Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company

Fourth Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 09/01/1998, Docket: RP98- 85-003, Status: Effective

Third Revised Sheet No. 307A Third Revised Sheet No. 307A : Effective

Superseding: Sub First Revised Sheet No. 307A

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(continued)

also make reasonable efforts to individually notify

Shippers (or Shipper's contact party designated

pursuant to Section 5.9 of the General Terms and

Conditions) who, for the Day prior to posting, had

nominated and scheduled authorized overrun quantities

or activities subject to the posting. Such

notification efforts shall be via telephone,

facsimile, or mutually agreeable electronic data

interchange, and may be effected during the scheduling

process. Notifications to Pool Managers shall specify

the particular pooling activities that may result in

penalties.

22.9 Emergency Events. The requirements to nominate and

implement capacity releases electronically set forth

in Sections 5 and 19 of these General Terms and

Conditions, respectively, shall be inapplicable in an

emergency event, which shall be a failure of Shipper's

or Transporter's electronic communication equipment

(including temporary events such as system crashes,

outages, or slow response time), internet, or third

party service provider or other similar emergency

event which constitutes an event of force majeure as

defined in Section 8.1 of these General Terms and

Conditions. During such emergency events, Shipper

shall submit written nominations and implement

capacity release transactions in writing. However,

Shipper's emergency events must be documented by an

affidavit provided by Shipper to Transporter within

forty-eight (48) hours of such event. Transporter

may, on a not unduly discriminatory basis, waive any

applicable deadlines and requirements to the extent

practicable to accommodate such emergency events.

23. TRANSITION COSTS RECOVERY MECHANISM:

23.1 Unrecovered Purchased Gas Costs. Transporter shall,

subject to receipt of necessary Commission

authorization, from time to time, direct bill any

unrecovered purchased gas costs posted to or reflected

in Account No. 191 attributable to gas purchases by

Transporter prior to implementation of restructured

services pursuant to Order No. 636. From time to time

as such costs are known and measurable such

unrecovered gas costs shall be direct