MidContinent Express Pipeline LLC
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/10/2009, Docket: RP09-136-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 20 Original Sheet No. 20
RATE SCHEDULE FTS
FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
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1. AVAILABILITY
This Rate Schedule FTS is available to any entity (hereinafter
called Shipper) which: (a) submits to Midcontinent Express Pipeline
LLC (hereinafter called MEP) a valid request as defined in Section 3
hereof as to which MEP has firm capacity available on all affected
portions of its System and the firm operational capability to satisfy;
(b) is awarded capacity consistent with the provisions of the Tariff;
and (c) executes a Firm Transportation Service Agreement (FTS
Agreement) with MEP applicable to service under this Rate Schedule
FTS. The form of FTS Agreement is contained in this Tariff. There is
no limitation on the number of FTS Agreements any one Shipper may
have.
2. APPLICABILITY, DEFAULTS AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE
2.1 The transportation service provided under this Rate
Schedule FTS shall be performed under Part 284 of the Commission's
Regulations. This Rate Schedule FTS shall apply to all Gas
transported by MEP for Shipper pursuant to an FTS Agreement. Service
hereunder shall be provided on a firm basis. However, service may be
interrupted for any of the reasons set out in the applicable
provisions of this Tariff. As more fully set out in the General Terms
and Conditions of this Tariff, MEP is not providing supply service
under this Rate Schedule.
2.2 MEP shall have the right to waive any one or more specific
defaults by any Shipper if such default will not affect the integrity
of MEP's System or the quality of service and if the waiver is
provided on a basis which is not unduly discriminatory, provided that
such waiver is not inconsistent with any applicable Commission
Regulations or orders, and provided also that any waiver given to a
Shipper by MEP shall be made available to all similarly situated
Shippers during the time period when it is in effect. No such waiver
shall operate or be construed as a waiver of any other existing or
future default or defaults, whether of a like or different character.
2.3 Service hereunder shall consist of the acceptance by MEP
of Gas tendered by Shipper or for Shipper's account for transportation
at Receipt Points specified in or applicable to the FTS Agreement, the
transportation of that Gas through MEP's pipeline System, and the
delivery of that Gas by MEP to Shipper or for Shipper's account at the