Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) Inc.
Fourth Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 10/01/2001, Docket: GT01- 30-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 133 Original Sheet No. 133 : Effective
6. CURTAILMENT
6.1 Pipeline shall have the right to curtail, interrupt, or
discontinue any service in whole or in part on all or any portion
of its system from time to time and at any time: (a) for reasons
of force majeure or when necessary to alleviate conditions which
in Pipeline's reasonable judgment threaten the operational
integrity of Pipeline's system or (b) to perform routine
maintenance, repairs, and regulatory compliance activity, provided
that Pipeline shall use due diligence to schedule such activity so
as to minimize disruptions of service and shall endeavor to
provide advance notice of such interruptions to Customer.
6.2 Prior to Pipeline implementing the curtailment procedures set
forth in this Section 6, Pipeline shall be authorized to issue an
Operational Flow Order pursuant to Paragraph 5.9 in order to
maintain the operational integrity of the system. In the event
the issuance of an Operational Flow Order fails to alleviate the
conditions which threaten the integrity of Pipeline's system,
Pipeline shall be authorized to curtail service to Customers
pursuant to this Section 6.
6.3 Curtailment Procedures
(a) Curtailment of Transportation Capacity
In the event of a capacity constraint on all or any portion
of Pipeline's system, deliveries of gas shall be curtailed
in the following order:
(1) Scheduled service under Pipeline's interruptible rate
schedules shall be curtailed first commencing with
service being provided at the minimum rate of
Pipeline then in effect; next in order shall be
interruptible service being provided at a rate that
is greater than the minimum rate of Pipeline then in
effect,