| NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY IURC Gas Service Tariff Original Volume No. 5 |
First Revised Sheet No. 14A Superseding Original Sheet No. 14A |
RATE 331
RATE FOR GAS SERVICE
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICE
No. 2 of 2 Sheets
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (continued)
service hereunder during a period when, except for the provisions hereof, such service would not be available; provided the Company, in its sole judgment, determines it has a sufficient supply of gas for the purpose of furnishing such temporary emergency service.
Such temporary service shall be available only so long as the alternate fuel supply and/or pipeline transportation service continues to be impaired or interrupted or until, in the Company's opinion, sufficient time has elapsed to have permitted proper restoration of such alternate fuel supply and/or pipeline transportation service or until the Company's supply for such service becomes insufficient, whichever shall first occur. The quantity of gas made available during any such temporary emergency shall be determined by the Company and that quantity taken by Customer shall be billed hereunder.
DEFINITIONS
The term "Critical Period" shall be any time declared by the Company whenever any of the following conditions occurs or is anticipated to occur:
| (1) | Any area of the Company's system is operating at or near design capacity which jeopardizes the operational integrity of all or a portion of the Company's system |
| (2) | Failure or operational constraint of the Company's transmission, distribution, or gas storage facilities; |
| (3) | System pressure, affected by pipelines' delivery pressures or other unusual conditions, jeopardizes the operation of the Company's system; |
| (4) | The Company's transmission, storage, and supply resources are being used at or near their maximum rated deliverability |
| (5) | The Company's pipeline transporters or suppliers issue or declare an Operational Flow Order (OFO) or the equivalent of a Critical Period. |
The term "Operational Flow Order" is an order declared by a transporting pipeline that increases the otherwise normal charges for failure to comply with specific operational constraints.
| Issued Date | Issued By Gary L. Neale Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Effective Date |
| December 12, 1996 | Hammond, Indiana | December 6, 1996 |