumstances Warranting Issuance: Pipeline shall have the right to issue Action
Alerts or Operational Flow Orders (OFOs), as specified in this Section 10, that
require actions by a Customer(s) in order (i) to alleviate conditions that
threaten to impair reliable firm service, (ii) to maintain pipeline operations at
the pressures required to provide efficient and reliable firm services, (iii) to
have adequate gas supplies in the system to deliver on demand, (iv) to maintain
service to all firm Customers and for all firm services, (v) to preserve the
integrity of the pipeline system, (vi) to assure adequate fuel and Company Use
Gas, and/or (vii) to maintain the system in balance for the foregoing purposes.
Pipeline shall lift any effective OFO or Action Alert, promptly upon the
cessation of operating conditions that caused the relevant system emergency.
10.2 Actions to be Taken to Avoid Issuance: Pipeline shall, to the extent reasonably
practicable, take all reasonable actions necessary to avoid issuing an OFO or
Action Alert. Such actions shall include, in order of priority (i) working with
OBA parties to temporarily adjust receipts and/or deliveries at relevant Point(s)
of Receipt or Point(s) of Delivery, (ii) working with Customers to adjust
scheduled flows on the system, or (iii) taking any other reasonable action
designed to mitigate the system emergency. After taking all such reasonable
actions to avoid issuing an OFO or Action Alert, Pipeline will have the right to
issue OFOs or Action Alerts, if necessary, in the circumstances described in
Section 10.1.
10.3 Preliminary Notification: Pipeline shall provide, via posting on the LINK®
System and on its Web site, prior notice to all Customers of upcoming system
events, such as anticipated weather patterns and operational problems that may
necessitate the issuance of an OFO or Action Alert. Pipeline will use electronic
mail (e-mail) in order to facilitate certain notifications to Customers as
required by this FERC Gas Tariff; Customer shall provide Pipeline with at least
one e-mail address to which these notifications can be sent, and shall be
responsible for updating such information as necessary.
10.4 Applicability of OFO or Action Alert: Pipeline shall make an OFO or Action Alert
as localized as is reasonably practicable based on Pipeline's good faith and
reasonable judgment concerning the situations requiring remediation such that an
OFO or Action Alert will be directed (i) first to Customers causing the problem
necessitating the OFO or Action Alert or transporting gas in the area of the
system in which there is an operational emergency, and (ii) second to those
Customers transporting gas in the area of the system where action is required to
correct the problem necessitating the OFO or Action Alert. Pipeline will
narrowly tailor the OFO or Action Alert to match the system emergency.
10.5 Notice: Pipeline will issue all OFOs or Action Alerts via the LINK® System and
on Pipeline's Web site. Pipeline will make any such posting as soon as
reasonably practicable but, in no event, not later than 24 hours prior to the OFO
or Action Alert becoming effective (if feasible under the circumstances). The
OFO or Action Alert will set forth (i) the time and date of issuance, (ii) the
actions that the Customer(s) is required to take, (iii) the time by which the
Customer(s) must be in compliance with the OFO or Action Alert, (iv) the
anticipated duration of the OFO or Action Alert, and (v) any other terms that
Pipeline may reasonably require to ensure the effectiveness of the OFO or Action
Alert. In addition to the other information contemplated by this Section 10.5,
such notice shall also include information about the status of operational
variables that determine when an OFO or Action Alert will begin and end, and
Pipeline shall post periodic updates of such information, promptly upon the
occurrence of any material change in the information. Pipeline will post a
notice on the LINK® System and on its Web site informing Customer(s) when any OFO
or Action Alert in effect will be canceled and specifying the factors that caused
the OFO or Action Alert to be issued and then lifted, to the extent such factors
are known. For each notice contemplated by this Section 10.5, Pipeline will
provide simultaneous notice by electronic (e-mail) to each shipper that requests
such notice, and has provided its e-mail address to Pipeline.