NNG - Tariff - Tenth Revised Sheet No. 101
Northern Natural Gas Company Tenth Revised Sheet No. 101
FERC Gas Tariff Superseding
Fifth Revised Volume No. 1 Ninth Revised Sheet No. 101
RATE SCHEDULE TF
Firm Throughput Services
Point(s) of Receipt to the Point(s) of Delivery. The Market Area "Total Aggregate
MDQ" shall mean the sum of the TF12 Base, TF12 Variable and the TF5 MDQs. The TFF MDQ
is the entitlement the Shipper has from Field Area receipt points to the F/M Demarcation. The
TFF MDQ is not included in the Total Aggregate MDQ. A Shipper is permitted to combine
multiple TF Agreements into a single TF Agreement to the extent that the individual
Agreement's rates, terms and conditions can be distinctly maintained within Northern's
contracting and billing systems.
Shipper shall have the option to request firm throughput service (i) solely for the
Market Area, (ii) solely for the Field Area, or (iii) a combined service for both the
Market and the Field Area. The Shipper's ability to utilize primary and alternate flexible
receipt and delivery points is determined by which option is chosen by the Shipper. A Shipper
with a combined Market and Field Area service agreement may not transfer a primary firm
receipt or delivery point from the Field Area to the Market Area for the term of the TF
agreement.
Subject to the terms of this paragraph, a Shipper may select the full requirements option.
Under such option, a Shipper will agree to take its full requirements from Northern for the
service territory currently served by the existing entitlement and the growth associated with
such service territory and agree not to physically bypass Northern for such territories for
the term of the agreement. In exchange for such agreement, Shipper and Northern may mutually
agree to increase the Shipper's contract demand at agreed upon intervals, to construct new
facilities if necessary and to exercise commercially reasonable best efforts to secure
approvals for such construction. To the extent new facilities would need to be constructed to
meet Shipper's growth requirements, Northern will hold open seasons for any construction
required and will provide service to any requesting Shipper whose request meets the economic
feasibility requirements for the construction of facilities.
Receipt Points
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a) Amount of Receipt Point Capacity
Disregarding differences in capacity due to fuel and unaccounted for, each existing
Shipper's contract may reserve receipt point capacity up to one hundred fifteen percent
(115%) of the Total Aggregate MDQ, except as provided herein. The rate for receipt
capacity reserved in excess of delivery capacity is one-half of the TF12 Base monthly
reservation charge per MMBtu set forth on Sheet No. 50. Pooling point(s) as referenced in
Section 28 of the GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS of this Tariff and the deferred delivery
point if elected as a primary receipt point, are not eligible for the additional fifteen
percent (15%) of receipt point capacity since the initial entry receipt point into
Northern's system has utilized the additional fifteen percent (15%). However, capacity
reserved at any one receipt point cannot be greater than one hundred percent (100%) of the
MDQ. Regardless of the receipt point capacity reserved above 100% of MDQ, MDQ is the
maximum daily volume of natural gas that Northern is obligated to transport and
deliver to Shipper and Shipper is entitled to receive pursuant to this Rate
Schedule, subject to provisions of Section 29 of the "GENERAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS" of this Tariff. No new contracts will be allowed receipt point capacity in
excess of delivery point capacity.
Issued by: Mary Kay Miller, V.P. Regulatory & Government Affairs
Issued on: July 16, 2010 Effective: August 16, 2010