Williams Natural Gas Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 10/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 12-003, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 274 Original Sheet No. 274 : Superseded
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
18. BILLING AND PAYMENTS (Cont'd)
If failure to pay continues for thirty days after payment is due and
WNG has provided Shipper(s) and the FERC, with at least 30 days
notice, WNG, in addition to any other remedy it may have under the
Service Agreement, may suspend service under all Service Agreements
with any Shipper who is liable for such payment until satisfactory
credit arrangements have been made. Further, after such failure to
pay and application to and authorization by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, if that authorization is necessary, WNG may
terminate the Service Agreements and cease all service thereunder.
However, if Shipper in good faith shall dispute the amount of any such
bill or part thereof and shall pay to WNG such amounts as it concedes
to be correct and at any time within thirty days after a demand made
by WNG shall furnish good and sufficient surety bond or other mutually
acceptable security, guaranteeing payment to WNG of the amount
ultimately found due upon such bills after a final determination which
may be reached either by agreement or judgment by the courts, as may
be the case, WNG shall not be entitled to terminate the service
agreement or cease service thereunder until default be made in the
conditions of such bond.
Under capacity assignment arrangements, if the Replacement Shipper
fails to pay, the Releasing Shipper will be liable for full payment of
the reservation charge and reservation surcharges and service to that
Releasing Shipper may be suspended or terminated pursuant to the
provisions of the following paragraph. If the Releasing Shipper
fails to pay the reservation charges which it remains responsible for,
service may be suspended or terminated, pursuant to the provisions of
the following paragraph, to both that Releasing Shipper and to its
Replacement Shipper who is shipping under assignment of the agreement
for which the reservation charges are due.
19. POSSESSION OF GAS AND TITLE
WNG shall be in control and possession of the natural gas it receives
hereunder and responsible, as between WNG and Shipper, for any damage
or injury caused thereby until the same has been delivered to Shipper
at the point of delivery; provided, however, WNG shall not be
responsible for damages or injuries caused by natural gas it receives
while such gas is in the possession and control of any third party.
However, Shipper, at all times, shall retain title to the gas or the
right to deliver all gas to WNG under an executed Service Agreement
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims whatsoever.