National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
Third Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/01/1997, Docket: RP97-201-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 131Cc.05 Second Revised Sheet No. 131Cc.05 : Superseded
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 131CC.05
P-2 RATE SCHEDULE
Hub Service - Parking Schedule
4. STORAGE FIELD LOSSES
In the event of a loss of gas from one or more storage fields utilized
by Transporter resulting from force majeure, such loss shall be
allocated among Transporter and each Shipper receiving service in
proportion to the quantities of gas (excluding base gas) of each in
storage immediately prior thereto as reasonably determined by Trans-
porter, and if such extraordinary loss exceeds the top gas balances of
Transporter and all such Shippers, such excess will be deemed to be from
Transporter's base gas. Losses of gas from storage fields utilized by
Transporter that are not losses resulting from force majeure, as defined
below, will be deemed to be gas from Transporter's base gas. For
purposes of this Section 4, a loss of gas resulting from force majeure
is a loss caused by any acts of God, strikes, lockouts, acts of the
public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics,
landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, washouts,
arrests and restraints of rules and peoples, civil disturbances,
explosions, breakage or accident to machinery or line of pipe, line
freeze-ups, or similar causes.
Shipper is placed on notice that Transporter may recognize storage gas
losses for rate and accounting purposes. Such losses shall be valued at
the current replacement cost of gas. After accounting recognition of
any such loss, Transporter shall record and maintain a regulatory asset
account which shall be maintained until Transporter's next general rate
change filing under Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act. In any of
Transporter's general rate change filings, Transporter may propose to
amortize storage gas losses through its base rates. This provision
shall apply to storage gas losses incurred but unamortized as of the
date upon which this provision becomes effective, and to those incurred
after that date.
5. WITHDRAWALS UPON TERMINATION OF SERVICE
Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the termination of storage
service provided to any Shipper under this Rate Schedule, Transporter
will notify Shipper of Shipper's Storage Balance. If the Storage
Balance is positive, then the Shipper will withdraw such quantities
within thirty (30) days of the termination of the storage service.