| NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY IURC Gas Service Tariff Original Volume No. 5 |
Original Sheet No. 21.2A |
RATE 344
RATE FOR GAS SERVICE
FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (FTS)
No. 1 of 10 Sheets
TO WHOM AVAILABLE
This Rate for Firm Transportation Service (FTS) for the transportation of natural gas by the Company is available for any Zone A or Zone B Customer eligible for service under Rate Schedule 328 and/or 336: 1) who has arranged for a supply of natural gas from a supplier other than the Company, and 2) whose gas requirements during the most recent calendar year average at least 200 Dth per day, or 3) new customers who certify in writing that their gas requirements will average at least 200 Dth per day (Qualifying Customer).
The Company reserves the right to limit the total level of FTS service available if it determines, in its sole discretion, that it is unable operationally or administratively to accommodate additional FTS.
CHARACTER OF SERVICE
FTS shall be a firm delivery service involving the movement of gas through the Company's facilities on a nominated basis, subject to the imbalance tolerances as included in the Daily Imbalance Cash-out Provisions Rider applicable to this Rate Schedule.
A Qualifying Customer electing FTS shall do so for an initial term of one (1) year. Thereafter, availability of FTS shall be subject to a determination by the Company to extend service hereunder, based upon available capacity.
SERVICE AGREEMENT
As a condition for receiving service under FTS, Qualifying Customer shall be required to execute a Service Agreement for FTS.
The FTS Service Agreement shall, among other things, specify the maximum daily contract quantity (MDQ) and annual contract quantity (ACQ) of gas to be transported, and the mutually agreeable receipt point(s) on the Company's system at which Qualifying Customer's nominations will be accepted for delivery by the Company. The Qualifying Customer will also be required, on a non-discriminatory basis, to specify in the Service Agreement the maximum hourly quantities of gas to be transported.
| Issued Date | Issued By Gary L. Neale Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Effective Date |
| November 1, 1997 | Hammond, Indiana | November 1, 1997 |