Enbriidge Pipelines (Midla) L. L. C.
FIFTH REVISED VOLUME NO. 1
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Effective Date: 05/06/2005, Docket: RP05-330-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 188 Second Revised Sheet No. 188 : Effective
Superseding: Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 188
28. DISCOUNT POLICY
(a) In the event that Pipeline agrees to discount its rate to Customer
below Pipeline’s maximum rate under Pipeline’s Rate Schedules, the
following discount terms may be reflected on the applicable Service
Agreements and will apply without the discount constituting a material
deviation from Pipeline’s applicable pro forma Service Agreements;
provided, however, that any such discounted rates set forth below shall
be between the minimum and maximum rates applicable to the service
provided under the applicable Rate Schedule. Pipeline and Customer may
agree that a specified discounted rate will apply under the following
conditions:
(i) to specified quantities under Customer’s Service
Agreement(s);
(ii) to specified quantities above or below a certain level or
all quantities if quantities exceed a certain level;
(iii) in a specified relationship to quantities actually
transported (i.e., that the Reservation charge will be
adjusted in a specified relationship to quantities actually
transported);
(iv) to specified quantities during specified periods of time or
during specified periods of the year;
(v) to specified quantities at specific Point(s) of Receipt or
Point(s) of Delivery or other geographical locations;
(vi) to production reserves committed or dedicated by Customer;
and/or
(vii) that a specific discounted rate is based on published index
prices for specific Point(s) of Receipt and/or Point(s) of
Delivery or other agreed-upon published pricing reference
points (such discounted rate may be based upon the
differential between published prices or arrived at by
formula). Any agreement containing such discounted rate
shall specify the rate component(s) to be discounted (i.e.,
Reservation charge or Commodity charge or both), and any
formula will provide a reservation rate per unit of contract
demand (Maximum Daily Quantity). To the extent the firm
Reservation charge is discounted, the index price
differential rate formula shall be calculated to state a
rate per Dth. Furthermore, such discount shall not change
the underlying rate design of the service being provided or
include any minimum bill or maximum take provision that
would have the effect of guaranteeing revenue.
In addition, the discount agreement may include a provision that if one
rate component which was at or below the applicable maximum rate at the
time the discount agreement was executed subsequently exceeds the
applicable maximum rate or is less than the applicable minimum rate due
to a change in Pipeline’s maximum (minimum) rates so that such rate
component must be adjusted downward (upward) to equal the new applicable
maximum (minimum) rate, the other rate components may be adjusted upward
(downward) to achieve the agreed overall rate, so long as none of the
resulting rate components exceed the maximum rate or are less than the
minimum rate applicable to that rate component. Such changes to rate
components shall be applied prospectively, commencing with the date a
Commission order accepts revised tariff sheets. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed to alter a refund obligation under applicable
law for any period during which rates which had been charged under a
discount agreement exceeded rates which ultimately are found to be just
and reasonable.