National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
Fourth Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/30/2006, Docket: RP06-291-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 367 Second Revised Sheet No. 367 : Effective
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 367
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
11. PREGRANTED ABANDONMENT AND RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
11.1 Eligible Service Agreements
Unless Transporter and Shipper expressly agree otherwise in
Shipper's service agreement, this Section 11 shall apply only to
(a) long-term service agreements under the FT, EFT, FST, FT-S, ESS,
and FSS Rate Schedules at the applicable Maximum Rates (but not
those agreements excluded by Section 26.5 or Section 36 of these
General Terms and Conditions) or (b) long-term service agreements
under said rate schedules at discounted or negotiated rates entered
into prior to March 27, 2000. (Agreements within the scope of
clauses (a) or (b) will be referred to as a "Qualifying
Agreements").
To the extent a Shipper holding a Qualifying Agreement satisfies
the bid matching requirements of this Section 11 or Transporter and
Shipper reach agreement as contemplated by Section 11.7, such
Shipper may retain its capacity and continue to receive firm
service for which Transporter or Shipper has served notice of
termination. If Transporter receives one or more acceptable bids
for such capacity and Shipper does not satisfy the bid matching
requirements of this Section 11 or if Transporter does not receive
any acceptable bids for such capacity and Transporter and Shipper
do not reach agreement as contemplated by Section 11.7, Shipper
shall no longer have, as of the effective date of Transporter's or
Shipper's notice of termination, rights under the Qualifying
Agreement and Transporter shall have all necessary abandonment
authorizations under the Natural Gas Act. Service agreements that
are not Qualifying Agreements ("Non-Qualifying Agreements") are not
subject to the abandonment protection of this Section 11. Upon
termination of a Non-Qualifying Agreement, Transporter shall have
all necessary abandonment authorization under the Natural Gas Act
effective as of such termination date. For purposes of this
Section 11, the term "long-term service agreement" shall include
any service agreement with a primary or extended term of one (1)
year or longer. Where Transporter and a shipper under a Non-
Qualifying Agreement agree that this Section 11 applies to such
agreement, the parties may agree to limit the applicability of
Shipper's Right of First Refusal ("ROFR") under this section in
certain respects; for example, to circumstances where Transporter
initiates the termination of the agreement, or to a single ROFR
exercise as of the end of the primary term of the service
agreement.