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. 168 Original Sheet No. 168
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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(2) Bi-directional flow must be available at the
Delivery and/or Receipt Points involved.
(3) The third party provider(s) must have the
ability to get Gas onto or off of MEP's System in order to effectuate
a true physical balancing.
(4) The Shipper or third party provider(s) may
utilize services on another entity to perform imbalance management so
long as all conditions of this Section 10.7 are satisfied; provided,
however, that if any such entity is relying on facilities or
resources it does not own or control, the entity which does own or
control those facilities or resources must become a party to the
Third Party Balancing Agreement.
(e) If MEP is required to backstop the third party
service provider(s), either by agreement or because the imbalance
management services specified by the Third Party Balancing Agreement
are not performed, MEP must be authorized to assess charges and
penalties against Shipper, the third party provider(s), or both, and
the Third Party Balancing Agreement shall so provide.
(f) The Third Party Balancing Agreement will terminate
if the Shipper no longer has service on MEP under the Agreements
specified in the Third Party Balancing Agreement.
10.8 BALANCING SERVICE CHARGES
(a) During periods when a Critical Time or an
Operational Flow Order is not in effect, Balancing Service Charges
apply as set out in this subsection (a); provided that such charges
shall not apply to Leased Capacity.
(1) If the volumes allocated to any FTS or ITS
Agreement fail to equal the confirmed nomination under such Agreement
or if volumes allocated to any IBS or PALS Agreement are inconsistent
with confirmed nominations and/or available rights, as applicable,