Centerpoint Energy - Mississippi River

Third Revised Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 04/01/2003, Docket: RP00-410-003, Status: Effective

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 72 Eighth Revised Sheet No. 72 : Effective

Superseding: Substitute Seventh Revised Sheet No. 72

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(Continued)

1. DEFINITIONS (Continued)

The term "Pool Operator" shall mean the pool owner, or the pool owner's

designated agent.

The term "Pool Owner" shall mean the entity or entities that enter into

a pooling agreement with MRT.

The term "pooling" shall mean: (1) the aggregation of gas from multiple

physical and/or logical points to a single physical or logical point, and/or

(2) the dis-aggregation of gas from a single physical or logical point to

multiple physical and/or logical points. The provisions for pooling are set

forth in Section 7.6 of the General Terms and Conditions.

The term "Pooling Point" shall mean any point at which gas is received

into MRT's system, including into storage, any receipt point before gas enters

MRT's main line system, any entry point to its main line system from a

production area or at an intersection with another pipeline.

The term "Primary Delivery Point(s)" shall mean the point or points

specified in a Customer's FTS or SCT Agreement where, for every day during the

term of the Service Agreement, MRT agrees to deliver the quantity of gas set

forth in the Service Agreement. Total deliveries which MRT is obligated to

make to Customer's Primary Delivery Point(s) shall not exceed the MDQ of

Customer's Service Agreement, except as provided in Section 5.4(c)(ii) of

these General Terms and Conditions.

The term "Primary Path" shall mean the firm pipeline capacity contracted

by Customer between its Primary Receipt Point(s) and its Primary Delivery

Point(s), which includes the directional flow of the gas between such

point(s).

The term "Primary Receipt Point(s)" shall mean the point or points

specified in a Customer's FTS or SCT Agreement where, for every day during the

term of the Service Agreement, MRT agrees to receive the quantity of gas set

forth in the Service Agreement. The total quantity of gas which MRT is

obligated to receive on any given day for Customer shall not exceed Customer's

MDQ, except as provided in Section 5.4(c)(ii) of these General Terms and

Conditions.

The term "processing reduction" shall mean the total loss in volume and

Btu's attributable to the processing of gas transported hereunder and

includes, but is not limited to, plant fuel, flare, shrinkage, or other

losses.