| NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY IURC Gas Service Tariff Original Volume No. 5 |
First Revised Sheet No. 15B Superseding Original Sheet No. 15B |
RATE 333
RATE FOR GAS SERVICE
INTERRUPTIBLE SERVICE
No. 3 of 3 Sheets
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (continued)
If the Customer shall fail to comply with or perform any of the terms and provisions on its part to be complied with or performed hereunder and if, after such failure, the Company shall give Customer written notice of Company's intention to cut off the supply of gas on account of such failure, then the Company shall have the right to cut off the supply at the expiration of five (5) days after the giving of said notice, unless within such five (5) days the Customer shall make good such failure. The cutting off the supply of gas for any such cause shall be a cumulative remedy as to the Company and shall not release the Customer from its obligation to make payment of any amount or amounts due or to become due from the Customer to the Company in accordance with the terms hereof.
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 |