Mid Louisiana Gas Company

Third Revised Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 06/01/1997, Docket: RP97-151-001, Status: Effective

First Revised Sheet No. 170 First Revised Sheet No. 170 : Effective

Superseding: ORIGINAL SHEET NO. 170

18. SERVICE AGREEMENT

18.1 Customer shall enter into a contract which is substantially in

the form of Pipeline's Service Agreement applicable to the

requested service and contained in this FERC Gas Tariff.

18.2 The period of time to be covered by the executed Service

Agreement shall be determined by agreement between Pipeline

and Customer; provided, however, unless otherwise agreed to by

Pipeline, which agreement shall be given on a

non-discriminatory basis, any fixed period so agreed upon

shall not exceed five (5) years.

18.3 Prior to the execution of a Service Agreement, Pipeline and

Customer shall agree upon the quantities of gas to be

transported or sold by Pipeline to Customer.

18.4 No modification of the terms and provisions of an executed

Service Agreement shall be made except upon the mutual written

agreement of Pipeline and Customer.

18.5 No waiver by either Pipeline or Customer of any one or more

defaults by the other in the performance of any provisions of

the Service Agreement between Pipeline and Customer shall

operate or be construed as a waiver of any other default or

defaults, whether of a like or of a different character.

19. NOTICES

All notices required to be provided hereunder shall be given

in writing at the addresses specified from time to time or,

when applicable, through Pipeline's EBB system, except that

notices with respect to curtailment, limitations, restoration

of deliveries of gas, or force majeure situations shall be

sufficient if given in writing or by telegram, or orally in

person or by telephone or radio to the person designated from

time to time as authorized to receive such notice or, if

transmitted electronically, shall be posted seperately from

those routine notices deemed as non critical.