09-13-19 CenterPoint Energy - Rate for Transportation Service Rate

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CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE RATE SCHEDULES T-90,T-91&T-92 11.1.3 Shipper or Shipper's designee shall install, operate and maintain at its own expense whatever facilities are necessary to safely receive and utilize gas at and beyond the Delivery Point. 11.2 Shipper or Shipper's designee shall have the right to request termination of service at a specific Delivery Point if the End-use Customer purchasing gas from Shipper at such Delivery Point fails to remit any and all amounts due to Shipper for the purchase of such gas. Shipper shall provide Company with an electronic statement requesting termination of service at such Delivery Point along with documentation that effectively demonstrates the delinquency. Company shall then terminate service at such Delivery Point as soon as is operationally feasible. Company shall have the right to bill Shipper for all labor, materials and other expense required to terminate service at the Delivery Point. In no case shall such charge be less than $250.00 per service termination. Termination of service to any specific Delivery Point does not relieve Shipper of its contract obligations with Company for such Delivery Point. All standard tariff charges will continue to apply on a monthly basis through the remainder of the contract term whether or not Shipper is having gas delivered to the End-use Customer. 11.3 Shipper or Shipper's designee shall have the right to request reinstitution of service at a specific Delivery Point where service was previously terminated for non-payment by the End-use Customer if the End-use Customer purchasing gas from Shipper at such Delivery Point has remitted payment for any and all past due amounts to Shipper for the purchase of such gas. Shipper shall provide Company with an electronic statement requesting reinstitution of service at such Delivery Point along with documentation that effectively demonstrates the clearing of the delinquency or the institution of a payment plan. Company shall then reinstitute service at such Delivery Point as soon as is operationally feasible. Company shall have the right to bill Shipper for all labor, materials and other expense required to reinstitute service at the Delivery Point. In no case shall such charge be less than$250.00 per reinstitution of service. 12. BALANCING 12.1 General Intent:These balancing provisions are in recognition of the fact that Company's upstream gas supply, transportation, storage and no-notice service capacity is reserved for the exclusive use by Company for transactions related to its system supply for sales customers. 12.2 Shipper shall have a general obligation to:(i)conform its daily takes at Delivery Point(s)with its deliveries to Company at Receipt Point(s) to avoid imbalances, and (ii) when imbalances occur, to correct any such imbalances as soon as practical. 12.3 Company shall make available electronically daily imbalance information which shall notify Shipper of any imbalance under the Agreement in the current Service Month.Imbalance information shall be based on the best data then available to Company,including,but not limited to,nominations,allocations,electronic measurement data,and meter observations.The lack of provision of such information by Company shall not relieve Shipper of its obligations under these General Terms to avoid,correct or eliminate actual imbalances. 12.4 Company shall monitor the accumulation of daily imbalances by Shipper and shall have the right to take corrective action as required,to eliminate Shipper's encroachment upon upstream gas supply,transportation, storage,or no-notice service capacity held by Company for general system supply. 12.5 Daily Imbalances During Critical Period Events 12.5.1 If Shippers' deliveries and takes are not in balance during a day,or are projected to be out of balance on a future day,and if Company determines in its reasonable judgment that such imbalances(i)impair Company's ability to maintain the operational integrity of its distribution system, or (ii) adversely affect Company's cost of gas purchased for resale to its firm service sales customers,then the Company may declare a Critical Period Event. "Critical Period Event"can be either: (i)an Excess Flow Event (Shipper's(deliveries exceed takes);or(ii)a Deficient Flow Event(Shipper's takes exceed deliveries). Under this Section 12,Operational Flow Orders("OFO's")or Operational Alerts("OA's")of pipelines serving the Company shall be deemed events which impair the Company's ability to maintain the First Revised Terms&Conditions Replaces Original T-90,T-91&T-92 Effective 07-11-2019 Terms&Conditions