Black Marlin Pipeline Company
First Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 10/01/2002, Docket: RP02-454-000, Status: Effective
Third Revised Sheet No. 107A Third Revised Sheet No. 107A : Effective
Superseding: Second Revised Sheet No. 107A
RATE SCHEDULE FTS
Firm Transportation Service (continued)
(2) To the extent there is not an OBA for the subject receipt
point, Transporter and the interconnecting party will agree as
to which party is responsible for the predetermined allocation
(PDA), and if the party has agreed to submit the PDA,
Transporter shall allocate underages or overages in accordance
with the PDA;
(3) To the extent there is no OBA or PDA, Transporter shall
allocate any overage or underage pro-rata based on scheduled
and confirmed quantities at the receipt point.
(4) The responsibility for calculation and reporting of allocated
quantities should rest with the party responsible for
accepting NAESB allocation types. The party receiving
nominations should provide allocation statements.
A. Operational Balancing Agreement (OBA)
(1) An OBA is a contract between two parties which specifies the
procedures to manage operating variances at an interconnect.
Transporter is willing to negotiate and execute Operational
Balancing Agreements (OBAs) with appropriate parties that
operate natural gas facilities which interconnect with
Transporter's system. Such OBAs will provide that any
variance between actual quantities and scheduled and confirmed
quantities for any day shall be resolved in-kind promptly or
cashed-out pursuant to the terms of the OBAs.
(2) To the extent actual receipts vary from scheduled receipts at
a point of receipt for which Transporter has entered into an
OBA, Shippers utilizing such point of receipt shall be
responsible for any charges incurred by Transporter under the
OBA.
B. Predetermined Allocation Statements (PDA)
As a minimum, allocations should be provided by both contract and
location. The upstream or downstream party providing the point
confirmation should submit the pre-determined allocation to the
allocating party after or during confirmation and before the start
of the gas day. The types of allocation methodologies is a list from
which two parties may agree. If the two parties can not agree upon
an allocation methodology, pro rata based upon confirmed nominations
should be used as the default method. The party responsible for
custody transfer (the party performing the measurement function)
should provide the allocation. The PDA methods shall include
ranked, pro rata, percentage, swing, and operator provided value, as
such terms are used in the NAESB Standards. The same standard
allocation methodologies should be available for use at all points,
except those covered by an OBA. A new allocation detail may be
needed when a nomination changes.