Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 03/01/2009, Docket: RP09-257-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 150 Original Sheet No. 150
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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9.3 PENALTY REVENUE
All amounts collected by KMLP for penalties, commencing
with the in-service date of KMLP's System facilities, shall be
determined for each annual period ending December 31 and
distributed, through a credit to current billings wherever feasible,
within ninety (90) days after each December 31 (the initial period
shall be the partial annual period commencing with the in-service
date of facilities and ending on the ensuing December 31). For
purposes of this Section 9.3, penalties shall include charges for
failure to comply with an Operational Flow Order (including during a
Critical Time). Such distribution shall be made as follows:
(a) These amounts shall be used first to compensate KMLP
for any cashout expenses and for any extraordinary out-of-pocket
costs it has incurred (including any compensation KMLP agreed to
provide for voluntary actions) to alleviate the conditions created
by the violation or which resulted in the issuance of an Operational
Flow Order or the declaration of Critical Time or other operational
action taken by KMLP under Section 31 of these General Terms and
Conditions. Costs that may be netted against penalty revenue may
include only actual, verifiable and prudent incremental costs
incurred to resolve the reliability concerns actually caused by the
particular party or parties against which the penalty has been
assessed and must relate to a circumstance which resulted in the
penalty revenue to be credited under this provision. If these
amounts are not adequate to reimburse KMLP for its expenses, the
unreimbursed such expenses shall be carried forward to future annual
periods until recouped.
(b) (1) Any remaining amounts will be refunded pro
rata to all Shippers, except as provided below, through a credit to
current billing wherever feasible, based on each Shipper's MDQ under
FTS Agreements plus nominated and confirmed volumes under ITS
Agreements in effect during each Month (relative to the total of
such volumes for all Shippers); provided, however, that such
calculation shall exclude volumes for any Shipper during any Month
in which such Shipper failed to comply with an Operational Flow
Order. In the event that for any Month, no penalty revenues are
distributed because all Shippers failed to comply with Operational
Flow Orders that Month, then the amount of penalty revenue for that
Month may be held by KMLP for application under Section 9.3(a) for