Trunkline Gas Company

First Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 01/01/1999, Docket: RP99-137-000, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 217A Original Sheet No. 217A : Effective

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

20.GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (GRI) SURCHARGE PROVISION (Continued)

20.7 Voluntary Contribution Mechanism

Shipper shall be permitted to make voluntary contributions to GRI

in such amounts and for such GRI project(s) or project area(s) as

Shipper specifies. To facilitate the voluntary collection

mechanism, Trunkline will include with Shipper's invoice a

procedure to permit Shipper to designate contributions for GRI

RD&D Programs. The voluntary contribution mechanism is not a

pipeline rate, rate provision nor term or condition of service.

It is included in the invoice in accordance with the January 21,

1998, Stipulation and Agreement Concerning GRI Funding approved by

the Commission in Gas Research Institute, 83 F.E.R.C. 61,093

(1998), order on reh'g, 83 F.E.R.C. 61,331 (1998). Any amounts

remitted to Trunkline pursuant to the voluntary contribution

mechanism shall be forwarded to GRI by Trunkline as described in

Section 20.4 herein and are not refundable by Trunkline.