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. 127 Original Sheet No. 127
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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(d) (1) As used in this subsection (d), Firm Daily
Volume shall mean the volume of gas which MEP is obligated to deliver
on a firm basis for Shipper at primary Delivery Point(s) under a firm
contract on a Day, based on nominations for firm service within firm
contract rights at such primary points which could be confirmed.
Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), in the event MEP fails to
deliver on any Day under any firm contract all of Shipper's Firm
Daily Volume for that Day, then the applicable Reservation Charges
and any related reservation-based surcharges shall be eliminated for
the quantity of gas not delivered by MEP within the Shipper's Firm
Daily Volume under the contract; provided, however, that these
charges shall not be eliminated to the extent that the Shipper uses
secondary point service.
(2) MEP shall not be obligated to adjust the
Reservation Charge and any related reservation-based surcharges under
any contract when MEP's failure to deliver on any Day at least 98% of
the Firm Daily Volume:
(i) is the result of the conduct of
Shipper or the downstream operator of the facilities at the Delivery
Point; or
(ii) occurs either (a) within ten (10) days
following a force majeure event as contemplated by Section 20 of the
General Terms and Conditions, or (b) prior to the date MEP has or
should have, in the exercise of due diligence, overcome the force
Majeure event, whichever occur first.
2.3 SCHEDULING OF SERVICES
(a) For the purposes of scheduling and curtailing
deliveries of Gas, firm service shall have priority over
interruptible service. Priority to use of capacity on MEP shall be in
accordance with the following priority, in descending order from
highest to lowest priority:
(1) Firm service at primary points and primary
paths (scheduled pro rata based on MDQ);