Steckman Ridge, LP
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 04/01/2009, Docket: RP09-389-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 260 Original Sheet No. 260
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
12. OPERATIONAL PURCHASES AND SALES OF GAS
12.1 From time to time, Steckman Ridge may purchase and/or sell Gas to
the extent necessary to:
(a) maintain reservoir pressure;
(b) balance fuel quantities under storage agreements;
(c) manage storage imbalance quantities;
(d) perform other operational functions in connection with the
storage services provided by Steckman Ridge pursuant to this
FERC Gas Tariff; and
(e) otherwise protect the operational integrity of Steckman
Ridge's facilities.
12.2 Operational sales shall be subject to the priority of service
provisions specified in Sections 13.1 and 13.3 of the General
Terms and Conditions, and shall be assigned the lowest priority
of service.
12.3 Steckman Ridge will post notices of its operational purchases
and/or sales on its Internet Web site. Such notice shall
include, at a minimum, the quantity of Gas to be purchased or
sold, the minimum price, if any, that Steckman Ridge would accept
for Gas to be sold, the criteria to be used in determining the
best bid for the quantity to be purchased or sold, the start and
end date of the bid period, and instructions for submitting a bid
to Steckman Ridge. Steckman Ridge shall evaluate bids and shall
award such purchase and/or sale of Gas to the prospective bidder
submitting a bid containing the lowest bid (if a purchase) or the
highest bid (if a sale) and otherwise matching all terms and
conditions requested by Steckman Ridge in its posting. Steckman
Ridge reserves the right, in a non-discriminatory manner, to:
(1) withdraw its postings; (2) reject all bids due to operational
changes; and (3) reject any bids which are not complete, which
contain modifications to the terms and conditions of the posting,
or which contain terms that are operationally unacceptable.
12.4 Steckman Ridge will include the following in its annual
information filing to be submitted within thirty (30) days after
the end of the first full year of operations, and every year
thereafter:
(a) the source of the quantities purchased/sold;
(b) the date of such purchases/sales;
(c) the quantities purchased/sold;
(d) the purchase/sales price;
(e) the cost and revenues for such purchases/sales;
(f) the disposition of the associated costs and revenues for
all operational purchases and sales;
(g) the reasons for such operational purchases/sales; and
(h) support that such operational purchases/sales are limited
and incidental to the primary storage service provided by
Steckman Ridge.