Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (Utos) LLC
FIFTH REVISED VOLUME NO. 1
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Effective Date: 05/06/2005, Docket: RP05-331-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 163 First Revised Sheet No. 163 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 163
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
21. NEW FACILITIES COSTS
UTOS shall be entitled to submit filings under Section 4 of the Natural Gas Act
and the Commission's Regulations and to recover capital costs of new facilities
incurred as a result of the restructuring of UTOS' services pursuant to the
provisions of Order Nos. 636 et seq. Such costs shall include, but not be
limited to, electronic measurement and communication facilities; flow control
equipment; other facility costs (including pre-tax rate of return times net
rate base; depreciation; and an allowance for ad valorem taxes).
22. DISCOUNT POLICY
(a) In the event that UTOS agrees to discount its rate to Shipper below UTOS’
maximum rate under UTOS’ Rate Schedules, the following discount terms may be
reflected on the applicable Transportation Agreements and will apply without
the discount constituting a material deviation from UTOS’ applicable pro forma
Transportation Agreements; provided, however, that any such discounted rates
set forth below shall be between the minimum and maximum rates applicable to
the service provided under the applicable Rate Schedule. UTOS and Shipper may
agree that a specified discounted rate will apply under the following
conditions:
(i) to specified quantities under Shipper's Transportation Agreement(s);
(ii) to specified quantities above or below a certain level or all quantities if
quantities exceed a certain level;
(iii) in a specified relationship to quantities actually transported (i.e., that
the Reservation Charge will be adjusted in a specified relationship to
quantities actually transported);
(iv) to specified quantities during specified periods of time or during
specified periods of the year;
(v) to specified quantities at specific Point(s) of Receipt or Point(s) of
Delivery;
(vi) to production reserves committed or dedicated by Shipper; and/or
(vii) that a specific discounted rate is based on published index prices for
specific Point(s) of Receipt and/or Point(s) of Delivery or other agreed-
upon published pricing reference points (such discounted rate may be based
upon the differential between published prices or arrived at by formula).
Any agreement containing such discounted rate shall specify the rate
component(s) to be discounted (i.e., Demand Rate or Commodity Rate or
both), and any formula will provide a reservation rate per unit of contract
demand (Maximum Daily Quantity). To the extent the firm Reservation Rate
is discounted, the index price differential rate formula shall be
calculated to state a rate per Dth. Furthermore, such discount shall not
change the underlying rate design of the service being provided or include
any minimum bill or maximum take provision that would have the effect of
guaranteeing revenue.
In addition, the discount agreement may include a provision that if one
rate component which was at or below the applicable maximum rate at the
time the discount agreement was executed subsequently exceeds the
applicable maximum rate or is less than the applicable minimum rate due to
a change in UTOS’ maximum (minimum) rates so that such rate component must
be adjusted downward (upward) to equal the new applicable maximum (minimum)
rate, the other rate components may be adjusted upward (downward) to
achieve the agreed overall rate, so long as none of the resulting rate
components exceed the maximum rate or are less than the minimum rate
applicable to that rate component. Such changes to rate components shall
be applied prospectively, commencing with the date a Commission order
accepts revised tariff sheets. Nothing contained herein shall be construed
to alter a refund obligation under applicable law for any period during