East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 10/14/2000, Docket: RP00-540-000, Status: Effective
Third Revised Sheet No. 170 Third Revised Sheet No. 170 : Superseded
Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 170
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
35.3 System and Service Information
Any person desiring information on the availability, pricing, or
other terms of the transportation services can call Contract
Administration (713) 627-4781.
35.4 Service Complaints
Customers are encouraged to resolve any disputes informally with
their designated customer representatives. Complaints
concerning any of Pipeline's Order Nos. 497, et seq., or 566
compliance procedures should be directed to the Office of the
General Counsel at (713) 627-5368 or by fax to Transporter's
Legal Department at (713)989-3190. Transporter will respond
initially to the complaint within forty-eight (48) hours, and in
writing within thirty (30) days. A complainant dissatisfied
with a response should resubmit the complaint in writing to the
Duke Energy Gas Transmission Legal Department, Attorney for East
Tennessee Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas
77251-1642.
35.5 Common Operating Facilities and Personnel
Transporter shares no operating facilities or operating
personnel with any of its marketing or brokering affiliates.
36. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES
36.1 Transporter will construct, at a Shipper's or Balancing Party's
request, only those facilities to render requested services that
interconnect with facilities that either cross or are
immediately adjacent to Transporter's existing facilities;
provided, however, Transporter shall not be obligated to
construct facilities hereunder that will result in the expansion
or diminishment of Transporter's pipeline system. In the event
that Transporter determines that it will construct facilities
that will result in the expansion of its pipeline system,
Transporter shall offer the proposed expansion capacity to all
Shippers on a non-discriminatory basis. Transporter will own
and operate all facilities constructed. Before designating an
interconnection as a Receipt or Delivery Point for service under
any of Transporter's Rate Schedules, Transporter shall require a
Balancing Agreement with the operator of the connecting facility
pursuant to either Rate Schedule LMS-MA or LMS-PA as applicable.
36.2 Except as provided in Section 36.3 herein, Shippers or Balancing
Parties that request service that requires construction of
facilities by Transporter shall reimburse Transporter for the
costs of such facilities according to the provisions of the
applicable Rate Schedule. Transporter shall not use the
reimbursement amounts so collected as either costs or revenues
in establishing its general system rates. Shipper or the
Balancing Party shall pay the new facilities charge by lump sum
payment, based upon Transporter's estimated cost, prior to any
construction activity unless another