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NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
IURC Gas Service Tariff
Original Volume No. 5		 Original Sheet No. 4.3A

EXPERIMENTAL RIDER TO RATES 311, 315, 316, 317, 321 AND 325
FIXED GAS BILL RIDER

No. 2 of 4 Sheets

RATES AND CHARGES

The Monthly Fixed Gas Bill amount for gas sales service under this Rider shall be computed as follows:

Monthly Fixed Gas Bill Amount:

Each Qualified Customer accepting the terms of service under this Rider shall pay an individually?calculated fixed bill based upon that Customer's unique annual historic consumption of natural gas normalized for actual weather variances. The rates applied to each Customer's annual usage profile from the customer's otherwise applicable rate schedule will be:

  1. The delivery charge including applicable Customer charge,
  2. Purchased gas demand charge,
  3. Take-Or-Pay and FERC Order 636 surcharges, if applicable,
  4. GCA variances for first year Fixed Bill Customers,
  5. Rate adjustments from either Rate Schedules 311, 315, 316, 317, 321 or 325, whichever is otherwise applicable,
  6. A charge for commodity gas cost that will be fixed by the Company prior to the time of the Customer's enrollment.
  7. A Program Fee

This total amount, exclusive of GCA variances, when applicable, includes a program fee, no lower than (4%), and no greater than 10% established for each program year at the discretion of the Company prior to application of Indiana State Sales Tax. The total annual fixed bill calculation will then be divided by twelve (12) for billing purposes and will remain fixed for twelve (12) monthly billing periods.

EARLY TERMINATION PROVISIONS

In the event a Customer receiving service under this Rider terminates his/her Fixed Gas Bill Agreement for reasons described in paragraph No. 4 of the Definitions and Conditions section, prior to the end of the established contract term, the Customer shall be billed as follows:

  1. Customers who are removed from the program for any reason will be subject to a thirty-dollar ($30.00) exit fee to cover administrative costs for early withdrawal.
  2. In addition, Customers who leave or are terminated from his/her Service Agreement prior to the end of the service term will be subject to charges stated in the Customer's Fixed Gas Bill Service Agreement to offset the actual cost of settling dedicated gas supply contracts obtained on behalf of Fixed Gas Bill customers. The appropriate fixed charge will be multiplied times the number of months remaining in the agreement following termination.
  3. A Customer who exits his/her Service Agreement before its end date, for any reason, will have his/her billing adjusted by an Early Termination Adjustment. The amount of the Early Termination Adjustment can be either a debit or credit, and is computed on a Customer-by-Customer basis. The amount is determined by subtracting the amount paid to date during the program year at the time of termination from the product of the Customer's actual metered usage of natural gas and the applicable rates under the Rates and Charges section of this Rider.
  4. In no event will the total cost to terminate the DependaBill contract exceed 40% of the annual DependaBill amount.



Issued Date Issued By
Daniel D. Gavito
Vice President, Regulatory and Government Policy - Indiana 		Effective Date
October 10, 2002 Merrillville, Indiana October 10, 2002

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