Transportation Tariff of Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership, Effective June 11, 2019
Transportation Tariff of Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership, Effective June 11, 2019
Transportation Tariff of Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership, Effective June 11, 2019
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Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(a) is a party to a subsisting Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FRS; and
(b) has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.1 Service under this Toll Schedule is available on any Day hereunder subject to the terms hereof,
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions.
Nominations for service shall be made pursuant to Article 12 of the General Terms and
Conditions. Service hereunder shall not be subject to curtailment or interruption except as
provided herein or in the General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 Transporter will receive from a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point volumes of Gas up to the sum
of a Shipper's Contracted Capacity and PITS Volume, converted to energy in accordance with
Article 3.1 hereof, plus the Fuel Requirement, and will credit to the Shipper's account at the
Alliance Trading Pool such energy, less the Fuel Requirement.
2.3 (a) Shippers with Firm Transportation Service Agreements for FRS with initial terms of
three (3) years or greater are eligible to receive Priority Interruptible Transportation
Service hereunder. Actual capacity available for PITS will vary daily depending upon
the amount of Firm Service utilized by Shippers and the capability of Transporter's
system to provide PITS. Shippers' Nominations for PITS will be scheduled after all Firm
Service is scheduled and before Interruptible Service is scheduled in accordance with
Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions.
(b) Shippers with Staged Contracts are eligible for service hereunder. Demand Charges for
such Staged Contracts shall be calculated in accordance with the formula set out in
Schedule "B" hereto and will be specified in Schedule "A" of a Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement.
2.4 Provided the Shipper has contracted for Firm Rich Gas Service in accordance with Article 8
hereof, Shipper will be entitled to tender Gas that does not meet the HCDP Spec at the contracted
Receipt Point, in accordance with its FRGS Agreement, the terms hereof and the General Terms
and Conditions.
2.5 Transporter shall not be obligated to add any facilities or interconnections or to expand the
capacity of its pipeline system in any manner in order to provide service hereunder to any
Shipper.
3.1 Shipper's Contracted Capacity and PITS Volume at a contracted Receipt Point will be converted
to an equivalent Gigajoule amount for Nomination and scheduling purposes and as specified in
Article 2.2 hereof, using an "Energy Conversion Factor" established by Transporter from time
to time based on the Gross Heating Value at the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point and posted on
the Transporter's website.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and Shipper shall pay an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) for Firm Receipt Service, except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the product
obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted Capacity by (2) the Demand Charge,
each specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement;
(b) for Seasonal Service, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted
Capacity by (2) the Demand Charge, each specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement, by (3) the number of Days in the Month for which the
Firm Transportation Service Agreement was in effect;
(c) for Daily Seasonal Service, the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the
Month, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Contracted Capacity for the Day by (2) the Demand Charge for the Day, each specified in
Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the applicable
Day;
(d) for Firm Receipt Service, including Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service, where
a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point is a Zone 1 Receipt Point and Shipper has, on any
given Day of the Month, scheduled a Diversion in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions and such Diversion has resulted in the Shipper diverting
Gas to a Receipt Point in Zone 2, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the
Allocated Quantities that were diverted during the Month by (2) the Incremental
Diversion Charge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(e) for each Firm Transportation Service Agreement with an associated FRGS Agreement,
the product obtained by multiplying (1) the FRGS Demand Surcharge specified in
Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the FRGS Volume by (3) the absolute value of the difference
between the FRGS HCDP Spec and the HCDP Spec;
(f) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the
Allocated Quantities under a Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement with an
associated FRGS Agreement exceeds the FRGS Volume and the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP
Spec, where the daily charge is equal to:
(i) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified
in Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised
HCDP Spec by (3) the amount by which the Allocated Quantities exceeds the
FRGS Volume;
(g) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper under a Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement with an associated FRGS Agreement exceeds the greater of (i) the FRGS
HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec, where the daily charge is equal to:
(i) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified
in Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the FRGS HCDP Spec or (ii) the
Revised HCDP Spec by (3) the lesser of (i) the Allocated Quantities or (ii) the
FRGS Volume;
(h) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper under a Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement without an associated FRGS Agreement exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP
Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec, where the daily charge is equal to:
(i) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified
in Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised
HCDP Spec by (3) the Allocated Quantities;
(i) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that PITS is
scheduled, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Allocated Quantities of PITS up to and including the equivalent of ten percent (10%) of
Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the applicable PITS Charge 1 specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(j) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that PITS is
scheduled, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) any
Allocated Quantities of PITS in excess of the equivalent of ten percent (10%) of
Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the applicable PITS Charge 2 specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(k) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that there are Overrun
Quantities allocated to a Shipper, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained
by multiplying (1) the Overrun Quantities by (2) the applicable Overrun Quantities
Charge(s) specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(l) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the
difference between a Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance by (2) the Balancing Fee;
(m) for each instance in which a Deficit Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Deficit Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
(n) for Firm Receipt Service, except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the product
obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost
Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(o) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities of PITS for
the Month by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(p) for Seasonal Service, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted
Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement
by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto by (3) the number of Days in the Month for which the Firm
Transportation Service Agreement was in effect;
(q) for Daily Seasonal Service, the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the
Month, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Contracted Capacity for the Day specified in Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement for the applicable Day by (2) the applicable
Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(r) where a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point is a Zone 1 Receipt Point and Shipper has, on
any given Day of the Month, scheduled a Diversion in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions and such Diversion has resulted in the Shipper diverting
Gas to a Receipt Point in Zone 2, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the
Allocated Quantities that were diverted during the Month by (2) the difference between
the Zone 2 and the Zone 1 Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge specified in Schedule
"A" hereto;
(s) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Overrun Quantities for the Month
by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge(s) specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(t) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities for the
Month by (2) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(u) where a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point is a Zone 1 Receipt Point and Shipper has, on
any given Day of the Month, scheduled a Diversion in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions and such Diversion has resulted in the Shipper diverting
Gas to a Receipt Point in Zone 2, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the
Allocated Quantities that were diverted during the Month by (2) the difference between
the Zone 2 and the Zone 1 Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(v) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Overrun Quantities for the Month
by (2) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge(s) specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(w) any Deficit Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
(y) any interest on late payments payable by Shipper in accordance with Article 7.8 of the
General Terms and Conditions;
(i) any Demand Charge Credits and FRGS Demand Surcharge Credits to which Shipper is
entitled in accordance with Article 5 hereof;
(ii) for each instance in which a Surplus Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Surplus Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(iii) any Surplus Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
4.2 Nothing in this Article 4 shall be construed as in any way relieving Shipper from its obligations to
pay any adjustments, charges, interest or penalties calculated in accordance with the General
Terms and Conditions.
(ii) such reduction in Transporter's physical capability prevents such Shipper from
having its Gas transported in accordance with its Firm Transportation Service
Agreement, and such Shipper is unable, using reasonable commercial efforts, to
mitigate such reduction through commercial or other means available on the
Canadian Pipeline or the U.S. Pipeline ("Impact to Shipper"),
then, subject to Articles 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(d), 5.5 and 8.4 hereof, Transporter's liability to
a Shipper for a Demand Charge credit as determined in accordance with Article 5.3
hereof ("Demand Charge Credit") for the Under Transport Day will arise:
(iv) following the Safe Harbor Period for events of Force Majeure, provided
Transporter shall be limited to no more than two (2) Safe Harbor Periods per
calendar year per Firm Transportation Service Agreement under which there is
an Impact to Shipper;
but in either case, Shipper shall only be entitled to the Demand Charge Credit to the
extent of the Impact to Shipper.
(b) Shipper shall not be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit and there shall be
deemed to be no Impact to Shipper if:
(i) Shipper has, in respect of the Under Transport Day, submitted a Nomination for a
Diversion, which has been scheduled in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions, where the Diversion is from a contracted Receipt
Point that is not impacted by the reduction in Transporter's physical capability to
receive Gas as contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof to a Receipt Point that is
impacted by the reduction in Transporter's physical capability to receive Gas as
contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof; or
(ii) Shipper has, in respect of the Under Transport Day, submitted a Nomination for a
Diversion, which has been scheduled in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions, from each contracted Receipt Point which was
impacted by the reduction in Transporter's physical capability to receive Gas as
contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof to a Receipt Point(s) not impacted by the
reduction in Transporter's physical capability to receive Gas as contemplated in
Article 5.1(a) hereof.
(c) Shipper shall only be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit in respect of Gas
("Nominal Capacity") that, if it had been nominated at a Shipper’s contracted Receipt
Point, would have been (1) scheduled in accordance with Article 14 of the General Terms
and Conditions and (2) tendered at the contracted Receipt Point for service hereunder by
or on behalf of Shipper, up to Shipper's Contracted Capacity, in the absence of the
reduction in Transporter's physical capability to transport Gas under a Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement as contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof.
(d) Refusal by Transporter to receive Gas failing to comply with the Quality Specifications,
receipt pressure, or Alliance Trading Pool account Imbalance Tolerance requirements, as
set out in the General Terms and Conditions, or which is in excess of the volumes which
Transporter is required under the Tariff to accept from Shipper, shall not give rise to any
Demand Charge Credit. Shippers ineligible to receive service under a Firm
Transportation Service Agreement, for whatever reason, are not eligible for a Demand
Charge Credit.
5.2 (a) Where a Shipper is entitled to a Demand Charge Credit in accordance with Article 5.1(a)
hereof and such Shipper is a party to a corresponding FRGS Agreement, such Shipper
shall also be entitled to a corresponding credit for its FRGS Demand Surcharge ("FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credit") on the Under Transported FRGS Capacity as determined
in accordance with Article 5.4 hereof.
(b) If, on any Day, Transporter is unable, for any reason including a Transporter Force
Majeure, to receive all or a portion of Shipper's FRGS Volume under a FRGS
Agreement, but Transportation under the corresponding Firm Transportation Service
Agreement is not affected, the Shipper shall be entitled to both a Demand Charge Credit,
as determined in accordance with Article 5.3 hereof, and a FRGS Demand Surcharge
Credit, as determined in accordance with Article 5.4 hereof.
5.3 Notwithstanding any Impact to Shipper as set out in Article 5.1(a) hereof, there shall be no
reduction in respect thereof to Shipper's Monthly Bill for the Month in which the Under Transport
Day occurs ("Under Transport Month"). Subject to Article 5.5 hereof, a Shipper's subsequent
Monthly Bill shall be reduced by a Demand Charge Credit if such a Demand Charge Credit is
payable, in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) for Firm Receipt Service
except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the Demand Charge specified in Schedule
"A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement multiplied by twelve (12) and divided
by the number of Days in the Year; for Seasonal Service, the Demand Charge specified in
Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement; and for Daily Seasonal
Service, the Demand Charge specified in Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm Transportation
Service Agreement for the applicable Day by (2) the amount, if any, by which Shipper's Nominal
Capacity exceeds the actual energy, converted to volume using the actual heating value of the Gas
transported by Transporter on behalf of the Shipper on the Under Transport Day, excluding any
PITS Volume and the Fuel Requirement ("Under Transported Capacity").
5.4 Subject to Article 5.5 hereof, a Shipper's subsequent Monthly Bill shall be reduced by a FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credit, if a credit is payable, in an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (1) the FRGS Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "C" hereto multiplied by
twelve (12) and divided by the number of Days in the Year by (2) the absolute value of the
difference between the FRGS HCDP Spec and the HCDP Spec by (3) the amount, if any, by
which the lesser of (i) the FRGS Volume or (ii) the Nominal Capacity exceeds the actual energy,
converted to volume using the actual heating value of the Gas transported by Transporter on
behalf of the Shipper on the Under Transport Day ("Under Transported FRGS Capacity").
5.5 If Transporter and Shipper agree and subject to available capacity, Transporter may allow Shipper
to tender make-up Gas ("Transportation Make-Up") in an amount not exceeding the Under
Transported Capacity for Transportation within an agreed-upon period of time, in which event
Shipper shall not be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit nor, if applicable, a FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credit in respect of any Transportation Make-Up scheduled by Transporter
under Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions.
ARTICLE 6 SURCHARGES
6.1 Transporter will apply a demand surcharge ("Recoverable Cost Variances Demand
Surcharge") as set out in Schedule "A" hereto to all Contracted Capacity, and a surcharge
("Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge") as set out in Schedule "A" hereto to all Allocated
Quantities of PITS and Overrun Quantities, to recover:
(a) costs that are incurred by Transporter in excess of forecasted amounts for the Canadian
Pipeline's pipeline integrity, including any pipe replacements or reroutes required to
comply with Applicable Law, property and business taxes, National Energy Board cost
recovery charges, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions imposed by an Authority;
(c) as they may arise, new costs that are imposed upon Transporter by an Authority, including,
without limitation, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions.
6.2 In the event costs incurred by Transporter for those categories described in Article 6.1 above are
less than forecasted amounts, Transporter will administer deferral accounts to carry over any
year-end balances of such costs to offset future Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharges
and Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharges.
6.3 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge") as set out in Schedule
"A" hereto to all Allocated Quantities and Overrun Quantities to collect the costs of pipeline
abandonment.
7.1 Notwithstanding Article 34 of the General Terms and Conditions, Shipper may temporarily
assign to third parties its Transportation entitlement for its Total Contracted Capacity or portion
thereof and the associated share of its Total PITS Capacity; however, notwithstanding such
temporary assignment, Shipper will remain responsible for all of its obligations under the Tariff.
8.1 The availability of Firm Rich Gas Service hereunder will be determined by Transporter in its sole
discretion and in accordance with Articles 2, 9 and 30.2 of the General Terms and Conditions.
Provided the Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FRS is for an initial term of
three (3) years or greater, and subject to availability, Shipper shall be eligible to contract for Firm
Rich Gas Service in relation to Shipper’s Contracted Capacity at the specified Receipt Point
under such Firm Transportation Service Agreement, and additionally, if desired, and subject to
availability, in relation to Shipper’s Contracted Capacity at the same specified Receipt Point
under Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreements for FRS or FFPS Seasonal Service with
a term greater than one (1) month.
8.2 Subject to Article 8.5(d) hereof, once Firm Rich Gas Service is granted to a Shipper and a
corresponding agreement, a standard form of which is attached as Appendix III to the General
Terms and Conditions, is executed ("FRGS Agreement"), the terms and availability to that
Shipper of Firm Rich Gas Service shall not be subject to redetermination by Transporter for the
initial term of the FRGS Agreement, or for a renewed term, but only if such renewal is granted by
Transporter in accordance with Article 28.2(b) of the General Terms and Conditions.
8.3 For each eligible Firm Transportation Service Agreement listed in Schedule "A" of Shipper's
FRGS Agreement Transporter will receive Gas up to the volume specified in Shipper's FRGS
Agreement ("FRGS Volume") and up to the HCDP specified in Shipper's FRGS Agreement
("FRGS HCDP Spec") for each Day of each Month in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the FRGS Agreement, provided that:
(a) Shipper shall pay a monthly demand surcharge for such FRGS, as set out in Schedule "C"
hereto ("FRGS Demand Surcharge"), regardless of whether Shipper utilitizes such
FRGS in a given Month; and
(b) such received Gas satisfies all other applicable Quality Specifications.
8.4 When: (1) the actual HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper at a Receipt Point exceeds the greater
of (i) the Shipper's FRGS HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec or (2) the amount tendered
exceeds the Shipper's FRGS Volume contracted under Shipper's FRGS Agreement and the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the
Revised HCDP Spec, then the Transporter may, in its sole discretion:
(a) elect to accept all or a portion of such volumes of Shipper's Gas on an interruptible basis,
subject to availability, in which case, an HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge, as set out in
Schedule "C" hereto, shall apply to such Gas, and, if any portion of Shipper's Gas is
curtailed hereunder, Shipper shall not be entitled to Demand Charge Credits or FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credits for such curtailed Gas; or
(b) shut-in the applicable Receipt Point, in which case Shipper shall not be entitled to
Demand Charge Credits or FRGS Demand Surcharge Credits.
8.5 Shipper may, from time to time and in accordance with Article 9.3 of the General Terms and
Conditions, request an increase or decrease in its contracted FRGS Volume and/or FRGS HCDP
Spec or, for existing Firm Service Shippers without FRGS, the addition of FRGS, in which case:
(a) in the event Transporter receives more than one request hereunder, such requests shall be
considered by Transporter in the order in which they are received by Transporter;
(b) in the case of a request to decrease its applicable FRGS HCDP Spec, such request shall
be approved by Transporter, and in all other cases, Transporter shall, in its sole discretion
determine whether to approve such request and, unless Transporter approves a request to
contract for additional FRGS Volume above Shipper's Contracted Capacity at the
specified Receipt Point under the corresponding Firm Transportation Service Agreement
specified in Section F of Schedule "A" of Shipper's FRGS Agreement in order to
accommodate Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreements for FRS or FFPS
Seasonal Service with a term greater than one (1) month at the same specified Receipt
Point, Shipper's contracted FRGS Volume at a specified Receipt Point shall not exceed
Shipper's Contracted Capacity at the specified Receipt Point under the corresponding
Firm Transportation Service Agreement specified in Section F of Schedule "A" of
Shipper's FRGS Agreement;
(c) where a request to increase or decrease a Shipper's FRGS Volume and/or FRGS HCDP
Spec is approved by Transporter, Shipper's FRGS Agreement shall be amended
accordingly; and
(d) where a request to contract for additional FRGS Volume to accommodate Shipper’s Firm
Transportation Service Agreements for FRS or FFPS Seasonal Service with a term
greater than one (1) month at the specified Receipt Point has been approved by
Transporter, upon expiry or assignment of such Firm Transportation Service Agreements
for FRS or FFPS Seasonal Service, Shipper's contracted FRGS Volume under its FRGS
Agreement shall be reduced accordingly.
9.1 Capitalized terms used in this Toll Schedule shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
General Terms and Conditions.
9.2 Schedule "A" – Firm Receipt Service Charges, Schedule "B" – Calculation of Staged Contract
Demand Charge and Schedule "C" – Firm Rich Gas Service Surcharges are attached to and made
part of this Toll Schedule.
9.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
Surcharges:
FRS, except for FRS: Seasonal and
Recoverable Cost Seasonal and Daily Daily Seasonal FRS: Overrun
Variances Demand Seasonal Services Services FRS: PITS Quantities
Surcharge and Recoverable Cost Recoverable Cost
Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Variances Demand Recoverable Cost Recoverable Cost
Variances Surcharge Surcharge Variances Variances
Surcharge2 $/103m3/ month $/103m3/day Surcharge $/103m3 Surcharge $/103m3
Zone 1 0 0 0 0
Zone 2 0 0 0 0
The Bid Floors for Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service will be posted on the Transporter's website.
11 Yr Demand Charge is provided only for the purposes of calculating Staged Contract Demand Charges.
2For December 1, 2015, the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge and the Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge will
be zero; however, the surcharge will be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff.
The Demand Charge for a Staged Contract will be the volume-weighted average Demand Charge for all
tranches over the term of the Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement, as specified in Schedule
"A" of such Firm Transportation Service Agreement. The formula used to calculate the Demand Charge
is:
Where:
"5YrVol" = Sum of the Contracted Capacity for tranches with terms of five (5)
years or greater.
"3YrVol" = Sum of the Contracted Capacity for tranches with terms of at least
three (3) years but less than five (5) years.
"1YrVol" = Sum of the Contracted Capacity for tranches with terms less than
three (3) years.
"5YrDC" = Applicable FRS Demand Charge for terms of five (5) years or
greater in $/103m3/mo as specified in Schedule "A" hereof.
"3YrDC" = Applicable FRS Demand Charge for terms of at least three (3) years
but less than five (5) years in $/103m3/mo as specified in Schedule
"A" hereof.
TOLL SCHEDULE
FIRM DELIVERY SERVICE
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(a) is a party to a subsisting Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FDS or FDS-IBR;
(b) has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(c) in the case of an FDS-IBR Shipper, it or its Affiliate holds a transportation agreement for
FT-1 IBR Service for a volume, less U.S. Fuel Requirement, and term equal to that of
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FDS-IBR.
2.1 Service under this Toll Schedule is available on any Day hereunder subject to the terms hereof,
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions.
Nominations for service shall be made pursuant to Article 12 of the General Terms and
Conditions. Service hereunder shall not be subject to curtailment or interruption except as
provided herein or in the General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 Transporter will receive from a Shipper's account at the Alliance Trading Pool volumes of Gas up
to a Shipper's Contracted Capacity, converted to energy in accordance with Article 3.1 hereof,
plus the Fuel Requirement, and will transport and deliver to the Delivery Point such energy, less
the Fuel Requirement.
2.3 Transporter shall not be obligated to add any facilities or interconnections or to expand the
capacity of its pipeline system in any manner in order to provide service hereunder to any
Shipper.
2.4 The minimum term for a Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FDS-IBR is five (5) years.
3.1 Shipper's Contracted Capacity will be converted to an equivalent Gigajoule amount for
Nomination and scheduling purposes and as specified in Article 2.2 hereof, using an "Energy
Conversion Factor" of 40.97 MJ/m3 as posted on the Transporter's website.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and Shipper shall pay an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) for FDS-IBR and FDS, except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the product
obtained by multiplying (1) the Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement by (2) for FDS-IBR, the Demand
Charge as calculated pursuant to Article 9 hereof, or for FDS, the Demand Charge
specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement;
(b) for Seasonal Service, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Contracted Capacity by
(2) the Demand Charge, each specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation
Service Agreement by (3) the number of Days in the Month for which the Firm
Transportation Service Agreement was in effect;
(c) for Daily Seasonal Service, the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the
Month, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Contracted Capacity for the Day by (2) the Demand Charge for the Day, each specified in
Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the applicable
Day;
(d) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the
difference between a Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance by (2) the Balancing Fee;
(e) for each instance in which a Deficit Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Deficit Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
(f) for FDS-IBR and FDS, except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the product
obtained by multiplying (1) the Contracted Capacity by (2) the applicable Recoverable
Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(g) for Seasonal Service, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Contracted Capacity
specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the
applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto by (3) the number of Days in the Month for which the Firm Transportation Service
Agreement was in effect;
(h) for Daily Seasonal Service, the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the
Month, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Contracted Capacity for the Day specified in Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement for the applicable Day by (2) the applicable
Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(i) for FDS-IBR and FDS, including Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service, the
product obtained by multiplying (1) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge
specified in Schedule "A" hereto by (2) the sum of the Scheduled Quantities for the
Month, converted to volume using the Gross Heating Value specified in Article 3.1
hereof;
(k) any interest on late payments payable by Shipper in accordance with Article 7.8 of the
General Terms and Conditions;
(i) any Demand Charge Credits to which Shipper is entitled in accordance with Article 5
hereof;
(ii) any Rich Gas Credit owing in accordance with Article 8 hereof; and
(iii) for each instance in which a Surplus Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Surplus Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
4.2 Nothing in this Article 4 shall be construed as in any way relieving Shipper from its obligations to
pay any adjustments, charges, interest or penalties calculated in accordance with the General
Terms and Conditions.
(ii) such reduction in Transporter's physical capability prevents such Shipper from
having its Gas transported in accordance with its Firm Transportation Service
Agreement, and such Shipper is unable, using reasonable commercial efforts, to
mitigate such reduction through commercial or other means available on the
Canadian Pipeline or the U.S. Pipeline ("Impact to Shipper"),
then, subject to Articles 5.1(b), 5.1(c) and 5.3 hereof, Transporter's liability to a Shipper
for a Demand Charge credit as determined in accordance with Article 5.2 hereof
("Demand Charge Credit") for the Under Transport Day will arise:
(iv) following the Safe Harbor Period for events of Force Majeure, provided
Transporter shall be limited to no more than two (2) Safe Harbor Periods per
calendar year per Firm Transportation Service Agreement under which there is
an Impact to Shipper;
but in either case, Shipper shall only be entitled to the Demand Charge Credit to the
extent of the Impact to Shipper.
(b) Shipper shall only be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit in respect of Gas
("Nominal Capacity") that, if it had been nominated, would have been (1) scheduled in
accordance with Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions and (2) tendered at
Shipper's account at the Alliance Trading Pool for service hereunder by or on behalf of
Shipper, up to Shipper's Contracted Capacity, in the absence of the reduction in
Transporter's physical capability to transport Gas under a Shipper's Firm Transportation
Service Agreement as contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof.
(c) Refusal by Transporter to receive Gas failing to comply with the Quality Specifications,
pressure, or Alliance Trading Pool account Imbalance Tolerance requirements set out in
the General Terms and Conditions, or which is in excess of the volumes which
Transporter is required under the Tariff to accept from Shipper, shall not give rise to any
Demand Charge Credit. Shippers ineligible to receive service under a Firm
Transportation Service Agreement, for whatever reason, are not eligible for a Demand
Charge Credit.
5.2 Notwithstanding any Impact to Shipper as set out in Article 5.1(a) hereof, there shall be no
reduction in respect thereof to Shipper's Monthly Bill for the Month in which the Under Transport
Day occurs ("Under Transport Month"). Subject to Article 5.3 hereof, a Shipper's subsequent
Monthly Bill shall be reduced by a Demand Charge Credit if such a Demand Charge Credit is
payable, in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) for FDS-IBR and FDS,
except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the Demand Charge specified in Schedule
"A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement multiplied by twelve (12) and divided
by the number of Days in the Year; for Seasonal Service, the Demand Charge specified in
Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement; and for Daily Seasonal
Service, the Demand Charge specified in Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm Transportation
Service Agreement for the applicable Day by (2) the amount, if any, by which Shipper's Nominal
Capacity exceeds the actual energy, converted to volume using the actual heating value of the Gas
transported by Transporter on behalf of the Shipper on the Under Transport Day, less the Fuel
Requirement ("Under Transported Capacity").
5.3 If Transporter and Shipper agree and subject to available capacity, Transporter may allow Shipper
to tender make-up Gas ("Transportation Make-Up") in an amount not exceeding the Under
Transported Capacity for Transportation within an agreed-upon period of time, in which event
Shipper shall not be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit in respect of any Transportation
Make-Up scheduled by Transporter under Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions.
ARTICLE 6 SURCHARGES
6.1 Transporter will apply a demand surcharge ("Recoverable Cost Variances Demand
Surcharge") as set out in Schedule "A" hereto to all Contracted Capacity, to recover:
(a) costs that are incurred by Transporter in excess of forecasted amounts for the Canadian
Pipeline's pipeline integrity, including any pipe replacements or reroutes required to
comply with Applicable Law, property and business taxes, National Energy Board cost
recovery charges, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions imposed by an Authority;
(c) as they may arise, new costs that are imposed upon Transporter by an Authority, including,
without limitation, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions.
6.2 In the event costs incurred by Transporter for those categories described in Article 6.1 above are
less than forecasted amounts, Transporter will administer deferral accounts to carry over any
year-end balances of such costs to offset future Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharges.
6.3 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge") as set out in Schedule
"A" hereto to all Scheduled Quantities, converted to volume using the Gross Heating Value as
specified in Article 3.1 hereof, to collect the costs of pipeline abandonment.
7.1 Notwithstanding Article 34 of the General Terms and Conditions, Shipper may temporarily
assign to third parties its Transportation entitlement for its Contracted Capacity or portion
thereof; however, notwithstanding such temporary assignment, Shipper will remain responsible
for all of its obligations under the Tariff.
8.1 (a) A "Rich Gas Credit", calculated in accordance with Schedule "B" hereto, is payable to a
Shipper when the quarterly, calculated Gross Heating Value of the commingled stream of
the Gas transported under all FDS and FDS-IBR exceeds the Energy Conversion Factor
and there is no Rich Gas Debit held by the Transporter. Such Rich Gas Credit shall
appear on Shipper's Monthly Bill in the fourth (4th) Month following the measured
quarter, provided such Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement is still in effect.
(b) A "Rich Gas Debit", calculated in accordance with Schedule "B" hereto, will be held by
the Transporter in aggregate when the quarterly, calculated Gross Heating Value of the
commingled stream of the Gas transported under all FDS and FDS-IBR is less than the
Energy Conversion Factor.
(c) Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service Shippers shall not be eligible to receive
Rich Gas Credits.
9.1 Index Based Rates: Each Month, the Demand Charge payable by an FDS-IBR shipper will be
determined as follows:
Where:
FDS-IBR Floor ($USD/Dth) = FDS-IBR Floor Demand Charge from Schedule "A" hereto
($CA/103m3/month) x 12 / the number of Days in the Year x FX Rate x 1.055056 / ConvF
Where:
FDS-IBR Allocation = FDS-IBR proportion of full IBR toll from ATP to U.S.
delivery point (0.35 at par $USD/$CAD rate).
10.1 Capitalized terms used in this Toll Schedule shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
General Terms and Conditions.
10.2 Schedule "A" – FDS and FDS-IBR Charges and Schedule "B" – Calculation of Rich Gas Credit
and Rich Gas Debit are attached to and made part of this Toll Schedule.
10.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
Demand Charge
$/103m3/day
FDS: Seasonal and Daily
Seasonal Services As bid by Shipper.
Surcharges:
FDS-IBR and FDS,
except Seasonal and Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge
Daily Seasonal Services Surcharge1 $/103m3/month $/103m3
FDS 0 $0.24
FDS-IBR 0 $0.24
The Bid Floors for Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service will be posted on the Transporter's website.
1For December 1, 2015, the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge and the Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge will
be zero; however, the surcharge will be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff.
Schedule "B" – Calculation of Rich Gas Credit and Rich Gas Debit
A. The formula for determining whether a Rich Gas Credit or Rich Gas Debit has occurred in a
quarter is as follows:
A negative result means a QSRGD has occurred in the quarter and a positive result means a
QSRGC has occurred in the quarter.
Where:
AQV = The actual quarterly volumes flowing under all FDS and FDS-IBR Firm
Transportation Service Agreements, except Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service
Firm Transportation Service Agreements.
FDS QSQ = The total of all Scheduled Quantities for FDS, except for Seasonal Service and
Daily Seasonal Service, in the quarter.
FDS-IBR QSQ = The total of all Scheduled Quantities for FDS-IBR in the quarter.
FDS DC = Demand Charge for FDS specified in Schedule "A" hereto
ConvF = Energy Conversion Factor in accordance with Article 3.1 hereof.
GHV = Calculated Gross Heating Value for volumes flowing under FDS, except for
Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service, and FDS-IBR in the quarter.
QSRGC = Quarterly System Rich Gas Credit.
QSRGD = Quarterly System Rich Gas Debit.
B. The Transporter shall carry and accrue system Rich Gas Credits against system Rich Gas Debits.
At the end of any quarter in which the accrued system Rich Gas Credits exceeds the accrued
system Rich Gas Debits, the Transporter will determine the Shipper's share of such excess and
zero the system account balances. A Shipper's Rich Gas Credit shall be credited to Shipper's
Monthly Bill in the following manner:
(i) Shipper's Rich Gas Credit = ((∑QSRGC - ∑QSRGD) / (FDS CC + FDS-IBR CC)) x
Shipper's Contracted Capacity in the Month.
Where:
FDS CC = The sum of all FDS Contracted Capacity in the Month, except for Seasonal
Service and Daily Seasonal Service.
FDS-IBR CC= The sum of all FDS-IBR Contracted Capacity in the Month.
TOLL SCHEDULE
FIRM FULL PATH SERVICE
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(b) has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(c) or its Affiliate holds a transportation agreement(s) for FT-1 Service for a volume and
term at least equal to that of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FFPS.
2.1 Service under this Toll Schedule is available on any Day hereunder subject to the terms hereof,
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions.
Nominations for service shall be made pursuant to Article 12 of the General Terms and
Conditions. Service hereunder shall not be subject to curtailment or interruption except as
provided herein or in the General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 Transporter will receive from a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point volumes of Gas up to the sum
of a Shipper's Contracted Capacity and PITS Volume, converted to energy in accordance with
Article 3.1 hereof, plus the Fuel Requirement and U.S. Fuel Requirement, and will transport and
deliver to the Delivery Point such energy, less the Fuel Requirement.
2.3 (a) Shippers with Firm Transportation Service Agreements for FFPS with initial terms of
three (3) years or greater are eligible to receive Priority Interruptible Transportation
Service hereunder. Actual capacity available for PITS will vary daily depending upon
the amount of Firm Service utilized by Shippers and the capability of Transporter's
system to provide PITS. Shippers' Nominations for PITS will be scheduled after all Firm
Service is scheduled and before Interruptible Service is scheduled in accordance with
Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions and is subject to confirmation that the
agreement(s) for FT-1 Service contemplated in Article 1.1(c) hereof is for a volume
sufficient to accommodate Shipper's Total PITS Volume, or in the alternative, that
Shipper or its Affiliate holds, in addition to the agreement contemplated in Article 1.1(c)
hereof, a transportation agreement for service on the U.S. Pipeline for a volume sufficient
to accommodate Shipper's Total PITS Volume.
(b) Shippers with Staged Contracts are eligible for service hereunder. Demand Charges for
such Staged Contracts shall be calculated in accordance with the formula set out in
Schedule "B" hereto and will be specified in Schedule "A" of a Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement.
2.4 Provided the Shipper has contracted for Firm Rich Gas Service in accordance with Article 8
hereof, Shipper will be entitled to tender Gas that does not meet the HCDP Spec at the contracted
Receipt Point, in accordance with its FRGS Agreement, the terms hereof and the General Terms
and Conditions.
2.5 Transporter shall not be obligated to add any facilities or interconnections or to expand the
capacity of its pipeline system in any manner in order to provide service hereunder to any
Shipper.
3.1 Shipper's Contracted Capacity and PITS Volume at a contracted Receipt Point will be converted
to an equivalent Gigajoule amount for Nomination and scheduling purposes and as specified in
Article 2.2 hereof, using an "Energy Conversion Factor" established by Transporter from time
to time based on the Gross Heating Value at the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point and posted on
the Transporter's website.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and Shipper shall pay an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) for Firm Full Path Service, except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the
product obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted Capacity by (2) the Demand
Charge, each specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement;
(b) for Seasonal Service, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted
Capacity by (2) the Demand Charge, each specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement, by (3) the number of Days in the Month for which the
Firm Transportation Service Agreement was in effect;
(c) for Daily Seasonal Service, the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the
Month, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Contracted Capacity for the Day by (2) the Demand Charge for the Day, each specified in
Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the applicable
Day;
(d) for Firm Full Path Service, including Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service, where
a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point is a Zone 1 Receipt Point and Shipper has, on any
given Day of the Month, scheduled a Diversion in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions and such Diversion has resulted in the Shipper diverting
Gas to a Receipt Point in Zone 2, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the
Allocated Quantities that were diverted during the Month by (2) the Incremental
Diversion Charge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(e) for each Firm Transportation Service Agreement with an associated FRGS Agreement,
the product obtained by multiplying (1) the FRGS Demand Surcharge specified in
Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the FRGS Volume by (3) the absolute value of the difference
between the FRGS HCDP Spec and the HCDP Spec;
(f) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the
Allocated Quantities under a Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement with an
associated FRGS Agreement exceeds the FRGS Volume and the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP
Spec, where the daily charge is equal to:
(i) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified
in Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised
HCDP Spec by (3) the amount by which the Allocated Quantities exceeds the
FRGS Volume;
(g) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper under a Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement with an associated FRGS Agreement exceeds the greater of (i) the FRGS
HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec, where the daily charge is equal to:
(i) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified
in Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the FRGS HCDP Spec or (ii) the
Revised HCDP Spec by (3) the lesser of (i) the Allocated Quantities or (ii) the
FRGS Volume;
(h) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper under a Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement without an associated FRGS Agreement exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP
Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec, where the daily charge is equal to:
(i) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified
in Schedule "C" hereto by (2) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas
tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised
HCDP Spec by (3) the Allocated Quantities;
(i) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that PITS is
scheduled, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Allocated Quantities of PITS up to and including the equivalent of ten percent (10%) of
Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the applicable PITS Charge 1 specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(j) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that PITS is
scheduled, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) any
Allocated Quantities of PITS in excess of the equivalent of ten percent (10%) of
Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the applicable PITS Charge 2 specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(k) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that there are Overrun
Quantities allocated to a Shipper, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained
by multiplying (1) the Overrun Quantities by (2) the applicable Overrun Quantities
Charge(s) specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(l) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the
difference between a Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance by (2) the Balancing Fee;
(m) for each instance in which a Deficit Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Deficit Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
(n) for Firm Full Path Service, except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the
product obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted Capacity specified in Schedule
"A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement by (2) the applicable
Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(o) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities of PITS for
the Month by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(p) for Seasonal Service, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Total Contracted
Capacity specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement
by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto by (3) the number of Days in the Month for which the Firm
Transportation Service Agreement was in effect;
(q) for Daily Seasonal Service, the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the
Month, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the
Contracted Capacity for the Day specified in Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement for the applicable Day by (2) the applicable
Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "A" hereto;
(r) where a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point is a Zone 1 Receipt Point and Shipper has, on
any given Day of the Month, scheduled a Diversion in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions and such Diversion has resulted in the Shipper diverting
Gas to a Receipt Point in Zone 2, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the
Allocated Quantities that were diverted during the Month by (2) the difference between
the Zone 2 and the Zone 1 Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge specified in Schedule
"A" hereto;
(s) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Overrun Quantities for the Month
by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge(s) specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(t) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities for the
Month by (2) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(u) where a Shipper's contracted Receipt Point is a Zone 1 Receipt Point and Shipper has, on
any given Day of the Month, scheduled a Diversion in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions and such Diversion has resulted in the Shipper diverting
Gas to a Receipt Point in Zone 2, the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the
Allocated Quantities that were diverted during the Month by (2) the difference between
the Zone 2 and the Zone 1 Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(v) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Overrun Quantities for the Month
by (2) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge(s) specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(w) any Deficit Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
(y) any interest on late payments payable by Shipper in accordance with Article 7.8 of the
General Terms and Conditions;
(i) any Demand Charge Credits and FRGS Demand Surcharge Credits to which Shipper is
entitled in accordance with Article 5 hereof;
(ii) for each instance in which a Surplus Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Surplus Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(iii) any Surplus Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
4.2 Nothing in this Article 4 shall be construed as in any way relieving Shipper from its obligations to
pay any adjustments, charges, interest or penalties calculated in accordance with the General
Terms and Conditions.
(ii) such reduction in Transporter's physical capability prevents such Shipper from
having its Gas transported in accordance with its Firm Transportation Service
Agreement, and such Shipper is unable, using reasonable commercial efforts, to
mitigate such reduction through commercial or other means available on the
Canadian Pipeline or the U.S. Pipeline ("Impact to Shipper"),
then, subject to Articles 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(d), 5.5 and 8.4 hereof, Transporter's liability to
a Shipper for a Demand Charge credit as determined in accordance with Article 5.3
hereof ("Demand Charge Credit") for the Under Transport Day will arise:
(iv) following the Safe Harbor Period for events of Force Majeure, provided
Transporter shall be limited to no more than two (2) Safe Harbor Periods per
calendar year per Firm Transportation Service Agreement under which there is
an Impact to Shipper;
but in either case, Shipper shall only be entitled to the Demand Charge Credit to the
extent of the Impact to Shipper.
(b) Shipper shall not be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit and there shall be
deemed to be no Impact to Shipper if:
(i) Shipper has, in respect of the Under Transport Day, submitted a Nomination for a
Diversion, which has been scheduled in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions, where the Diversion is from a contracted Receipt
Point that is not impacted by the reduction in Transporter's physical capability to
receive Gas as contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof to a Receipt Point that is
impacted by the reduction in Transporter's physical capability to receive Gas as
contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof; or
(ii) Shipper has, in respect of the Under Transport Day, submitted a Nomination for a
Diversion, which has been scheduled in accordance with Article 15 of the
General Terms and Conditions, from each contracted Receipt Point which was
impacted by the reduction in Transporter's physical capability to receive Gas as
contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof to a Receipt Point(s) not impacted by the
reduction in Transporter's physical capability to receive Gas as contemplated in
Article 5.1(a) hereof.
(c) Shipper shall only be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit in respect of Gas
("Nominal Capacity") that, if it had been nominated at a Shipper’s contracted Receipt
Point, would have been (1) scheduled in accordance with Article 14 of the General Terms
and Conditions and (2) tendered at the contracted Receipt Point for service hereunder by
or on behalf of Shipper, up to Shipper's Contracted Capacity, in the absence of the
reduction in Transporter's physical capability to transport Gas under a Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement as contemplated in Article 5.1(a) hereof.
(d) Refusal by Transporter to receive Gas failing to comply with the Quality Specifications,
receipt pressure, or Alliance Trading Pool account Imbalance Tolerance requirements, as
set out in the General Terms and Conditions, or which is in excess of the volumes which
Transporter is required under the Tariff to accept from Shipper, shall not give rise to any
Demand Charge Credit. Shippers ineligible to receive service under a Firm
Transportation Service Agreement, for whatever reason, are not eligible for a Demand
Charge Credit.
5.2 (a) Where a Shipper is entitled to a Demand Charge Credit in accordance with Article 5.1(a)
hereof and such Shipper is a party to a corresponding FRGS Agreement, such Shipper
shall also be entitled to a corresponding credit for its FRGS Demand Surcharge ("FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credit") on the Under Transported FRGS Capacity as determined
in accordance with Article 5.4 hereof.
(b) If, on any Day, Transporter is unable, for any reason including a Transporter Force
Majeure, to receive all or a portion of Shipper's FRGS Volume under a FRGS
Agreement, but Transportation under the corresponding Firm Transportation Service
Agreement is not affected, the Shipper shall be entitled to both a Demand Charge Credit,
as determined in accordance with Article 5.3 hereof, and a FRGS Demand Surcharge
Credit, as determined in accordance with Article 5.4 hereof.
5.3 Notwithstanding any Impact to Shipper as set out in Article 5.1(a) hereof, there shall be no
reduction in respect thereof to Shipper's Monthly Bill for the Month in which the Under Transport
Day occurs ("Under Transport Month"). Subject to Article 5.5 hereof, a Shipper's subsequent
Monthly Bill shall be reduced by a Demand Charge Credit if such a Demand Charge Credit is
payable, in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) for Firm Full Path Service
except Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, the Demand Charge specified in Schedule
"A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement multiplied by twelve (12) and divided
by the number of Days in the Year; for Seasonal Service, the Demand Charge specified in
Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement; and for Daily Seasonal
Service, the Demand Charge specified in Schedule "B-2" of Shipper's Firm Transportation
Service Agreement for the applicable Day by (2) the amount, if any, by which Shipper's Nominal
Capacity exceeds the actual energy, converted to volume using the actual heating value of the Gas
transported by Transporter on behalf of the Shipper on the Under Transport Day, excluding any
PITS Volume, the Fuel Requirement and U.S. Fuel Requirement ("Under Transported
Capacity").
5.4 Subject to Article 5.5 hereof, a Shipper's subsequent Monthly Bill shall be reduced by a FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credit, if a credit is payable, in an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (1) the FRGS Demand Surcharge specified in Schedule "C" hereto multiplied by
twelve (12) and divided by the number of Days in the Year by (2) the absolute value of the
difference between the FRGS HCDP Spec and the HCDP Spec by (3) the amount, if any, by
which the lesser of (i) the FRGS Volume or (ii) the Nominal Capacity exceeds the actual energy,
converted to volume using the actual heating value of the Gas transported by Transporter on
behalf of the Shipper on the Under Transport Day ("Under Transported FRGS Capacity").
5.5 If Transporter and Shipper agree and subject to available capacity, Transporter may allow Shipper
to tender make-up Gas ("Transportation Make-Up") in an amount not exceeding the Under
Transported Capacity for Transportation within an agreed-upon period of time, in which event
Shipper shall not be entitled to receive a Demand Charge Credit nor, if applicable, a FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credit in respect of any Transportation Make-Up scheduled by Transporter
under Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions.
ARTICLE 6 SURCHARGES
6.1 Transporter will apply a demand surcharge ("Recoverable Cost Variances Demand
Surcharge") as set out in Schedule "A" hereto to all Contracted Capacity, and a surcharge
("Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge") as set out in Schedule "A" hereto to all Allocated
Quantities of PITS and Overrun Quantities, to recover:
(a) costs that are incurred by Transporter in excess of forecasted amounts for the Canadian
Pipeline's pipeline integrity, including any pipe replacements or reroutes required to
comply with Applicable Law, property and business taxes, National Energy Board cost
recovery charges, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions imposed by an Authority;
(c) as they may arise, new costs that are imposed upon Transporter by an Authority, including,
without limitation, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions.
6.2 In the event costs incurred by Transporter for those categories described in Article 6.1 above are
less than forecasted amounts, Transporter will administer deferral accounts to carry over any
year-end balances of such costs to offset future Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharges
and Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharges.
6.3 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge") as set out in Schedule
"A" hereto to all Allocated Quantities and Overrun Quantities to collect the costs of pipeline
abandonment.
7.1 Notwithstanding Article 34 of the General Terms and Conditions, Shipper may temporarily
assign to third parties its Transportation entitlement for its Total Contracted Capacity or portion
thereof and the associated share of its Total PITS Capacity; however, notwithstanding such
temporary assignment, Shipper will remain responsible for all of its obligations under the Tariff.
8.1 The availability of Firm Rich Gas Service hereunder will be determined by Transporter in its sole
discretion and in accordance with Articles 2, 9 and 30.2 of the General Terms and Conditions.
Provided the Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FRS is for an initial term of
three (3) years or greater, and subject to availability, Shipper shall be eligible to contract for Firm
Rich Gas Service in relation to Shipper’s Contracted Capacity at the specified Receipt Point
under such Firm Transportation Service Agreement, and additionally, if desired, and subject to
availability, in relation to Shipper’s Contracted Capacity at the same specified Receipt Point
under Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreements for FRS or FFPS Seasonal Service with
a term greater than one (1) month.
8.2 Subject to Article 8.5(d) hereof, once Firm Rich Gas Service is granted to a Shipper and a
corresponding agreement, a standard form of which is attached as Appendix III to the General
Terms and Conditions, is executed ("FRGS Agreement"), the terms and availability to that
Shipper of Firm Rich Gas Service shall not be subject to redetermination by Transporter for the
initial term of the FRGS Agreement, or for a renewed term, but only if such renewal is granted by
Transporter in accordance with Article 28.2(b) of the General Terms and Conditions.
8.3 For each eligible Firm Transportation Service Agreement listed in Schedule "A" of Shipper's
FRGS Agreement Transporter will receive Gas up to the volume specified in Shipper's FRGS
Agreement ("FRGS Volume") and up to the HCDP specified in Shipper's FRGS Agreement
("FRGS HCDP Spec") for each Day of each Month in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the FRGS Agreement, provided that:
(a) Shipper shall pay a monthly demand surcharge for such FRGS, as set out in Schedule "C"
hereto ("FRGS Demand Surcharge"), regardless of whether Shipper utilitizes such
FRGS in a given Month; and
(b) such received Gas satisfies all other applicable Quality Specifications.
8.4 When: (1) the actual HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper at a Receipt Point exceeds the greater
of (i) the Shipper's FRGS HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec or (2) the amount tendered
exceeds the Shipper's FRGS Volume contracted under Shipper's FRGS Agreement and the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the
Revised HCDP Spec, then the Transporter may, in its sole discretion:
(a) elect to accept all or a portion of such volumes of Shipper's Gas on an interruptible basis,
subject to availability, in which case, an HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge, as set out in
Schedule "C" hereto, shall apply to such Gas, and, if any portion of Shipper's Gas is
curtailed hereunder, Shipper shall not be entitled to Demand Charge Credits or FRGS
Demand Surcharge Credits for such curtailed Gas; or
(b) shut-in the applicable Receipt Point, in which case Shipper shall not be entitled to
Demand Charge Credits or FRGS Demand Surcharge Credits.
8.5 Shipper may, from time to time and in accordance with Article 9.3 of the General Terms and
Conditions, request an increase or decrease in its contracted FRGS Volume and/or FRGS HCDP
Spec or, for existing Firm Service Shippers without FRGS, the addition of FRGS, in which case:
(a) in the event Transporter receives more than one request hereunder, such requests shall be
considered by Transporter in the order in which they are received by Transporter;
(b) in the case of a request to decrease its applicable FRGS HCDP Spec, such request shall
be approved by Transporter, and in all other cases, Transporter shall, in its sole discretion
determine whether to approve such request and, unless Transporter approves a request to
contract for additional FRGS Volume above Shipper's Contracted Capacity at the
specified Receipt Point under the corresponding Firm Transportation Service Agreement
specified in Section F of Schedule "A" of Shipper's FRGS Agreement in order to
accommodate Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreements for FRS or FFPS
Seasonal Service with a term greater than one (1) month at the same specified Receipt
Point, Shipper's contracted FRGS Volume at a specified Receipt Point exceed Shipper's
Contracted Capacity at the specified Receipt Point under the corresponding Firm
Transportation Service Agreement specified in Section F of Schedule "A" of Shipper's
FRGS Agreement;
(c) where a request to increase or decrease a Shipper's FRGS Volume and/or FRGS HCDP
Spec is approved by Transporter, Shipper's FRGS Agreement shall be amended
accordingly; and
(d) where a request to contract for additional FRGS Volume to accommodate Shipper’s Firm
Transportation Service Agreements for FRS or FFPS Seasonal Service with a term
greater than one (1) month at the specified Receipt Point has been approved by
Transporter, upon expiry or assignment of such Firm Transportation Service Agreements
for FRS or FFPS Seasonal Service, Shipper's contracted FRGS Volume under its FRGS
Agreement shall be reduced accordingly.
9.1 Capitalized terms used in this Toll Schedule shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
General Terms and Conditions.
9.2 Schedule "A" – Firm Full Path Service Charges, Schedule "B" – Calculation of Staged Contract
Demand Charge and Schedule "C" – Firm Rich Gas Service Surcharges are attached to and made
part of this Toll Schedule.
9.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
Surcharges:
FFPS, except for FFPS: Seasonal
Recoverable Cost Seasonal and Daily and Daily Seasonal FFPS: Overrun
Variances Demand Seasonal Services Services FFPS: PITS Quantities
Surcharge and Recoverable Cost Recoverable Cost
Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Variances Demand Recoverable Cost Recoverable Cost
Variances Surcharge Surcharge Variances Variances
Surcharge2 $/103m3/ month $/103m3/day Surcharge $/103m3 Surcharge $/103m3
Zone 1 0 0 0 0
Zone 2 0 0 0 0
The Bid Floors for Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service will be posted on the Transporter's website.
11 Yr Demand Charge is provided only for the purposes of calculating Staged Contract Demand Charges.
2For December 1, 2015, the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge and the Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge will
be zero; however, the surcharge will be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff.
The Demand Charge for a Staged Contract will be the volume-weighted average Demand Charge for all
tranches over the term of the Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement, as specified in Schedule
"A" of such Firm Transportation Service Agreement. The formula used to calculate the Demand Charge
is:
Where:
"5YrVol" = Sum of the Contracted Capacity for tranches with terms of five (5)
years or greater.
"3YrVol" = Sum of the Contracted Capacity for tranches with terms of at least
three (3) years but less than five (5) years.
"1YrVol" = Sum of the Contracted Capacity for tranches with terms less than
three (3) years.
"5YrDC" = Applicable FFPS Demand Charge for terms of five (5) years or
greater in $/103m3/mo as specified in Schedule "A" hereof.
"3YrDC" = Applicable FFPS Demand Charge for terms of at least three (3) years
but less than five (5) years in $/103m3/mo as specified in Schedule
"A" hereof.
TOLL SCHEDULE
INTERRUPTIBLE RECEIPT SERVICE
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(a) is a party to a subsisting Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement for ITRS; and
(b) has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.1 Service under this Toll Schedule may be available on any Day and will be interruptible, as
provided herein, in Shipper's Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and the General
Terms and Conditions. Nominations for service shall be made pursuant to Article 12 of the
General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 Transporter shall have the sole discretion to set the Bid Floor for Interruptible Receipt Service
under this Toll Schedule for each Receipt Point on the Canadian Pipeline on a daily basis. Bids at
or above the Bid Floor will be considered by Transporter during the daily capacity award process.
2.3 Shippers requesting Interruptible Receipt Service hereunder on any Day shall submit a bid in the
Interruptible Service bidding window, in accordance with the Transporter's process for
Interruptible Service. Bids shall specify the volume of Transportation requested at the Receipt
Point and the associated bid toll, expressed in dollars per thousand cubic meters ($/103m3), which
associated bid toll shall not be less than the posted Bid Floor for the applicable Receipt Point.
2.4 Capacity that Transporter has available each Day for Interruptible Receipt Service will be
awarded based on the bid toll and shall be awarded from the highest to lowest tolls bid by such
Shippers for the service. If there are bid volumes at the same bid toll and there is insufficient
available capacity for all bids at the same bid toll, the capacity that remains available will be
awarded pro rata by volume amongst all such bids at the same bid toll.
2.5 Nominations for service under this Toll Schedule will be scheduled in accordance with Article 14
of the General Terms and Conditions. At the time of scheduling by Transporter, the bid toll will
become the Confirmed IT Toll for the Shipper for its service hereunder.
2.6 Transporter will receive from a Shipper's nominated Receipt Point volumes of Gas up to or,
subject to Transporter's discretion, greater than a Shipper's Maximum Daily Quantity ("Revised
Maximum Daily Quantity"), converted to energy in accordance with Article 3.1 hereof, plus the
Fuel Requirement, and will credit to the Shipper's account at the Alliance Trading Pool such
energy, less the Fuel Requirement.
2.7 Transporter shall not be obligated to add any facilities or interconnections or to expand the
capacity of its pipeline system in any manner in order to provide service hereunder to any
Shipper.
3.1 Shipper's Maximum Daily Quantity or Revised Maximum Daily Quantity will be converted to an
equivalent Gigajoule amount for Nomination and scheduling purposes and as specified in
Article 2.6 hereof, using an "Energy Conversion Factor" established by Transporter from time
to time based on the Gross Heating Value at the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point and posted on
the Transporter's website.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and Shipper shall pay an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Confirmed IT Toll for the
Day by (2) the Allocated Quantities for the Day;
(b) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii)
the Revised HCDP Spec, where the daily charge is the product obtained by multiplying
(1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified in Schedule "B" hereto by (2) the Allocated
Quantities by (3) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper
exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec;
(c) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the
difference between a Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance by (2) the Balancing Fee;
(d) for each instance in which a Deficit Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Deficit Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
(e) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities for the
Month by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(f) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities for the
Month by (2) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(g) any Deficit Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
(i) any interest on late payments payable by Shipper in accordance with Article 7.8 of the
General Terms and Conditions;
(i) for each instance in which a Surplus Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Surplus Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(ii) any Surplus Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
4.2 Nothing in this Article 4 shall be construed as in any way relieving Shipper from its obligations to
pay any adjustments, charges, interest or penalties calculated in accordance with the General
Terms and Conditions.
ARTICLE 5 SURCHARGES
5.1 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge") as set out in
Schedule "A" hereto to all Allocated Quantities to recover:
(a) costs that are incurred by Transporter in excess of forecasted amounts for the Canadian
Pipeline's pipeline integrity, including any pipe replacements or reroutes required to
comply with Applicable Law, property and business taxes, National Energy Board cost
recovery charges, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions imposed by an Authority;
(c) as they may arise, new costs that are imposed upon Transporter by an Authority,
including, without limitation, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for
greenhouse gas emissions.
5.2 In the event costs incurred by Transporter for those categories described in Article 5.1 above are
less than forecasted amounts, Transporter will administer deferral accounts to carry over any
year-end balances of such costs to offset future Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharges.
5.3 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge") as set out in
Schedule "A" hereto to all Allocated Quantities to collect the costs of pipeline abandonment.
6.1 Capitalized terms used in this Toll Schedule shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
General Terms and Conditions.
6.2 Schedule "A" – Interruptible Receipt Service Charges and Schedule "B" – Rich Gas Service
Surcharge are attached to and made part of this Toll Schedule.
6.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
Interruptible Receipt Service is awarded through a bidding process in accordance with Article 2 hereof.
Bid Floors will be posted on the Transporter's website.
1 For December 1, 2015, the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge will be zero; however, the surcharge will be adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff.
TOLL SCHEDULE
INTERRUPTIBLE DELIVERY SERVICE
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(a) is a party to a subsisting Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement for ITDS; and
(b) has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.1 Service under this Toll Schedule may be available on any Day and will be interruptible, as
provided herein, in Shipper's Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and the General
Terms and Conditions. Nominations for service shall be made pursuant to Article 12 of the
General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 Transporter shall have the sole discretion to set the Bid Floor for Interruptible Delivery Service
under this Toll Schedule on a daily basis. Bids at or above the Bid Floor will be considered by
Transporter during the daily capacity award process.
2.3 Shippers requesting Interruptible Delivery Service hereunder on any Day shall submit a bid in
the Interruptible Service bidding window, in accordance with the Transporter's process for
Interruptible Service. Bids shall specify the volume of Transportation requested at the Receipt
Point and the associated bid toll, expressed in dollars per thousand cubic meters ($/103m3), which
associated bid toll shall not be less than the posted Bid Floor.
2.4 Capacity that Transporter has available each Day for Interruptible Delivery Service will be
awarded based on the bid toll and shall be awarded from the highest to lowest tolls bid by such
Shippers for the service. If there are bid volumes at the same bid toll and there is insufficient
available capacity for all bids at the same bid toll, the capacity that remains available will be
awarded pro rata by volume amongst all such bids at the same bid toll.
2.5 Nominations for service under this Toll Schedule will be scheduled in accordance with Article 14
of the General Terms and Conditions. At the time of scheduling by Transporter, the bid toll will
become the Confirmed IT Toll for the Shipper for its service hereunder.
2.6 Transporter will receive from a Shipper's account at the Alliance Trading Pool volumes of Gas up
to or, subject to Transporter's discretion, greater than a Shipper's Maximum Daily Quantity
("Revised Maximum Daily Quantity"), converted to energy in accordance with Article 3.1
hereof, plus the Fuel Requirement, and will transport and deliver to the Delivery Point such
energy, less the Fuel Requirement.
2.7 Transporter shall not be obligated to add any facilities or interconnections or to expand the
capacity of its pipeline system in any manner in order to provide service hereunder to any
Shipper.
3.1 Shipper's Maximum Daily Quantity or Revised Maximum Daily Quantity will be converted to an
equivalent Gigajoule amount for Nomination and scheduling purposes and as specified in
Article 2.6 hereof, using an "Energy Conversion Factor" of 40.97 MJ/m3 as posted on the
Transporter's website.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and Shipper shall pay an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Confirmed IT Toll for the
Day by (2) the Scheduled Quantities for the Day, converted to volume using the Gross
Heating Value specified in Article 3.1 hereof;
(b) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the
difference between a Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance by (2) the Balancing Fee;
(c) for each instance in which a Deficit Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Deficit Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
(d) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge
specified in Schedule "A" hereto by (2) the sum of the Scheduled Quantities for the
Month, converted to volume using the Gross Heating Value specified in Article 3.1
hereof;
(e) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto by (2) the sum of the Scheduled Quantities for the Month, converted
to volume using the Gross Heating Value specified in Article 3.1 hereof;
(g) any interest on late payments payable by Shipper in accordance with Article 7.8 of the
General Terms and Conditions;
Less:
(i) for each instance in which a Surplus Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Surplus Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
4.2 Nothing in this Article 4 shall be construed as in any way relieving Shipper from its obligations to
pay any adjustments, charges, interest or penalties calculated in accordance with the General
Terms and Conditions.
ARTICLE 5 SURCHARGES
5.1 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge") as set out in
Schedule "A" hereto to all Scheduled Quantities, converted to volume using the Gross Heating
Value as specified in Article 3.1 hereof, to recover:
(a) costs that are incurred by Transporter in excess of forecasted amounts for the Canadian
Pipeline's pipeline integrity, including any pipe replacements or reroutes required to
comply with Applicable Law, property and business taxes, National Energy Board cost
recovery charges, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions imposed by an Authority;
(c) as they may arise, new costs that are imposed upon Transporter by an Authority, including,
without limitation, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions.
5.2 In the event costs incurred by Transporter for those categories described in Article 5.1 above are
less than forecasted amounts, Transporter will administer deferral accounts to carry over any
year-end balances of such costs to offset future Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharges.
5.3 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge") as set out in Schedule
"A" hereto to all Scheduled Quantities, converted to volume using the Gross Heating Value as
specified in Article 3.1 hereof, to collect the costs of pipeline abandonment.
6.1 Capitalized terms used in this Toll Schedule shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
General Terms and Conditions.
6.2 Schedule "A" – Interruptible Delivery Service Charges is attached to and made part of this Toll
Schedule.
6.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
Recoverable Cost
Confirmed IT Toll Variances Pipeline Abandonment
$/103m3 Surcharge1 $/103m3 Surcharge $/103m3
Interruptible Delivery Service As bid by Shipper. 0 $0.24
Interruptible Delivery Service is awarded through a bidding process in accordance with Article 2 hereof.
Bid Floors will be posted on the Transporter's website.
1 For December 1, 2015, the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge will be zero; however, the surcharge will be adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff.
TOLL SCHEDULE
INTERRUPTIBLE FULL PATH SERVICE
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(b) has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(c) or its Affiliate holds a transportation agreement for service on the U.S. Pipeline for a
volume at least equal to that of Shipper's Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement
for ITFPS.
2.1 Service under this Toll Schedule may be available on any Day and will be interruptible, as
provided herein, in Shipper's Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and the General
Terms and Conditions. Nominations for service shall be made pursuant to Article 12 of the
General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 Transporter shall have the sole discretion to set the Bid Floor for Interruptible Full Path Service
under this Toll Schedule for each Receipt Point and Liquids Receipt Point on the Canadian
Pipeline on a daily basis. Bids at or above the Bid Floor will be considered by Transporter during
the daily capacity award process.
2.3 Shippers requesting Interruptible Full Path Service hereunder on any Day shall submit a bid in
the Interruptible Service bidding window, in accordance with the Transporter's process for
Interruptible Service. Bids shall specify the volume of Transportation requested at the Receipt
Point or Liquids Receipt Point, as applicable, and the associated bid toll, expressed in dollars per
thousand cubic meters ($/103m3), which associated bid toll shall not be less than the posted Bid
Floor for the applicable Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point.
2.4 Capacity that Transporter has available each Day for Interruptible Full Path Service will be
awarded based on the bid toll and shall be awarded from the highest to lowest tolls bid by
Shippers for the service. If there are bid volumes at the same bid toll and there is insufficient
available capacity for all bids at the same bid toll, the capacity that remains available will be
awarded pro rata by volume amongst all bids at the same bid toll.
2.5 Nominations for service under this Toll Schedule will be scheduled in accordance with Article 14
of the General Terms and Conditions. At the time of scheduling by Transporter, the bid toll will
become the Confirmed IT Toll for the Shipper for its service hereunder.
2.6 Transporter will receive from a Shipper's nominated Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point
volumes of Gas or Liquids up to or, subject to Transporter's discretion, greater than a Shipper's
Maximum Daily Quantity ("Revised Maximum Daily Quantity"), converted to energy in
accordance with Article 3.1 hereof, plus the Fuel Requirement and U.S. Fuel Requirement, and
will transport and deliver to the Delivery Point such energy, less the Fuel Requirement.
2.7 Transporter shall not be obligated to add any facilities or interconnections or to expand the
capacity of its pipeline system in any manner in order to provide service hereunder to any
Shipper.
3.1 Shipper's Maximum Daily Quantity or Revised Maximum Daily Quantity will be converted to an
equivalent Gigajoule amount for Nomination and scheduling purposes and as specified in
Article 2.6 hereof, using an "Energy Conversion Factor" established by Transporter from time
to time based on the Gross Heating Value at the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point or Liquids
Receipt Point and posted on the Transporter's website.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and Shipper shall pay an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the Confirmed IT Toll for the
Day by (2) the Allocated Quantities for the Day;
(b) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month in which the actual
HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii)
the Revised HCDP Spec, where the daily charge is the product obtained by multiplying
(1) the HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge specified in Schedule "B" hereto by (2) the Allocated
Quantities by (3) the amount by which the actual HCDP of the Gas tendered by Shipper
exceeds the greater of (i) the HCDP Spec or (ii) the Revised HCDP Spec;
(c) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month, where the daily
charge is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the
difference between a Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance by (2) the Balancing Fee;
(d) for each instance in which a Deficit Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Deficit Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions;
(e) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities for the
Month by (2) the applicable Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge specified in
Schedule "A" hereto;
(f) the product obtained by multiplying (1) the sum of the Allocated Quantities for the
Month by (2) the applicable Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge specified in Schedule "A"
hereto;
(g) any Deficit Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
(i) any interest on late payments payable by Shipper in accordance with Article 7.8 of the
General Terms and Conditions;
(i) for each instance in which a Surplus Balancing Cash Out occurs, such Surplus Balancing
Cash Out calculated by multiplying (1) the absolute value of the difference between a
Shipper's cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its Imbalance Tolerance by
(2) the applicable NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price of Gas by (3) the applicable
percentage set out in Article 18.7 of the General Terms and Conditions; and
(ii) any Surplus Month End Cash Out, calculated by multiplying (1) Shipper's Month End
Imbalance by (2) the Billing Month Index Price;
4.2 Nothing in this Article 4 shall be construed as in any way relieving Shipper from its obligations to
pay any adjustments, charges, interest or penalties calculated in accordance with the General
Terms and Conditions.
ARTICLE 5 SURCHARGES
5.1 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge") as set out in
Schedule "A" hereto to all Allocated Quantities to recover:
(a) costs that are incurred by Transporter in excess of forecasted amounts for the Canadian
Pipeline's pipeline integrity, including any pipe replacements or reroutes required to
comply with Applicable Law, property and business taxes, National Energy Board cost
recovery charges, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for greenhouse gas
emissions imposed by an Authority;
(c) as they may arise, new costs that are imposed upon Transporter by an Authority,
including, without limitation, fuel and carbon taxes, and environmental levies for
greenhouse gas emissions.
5.2 In the event costs incurred by Transporter for those categories described in Article 5.1 above are
less than forecasted amounts, Transporter will administer deferral accounts to carry over any
year-end balances of such costs to offset future Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharges.
5.3 Transporter will apply a surcharge ("Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge") as set out in
Schedule "A" hereto to all Allocated Quantities to collect the costs of pipeline abandonment.
6.1 All Liquids Receipt Point operators will execute a balancing agreement with the Transporter, in a
form prescribed by the Transporter, that will address operations issues specific to Liquids Receipt
Points, including flow rate provisions, and confirmation procedures and protocols designed to
protect the Canadian Pipeline. Shippers at Liquids Receipt Points will not be subject to Articles
17, 18 and 19 of the General Terms and Conditions.
6.2 Shippers will nominate at the Liquids Receipt Point designated for the specific Liquids product,
and Transporter will schedule available capacity for each such Liquids product, in accordance
with Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions.
6.3 Prior to scheduling at Liquids Receipt Points in accordance with the Article 14 of the General
Terms and Conditions, Transporter will take into account the volume of the specific liquids
component contained in the Gas and Liquids received from all Receipt Points and Liquids
Receipt Points.
7.1 Capitalized terms used in this Toll Schedule shall have the meanings attributed to them in the
General Terms and Conditions.
7.2 Schedule "A" – Interruptible Full Path Service Charges and Schedule "B" – Rich Gas Service
Surcharge are attached to and made part of this Toll Schedule.
7.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
Recoverable Pipeline
Cost Variances Abandonment
Interruptible Full Confirmed IT Toll Surcharge1 Surcharge
Path Service $/103m3 $/103m3 $/103m3
Zone 1 As bid by Shipper. 0 $0.65
Interruptible Full Path Service is awarded through a bidding process in accordance with Article 2 hereof.
Bid Floors will be posted on the Transporter's website.
1 For December 1, 2015, the Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge will be zero; however, the surcharge will be adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff.
TOLL SCHEDULE
TERM PARK AND LOAN SERVICE
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership Transportation Tariff
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1.1 Any Shipper shall be eligible to receive service hereunder provided that Shipper:
(c) has met the requirements of Articles 18 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.1 Transporter may make available service hereunder subject to the terms hereof, a TPAL Party's
TPAL Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions.
2.2 From time to time, Transporter may offer for contracting TPAL Service by posting on its website
the quantity of energy available for such service. Shippers requesting TPAL Service shall do so
in accordance with Article 8.2 of the General Terms and Conditions. TPAL Service shall be
contracted for by Transporter on a first come, first served basis, based on the time of the request
in accordance with Article 8.2 of the General Terms and Conditions is received electronically by
Transporter. Shippers awarded TPAL Service are required to enter into a TPAL Agreement.
2.3 Each Day, Transporter may make available for TPAL Parties quantities of energy for Nomination
for Park or Loan. A TPAL Party may nominate, in accordance with Article 12 of the General
Terms and Conditions, quantities of energy for Park or Loan, up to, or subject to Transporter's
discretion, greater than a TPAL Party's contracted Park Quantity or Loan Quantity, provided that
the sum of TPAL Party's transactions over the term of its TPAL Agreement, net of any
repayments of energy thereunder ("TPAL Balance"), does not exceed the Total TPAL Quantity
specified in Schedule "A" of the TPAL Party's TPAL Agreement on the Day. Nominations for
Park or Loan that would cause a TPAL Party's TPAL Balance to exceed its Total TPAL Quantity
will not be confirmed. If a TPAL Party nominates for Park or Loan in excess of its Total TPAL
Quantity, such Park or Loan will only be confirmed up to the Total TPAL Quantity and the TPAL
Party will be required to enter into a new TPAL Agreement in respect of any additional quantities
for Park or Loan.
2.4 Nominations for Parks and Loans will be confirmed by Transporter during the scheduling of
service in accordance with Article 14 of the General Terms and Conditions. Where the
Nominations of all TPAL Parties exceed the quantities available for such service, Parks and
Loans will be confirmed by Transporter pro rata, based on the nominated quantities, between all
TPAL Parties' Nominations.
2.5 Upon confirmation by Transporter of TPAL Party's Nomination for TPAL Service, TPAL Party's
nominated energy shall be transferred. Such transfer of energy shall impart no physical
movement of energy.
2.6 If a TPAL Party wishes to repay its TPAL Balance at any time during the term of the TPAL
Agreement, it must nominate the repayment quantities of energy in accordance with Article 12 of
the General Terms and Conditions and, upon confirmation by Transporter, conduct the
appropriate transactions in the Alliance Trading Pool to do so. The TPAL Party is responsible for
arranging such transactions in accordance with the Tariff.
2.7 A TPAL Balance must be zero at the End Date or upon termination of a TPAL Agreement. If a
TPAL Balance is not zero at the End Date or upon termination of a TPAL Agreement, the
Transporter shall zero the TPAL Balance by transferring such negative or positive quantities of
energy to TPAL Party's Alliance Trading Pool account. In the case of a TPAL Balance for a
Loan, such transfer of energy will result in a negative adjustment to TPAL Party's Alliance
Trading Pool account. In the case of a TPAL Balance for a Park, such transfer of energy will
result in a positive adjustment to TPAL Party's Alliance Trading Pool account. In all cases,
TPAL Party shall be required to manage any resulting Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance in
accordance with Article 18 of the General Terms and Conditions.
2.8 On the fifth (5th) Business Day of each Month, Transporter will post on its website a summary of
all TPAL Agreements awarded during the preceding Month. This posting will include the TPAL
Fee, Start Date, End Date and Total TPAL Quantity for each such TPAL Agreement for the
preceding Month.
3.1 (a) In order to maintain or restore the operational integrity of the Canadian Pipeline,
Transporter may, in its sole discretion and subject to Article 3.2 hereof, curtail all or any
portion of the daily Parks and Loans confirmed for TPAL Service; and/or recall any
outstanding TPAL Balances. Transporter shall provide a TPAL Party with Notice
regarding any such curtailment of Parks or Loans or recall of a TPAL Balance hereunder.
(b) Subject to Article 3.2 hereof, Parks and Loans shall be curtailed, if necessary, pro rata
based on the nominated quantities, and TPAL Balances shall be recalled, if necessary, on
the basis of TPAL Fee, with the lowest TPAL Fee being recalled first . Within twenty-
four (24) hours of the Notice provided in accordance with Article 3.1(a) hereof:
(i) A TPAL Party involved in a Park shall repay the specified quantity of energy
from its TPAL Balance into its Alliance Trading Pool account.
(ii) A TPAL Party involved in a Loan shall repay the specified quantity of energy
from its Alliance Trading Pool account into its TPAL Balance.
3.2 In the event that a TPAL Party fails to conduct the required transactions regarding any
curtailment of Park or Loan or recall of a TPAL Balance in accordance with Article 3.1 hereof,
the Transporter will effect such transaction by transferring such positive or negative quantities of
energy to TPAL Party's Alliance Trading Pool account and the TPAL Party shall be required to
manage any resulting Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance in accordance with Article 18 of the
General Terms and Conditions.
4.1 For each Month, Transporter shall charge and TPAL Party shall pay an amount equal to the sum
of:
(a) the sum of the daily charges determined for each Day of the Month that TPAL Party's
TPAL Agreement is in effect, where the daily charge is equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (1) the TPAL Fee specified in Schedule "A" of the TPAL Agreement by (2)
the TPAL Balance at the end of that Day;
(b) any interest on late payments payable by TPAL Party in accordance with Article 7.8 of
the General Terms and Conditions; and
5.1 Capitalized terms used in this Term Park and Loan Service Toll Schedule have the meanings
attributed to them in the General Terms and Conditions of the Tariff.
5.2 Schedule "A" – TPAL Fee Ceiling is attached to and made part of this Toll Schedule.
5.3 The General Terms and Conditions, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time,
are hereby incorporated in this Toll Schedule and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
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1.1 Except where expressly stated otherwise herein, the following terms when used in the Tariff shall
have the following meaning:
"1Yr Demand Charge" means the applicable Demand Charge for Firm Delivery Service,
expressed in $/103m3/month and payable by Firm Delivery Service Shippers with Firm
Transportation Service Agreements with initial terms of at least one (1) year but less than three
(3) years under Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service; and means, for Shippers with Staged
Contracts, the applicable charge, expressed in $/103m3/month, to be used in calculating a
Shipper's Demand Charge under its Staged Contract for tranches less than three (3) years, under
Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"3Yr Demand Charge" means the applicable Demand Charge for Firm Full Path Service and
Firm Receipt Service, except Staged Contracts, and for Firm Delivery Service, expressed in
$/103m3/month and payable by Shippers with Firm Transportation Service Agreements with
initial terms of at least three (3) years but less than five (5) years under Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable; and means, for Shippers with Staged Contracts, the applicable charge, expressed in
$/103m3/month, to be used in calculating a Shipper's Demand Charge under its Staged Contract
for tranches of at least three (3) years but less than five (5) years, under Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"5Yr Demand Charge" means the applicable Demand Charge for Firm Full Path Service and
Firm Receipt Service, except Staged Contracts, and for Firm Delivery Service, and the applicable
floor Demand Charge for FDS-IBR, expressed in $/103m3/month and payable by Shippers with
Firm Transportation Service Agreements with initial terms of five (5) years or greater under Toll
Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm
Delivery Service, as applicable; and means, for Shippers with Staged Contracts, the applicable
charge, expressed in $/103m3/month, to be used in calculating a Shipper's Demand Charge under
its Staged Contract for tranches of five (5) years or greater, under Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"Affiliate", when used to indicate a relationship with a specific Person, means another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls, or is controlled
by, or is under common control with such specific Person. A corporation shall be deemed to be
an Affiliate of another corporation if one of them is directly or indirectly controlled by the other
or if each of them is directly or indirectly controlled by the same Person.
''Alliance Trading Pool" or "ATP" is a notional point constituting (i) a Delivery Point into which
quantities of Gas may be scheduled for Transportation, (ii) a Receipt Point from which volumes
of Gas may be scheduled for Transportation, and (iii) a point at which Title Transfers and TPAL
Service can be transacted.
"Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 18.3 hereof.
"Applicable Law" means, in relation to any Person, transaction or event, all applicable
provisions of laws, statutes, rules, by-laws, regulations, directives, published guidelines,
standards, codes of practice and orders of, and the terms of all judgments, orders, awards, decrees
and similar pronouncements issued by, any Authorities by which such Person is bound or having
application to the transaction or event in question.
"Bid Floor" means the minimum acceptable Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service Demand
Charge or IT toll level, expressed in $/103m3, at or above which Transporter may accept
Nominations for service under the Tariff, as established and posted on Transporter's website from
time to time for the applicable service type and applicable Receipt Points or groups of Receipt
Points, or Liquids Receipt Points or groups of Liquids Receipt Points. Transporter may set the
applicable Bid Floor for Seasonal Service and Daily Seasonal Service between 100 percent and
125 percent of the corresponding 5Yr Demand Charge. Transporter may set the applicable Bid
Floor for Interruptible Services at any level up to 125 percent of the corresponding 5Yr Demand
Charge.
"Billing Month Index Price" means the NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5A (Arithmetic
Average) price, reported for each Month in the Canadian Gas Price Reporter, after the Month
closes.
"Blueberry Hill Compressor Station" means a compressor station on the Canadian Pipeline,
near Gordondale, Alberta.
"Bulletin G-14" means Measurement Canada Bulletin G-14, entitled Policy on Granting
Conditional Permission for Using Gas Meters in Service without Verification and Sealing at the
Low Intervention Trade Transaction Level of the Natural Gas Market, as may be amended from
time to time.
"Business Day" means any day on which Transporter's main office in Calgary, Alberta is open
for business.
"Canadian Pipeline" means the Transporter's pipeline and associated facilities used to transport
Gas from Receipt Points or Liquids Receipt Points in Western Canada to the Canada-U.S. border.
"Cash Out" means a monetary settlement of any quantities of energy owed to or from the
Transporter, after which settlement Shipper, or such other party having title to the Gas, shall no
longer have title to such energy.
"Central Clock Time" or "CCT" means Central Daylight Time when Daylight Savings Time is
in effect and Central Standard Time when Daylight Savings Time is not in effect.
"Common Stream Operator" means the operator responsible for providing confirmations by
cycle, daily allocations of measured Gas or Liquids, and Month-end allocations at Receipt Points
or Liquids Receipt Points, as applicable.
"Confirmed IT Toll" means the Shipper's bid toll for Interruptible Service, expressed in $/103m3,
confirmed through the Nominations and scheduling process and used for the purpose of
calculating a Shipper's Monthly Bill for Interruptible Service.
"Contracted Capacity" means the daily volume of Gas, expressed in 103m3, contracted by a
Firm Service Shipper at a specific Receipt Point and for which the Shipper has agreed to pay the
Demand Charge in accordance with the terms of a Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
"Cubic Metre" or "m³" means the volume of Gas occupying one (1) cubic metre at a temperature
of fifteen degrees Celsius (15°C), and at a pressure of 101.325 kilopascals absolute.
"Customer Activities" means the business function categories relating to nominations, flowing
gas, invoicing, capacity release, contracts and other business functions that are conducted on
Transporter’s Customer Activities Web Site.
"Customer Activities Web Site" means that site to which parties are given access by
Transporter for purposes of conducting Customer Activities, subject to such parties providing to
Transporter the information required in Article 8.1 herein and executing Transporter’s Customer
Activities Web Site Subscriber Agreement.
"Daily Seasonal Service" means Firm Service for the period of one Day, or longer in the case of
business conducted over weekends or statutory holidays, pursuant to Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable, and under the terms of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
"Day" or "day" means a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours beginning and ending at
09:00 CCT or such other period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours agreed to by Transporter
and Shipper.
"DBRS" means DBRS Limited, DBRS, Inc., or DBRS Ratings Limited, as the case may be, or
any of their successors.
"Deficit Balancing Cash Out" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 18.7 hereof.
"Deficit Month End Cash Out" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 19.1 hereof.
"Delivery Point" means (i) the point of interconnection between the Canadian Pipeline and the
U.S. Pipeline for FFPS, FDS, FDS-IBR, ITFPS and ITDS, and (ii) the Alliance Trading Pool for
FRS and ITRS.
"Demand Charge" means the charge, expressed in $/103m3/month for Firm Service except
Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, in $/103m3/day for Seasonal Service, as specified in
Schedule "A" to Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement, and in $/103m3/day for Daily
Seasonal Service, as specified in each Schedule "B-2" to Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement.
"Demand Charge Credit" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable.
"Energy Conversion Factor" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, Toll Schedule
Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service or Toll Schedule
Interruptible Delivery Service, as applicable.
"FDS" means Transportation of Gas, on a firm basis, from the Alliance Trading Pool to
Transporter's Delivery Point at the Canada-U.S. border pursuant to a fixed Demand Charge under
Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service.
"FDS-IBR" means Transportation of Gas, on a firm basis, from the Alliance Trading Pool to
Transporter's Delivery Point at the Canada-U.S. border pursuant to an Index Based Rate Demand
Charge under Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service.
"Firm Full Path Service" or "FFPS" means Transportation of Gas, on a firm basis, from a
Receipt Point in Zone 1 or Zone 2 to Transporter's Delivery Point at the Canada-U.S. border
under Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service.
"Firm Receipt Service" or "FRS" means Transportation of Gas, on a firm basis, from a Receipt
Point in Zone 1 or Zone 2 to the Alliance Trading Pool under Toll Schedule Firm Receipt
Service.
"Firm Rich Gas Service" or "FRGS" means a contracted service offered by Transporter that
allows FFPS or FRS Shippers to tender Gas, under Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service and Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service, that has an HCDP that is higher than the HCDP Spec specified in
Article 2.1 hereof.
"Firm Service" means Transportation provided on a firm basis pursuant to Toll Schedule Firm
Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service and Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service
and under the terms of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
"Force Majeure" means any event or circumstance which is beyond the control of any applicable
party and which by the exercise of due diligence such party is unable to prevent or overcome, and
subject to the foregoing includes without limitation landslides, lightning, earthquakes, explosions,
fires, storms, floods, washouts, breakage or accidents to machinery or lines of pipe, the necessity
for making repairs to or alterations of machinery or lines of pipe, freezing of lines of pipe,
inability to obtain materials, supplies, permits or labour, any act of God, war, civil disturbances,
acts of public enemy, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, accidents, blockades,
insurrections, riots, epidemics and arrests, and restraints of governments and people. The
settlement of strikes, lockouts or other labour disputes shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having the difficulty. The following shall not be events of Force Majeure:
(i) insufficiency of Shipper's Gas supplies, (ii) inadequate or uneconomic markets for Shipper's
Gas, (iii) Shipper's lack of funds, (iv) curtailment or disruption of service, for any reason
whatsoever, on facilities which are not part of Transporter's pipeline system, provided however
that a curtailment or disruption of service on the U.S. Pipeline shall constitute an event of Force
Majeure on the Canadian Pipeline.
"FRGS Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or
Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"FRGS Demand Surcharge" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"FRGS Demand Surcharge Credit" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"FRGS HCDP Spec" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or
Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"FRGS Volume" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"FT-1 IBR Service" means contracted FT-1 transportation service on the U.S. Pipeline from the
Canada-U.S. border to delivery points in the U.S. pursuant to a negotiated rate that is index based.
"FT-1 Service" means contracted FT-1 transportation service on the U.S. Pipeline from the
Canada-U.S. border to delivery points in the U.S. pursuant to a rate that is not index based.
"Gas" means any mixture of hydrocarbons and noncombustible gases in a gaseous state
consisting primarily of methane.
"Gas Management System" means Transporter's electronic communication system which shall
be available to any Shipper and which is used for the purposes of Nominations, scheduling,
reporting and other communications.
"General Terms and Conditions" means these General Terms and Conditions, as may be
amended or approved by Authorities from time to time.
"Gross Heating Value" means the total Joules, expressed in Megajoules per Cubic Metre
(MJ/m³), produced by the complete combustion at constant pressure of one (1) Cubic Metre of
Gas with air, with the Gas free of water vapour and the temperature of the Gas, air and products
of combustion to be at standard temperature and all water formed by combustion reaction to be
condensed to the liquid state.
"Guarantor" means an Affiliate of a Shipper that guarantees that Shipper's obligations under a
Transportation Service Agreement.
"HCDP Off-Spec Surcharge" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 30.3 hereof.
"Impact to Shipper" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as applicable.
"Incremental Diversion Charge" means, for purposes of calculating Shipper's Monthly Bill
under Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service and Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, the
incremental charge applied when all or a portion of Shipper's Total Service Capacity under a Firm
Transportation Service Agreement with a contracted Receipt Point(s) in Zone 1 is diverted to a
Receipt Point in Zone 2 and represents the difference between the applicable 5Yr Demand Charge
for Zone 2 and the applicable 5Yr Demand Charge for Zone 1, as expressed on a 100% load
factor basis.
"Index Based Rate" or "IBR" means a charge that varies based on the commodity price
difference of Gas traded in Alberta and Chicago, the calculation for which is set out in Article 9
of Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service.
"Joule" or "J" means the base unit for energy as defined by the International System of Units.
"Lenders" means any banks, financial institutions and investors which provide financing for the
construction and/or operation of the U.S. Pipeline and/or Canadian Pipeline, as well as
Transporter's banking advisers.
"Liquids" means natural gas liquids and may include individual fractionated ethane, propane and
butanes, or mixtures of them, along with small quantities of associated impurities, provided
however that such natural gas liquids shall not include more than two percent (2%) of pentanes
plus or condensate.
"Liquids Receipt Point" means a location on the Canadian Pipeline at which a Shipper may
tender specific Liquids as set out in Schedule "A" hereto, in accordance with an Interruptible
Transportation Service Agreement for Interruptible Full Path Service.
"Loan" means a transaction whereby the Transporter transfers a quantity of energy, expressed in
GJ, to a TPAL Party's Alliance Trading Pool account under a TPAL Agreement.
"Loan Quantity" means the maximum daily quantity of energy, expressed in GJ/day, that a
TPAL Party can nominate for Loan, as specified in Schedule "A" of its TPAL Agreement.
"Low Intervention Trade Transaction" has the meaning ascribed to it in Bulletin G-14.
"Maximum Daily Quantity" means the daily volume of Gas or Liquids, expressed in 103m3,
identified in a Shipper's Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement that Transporter agrees
to receive from Shipper under Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll Schedule
Interruptible Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Interruptible Delivery Service, as applicable.
"Month" or "month" means a period extending from 09:00 CCT on the first Day in a calendar
month and ending at 09:00 CCT on the first Day of the next succeeding calendar month, or at
such hour as Shipper and Transporter agree upon.
"Month End Imbalance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 19.1 hereof.
"Monthly Bill" means the invoice specifying the amount(s) that Shipper is required to pay to
Transporter for each Month for the services provided in accordance with the Tariff.
"Nominal Capacity" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as applicable.
"North American Energy Standards Board" or "NAESB" means the private, accredited
organization established to set standards for natural gas practices and procedures.
"Operational Temporary Relocation" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 11.2 hereof.
"Overrun Quantities Charge" is the amount charged per unit of Overrun Quantities, expressed
in $/103m3, as set out in Schedule "A" of Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service and Toll Schedule
Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"Park" means a transaction whereby a TPAL Party transfers a quantity of energy, expressed in
GJ, to the Transporter from such TPAL Party's Alliance Trading Pool account under a TPAL
Agreement.
"Park Quantity" means the maximum daily quantity of energy, expressed in GJ/day, that a
TPAL Party can nominate for Park, as specified in Schedule "A" of its TPAL Agreement.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, syndicate, sole
proprietorship, company or corporation with or without share capital, unincorporated association,
trust, trustee, executor, administrator or other legal personal representative, Authority or entity
however designated or constituted.
"Pipeline Abandonment Surcharge" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, Toll
Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service or Toll
Schedule Interruptible Delivery Service, as applicable.
"PITS Capacity" means the daily volume of Gas at a Shipper’s contracted Receipt Point,
expressed in 103m3, equivalent to twenty-five percent (25%) of Shipper's Contracted Capacity at
the contracted Receipt Point under Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm
Receipt Service, as applicable.
"PITS Charge 1" means the charge, expressed in $/103m3, set out in Schedule "A" of Toll
Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable, for the
Shipper's Allocated Quantities of PITS up to and including the equivalent of ten percent (10%) of
Shipper's Contracted Capacity.
"PITS Charge 2" means the charge, expressed in $/103m3, set out in Schedule "A" of Toll
Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable, for the
Shipper's Allocated Quantities of PITS in excess of the equivalent of ten percent (10%) of
Shipper's Contracted Capacity.
"PITS Volume" means the daily volume of Gas at a Shipper’s contracted Receipt Point,
expressed in 103m3, up to twenty-five percent (25%) of Shipper's Contracted Capacity at the
contracted Receipt Point, that Transporter has scheduled and allocated for transport as PITS under
Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"Prime Rate" means, at any time, the per annum rate of interest then designated by the main
branch of The Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary, Alberta as its reference rate of interest for
Canadian dollar commercial loans in Canada and which is announced by such Bank as its prime
rate. A rate of interest payable pursuant hereto shall change automatically without notice to any
party on each occasion upon which the prime rate is varied.
"Prior Period Adjustment" means, as applicable, a billing adjustment related to: (i) the
correction of a measuring equipment error pursuant to Article 4.2 hereof, (ii) the correction of a
Shipper’s Monthly Bill pursuant to Article 7.5 hereof, or (iii) a correction by a Common Stream
Operator of a month end allocation initially made pursuant to Article 19.1(a) hereof, which
correction is accepted by Transporter in accordance with Transporter’s posted policy.
"Priority Interruptible Transportation Service" or "PITS" means the right of Firm Full Path
Service Shippers and Firm Receipt Service Shippers to receive Transportation service up to their
PITS Capacity at a contracted Receipt Point, subject to available capacity, on an interruptible
priority basis and for a fixed charge.
"Quality Specifications" means the specifications of Gas and Liquids that are acceptable for
receipt by the Transporter, as provided for in the Tariff, including without limitation the
specifications in Article 2 hereof, all as may be revised from time to time by Transporter.
"Receipt Point" means a location on the Canadian Pipeline as set out in Schedule "A" hereto at
which a Shipper may, in accordance with a Transportation Service Agreement, tender Gas and
includes the Alliance Trading Pool for FDS, FDS-IBR and ITDS.
"Recoverable Cost Variances Demand Surcharge" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll
Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm
Delivery Service, as applicable.
"Recoverable Cost Variances Surcharge" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm
Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Interruptible Delivery
Service, as applicable.
"Revised HCDP Spec" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 2.6 hereof.
"Revised Maximum Daily Quantity" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule
Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service or Toll Schedule
Interruptible Delivery Service, as applicable.
"Rich Gas Credit" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service.
"Rich Gas Debit" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Services LLC (a division of the McGraw Hill Financial), or its
successor.
"Safe Harbor Period" means the first ten (10) days of an event of Force Majeure of the
Transporter, of which there shall be no more than two (2) per calendar year per Firm
Transportation Service Agreement.
"Scheduled Quantities" means the amount of energy expressed in GJ, the Transporter confirms
through its scheduling processes in accordance with Article 14 hereof, that it will transport for the
Shipper under the applicable Transportation Service Agreement.
"Seasonal Service" means Firm Service (i) for the five (5) Month period of November 1 through
March 31, (ii) for the seven (7) Month period of April 1 through October 31, or (iii) for any
portion of (i) or (ii) excluding Daily Seasonal Service, pursuant to Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable, and under the terms of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
"Service Agreement" means any Transportation Service Agreement, FRGS Agreement, Title
Transfer Agreement or TPAL Agreement, as applicable.
"Shipper" means any Person that enters into a Transportation Service Agreement or a Title
Transfer Agreement with Transporter.
"Shipper Pairing Arrangement" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 30.1 hereof.
"Shipper Task Force" means the Shipper forum established by Transporter to discuss regulatory
and commercial issues.
"Staged Capacity Profile" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 8.2 hereof.
"Surplus Balancing Cash Out" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 18.7 hereof.
"Surplus Month End Cash Out" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 19.1 hereof.
"Tariff" means the General Terms and Conditions under which Transporter will transport Gas
and includes all Toll Schedules and any applicable Service Agreement, all as may be amended
from time to time.
"Term Park and Loan Service" or "TPAL Service" means service offered by Transporter, on
an interruptible basis, under Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service and under the terms of a
TPAL Agreement.
"Title Transfer" means the transfer of title to Gas between two (2) Shippers at a Delivery Point,
provided that each such party has executed a Transportation Service Agreement, or the transfer of
title to Gas between two (2) Shippers at ATP, provided each such party has executed either a
Transportation Service Agreement or a Title Transfer Agreement.
“Title Transfer Agreement” means an agreement between a Title Transfer Party and the
Transporter, a standard form of which is attached as Appendix V hereto.
“Title Transfer Party” means a Shipper that is a party to a Title Transfer Agreement.
"Toll Schedules" means Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll
Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Delivery Service and Toll
Schedule Term Park and Loan Service, all as may be amended from time to time, and "Toll
Schedule" means any one of them.
"Total Contracted Capacity" means for Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service
Shippers, the daily volume of Gas, expressed in 103m3, equivalent to the sum of such Shipper’s
Contracted Capacity at each contracted Receipt Point specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement.
"Total PITS Capacity" means for Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service Shippers,
the daily volume of Gas, expressed in 103m3, equivalent to the sum of such Shipper’s PITS
Capacity at each contracted Receipt Point specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement.
"Total PITS Volume" means for Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service Shippers, the
daily volume of Gas, expressed in 103m3, equivalent to the sum of such Shipper’s PITS Volume
at each contracted Receipt Point specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation
Service Agreement.
"Total Service Capacity" means for Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service Shippers,
the daily volume of Gas, expressed in 103m3, equivalent to the sum of such Shipper’s Total
Contracted Capacity and Total PITS Capacity under a Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
"Total TPAL Quantity" means the maximum cumulative quantities of energy, expressed in GJ,
that a TPAL Party can Park or Loan from the Start Date to the End Date of its TPAL Agreement,
net of repayment of such energy.
"TPAL Agreement" means a fixed term agreement for Park or Loan, a standard form of which is
attached as Appendix IV hereto, pursuant to which Transporter and TPAL Party negotiate the
TPAL Fee, Total TPAL Quantity, Park Quantity or Loan Quantity and the "Start Date" and
"End Date", constituting the term of such agreement.
"TPAL Balance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service.
"TPAL Fee" means the negotiated fee, expressed in $/GJ/day, to be paid by a TPAL Party to
Transporter for TPAL Service, which fee will be set out in Schedule "A" of the TPAL Party's
TPAL Agreement and shall, in no event, exceed the TPAL Fee Ceiling.
"TPAL Fee Ceiling" means the amount, expressed in $/GJ/day and specified in Schedule "A" of
Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service, that the fee for TPAL Service shall not exceed.
"Transportation" means the receipt of Gas or Liquids from a Shipper at a Receipt Point or
Liquids Receipt Point and the delivery of Gas to the Delivery Point pursuant to Shipper's
Transportation Service Agreement.
"Transportation Make-Up" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable.
"Under Transport Day" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service,
Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as applicable.
"Under Transport Month" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable.
"Under Transported Capacity" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path
Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as
applicable.
"Under Transported FRGS Capacity" has the meaning ascribed to it in Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
"U.S. Fuel Requirement" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 20.2 hereof.
"U.S. Pipeline" means the U.S. Transporter's pipeline and associated facilities used to transport
Gas from the Canada-U.S. border to delivery points in the U.S.
"Y Day Cycle" means the last cycle of the Day just ended, which cycle provides Shippers with an
opportunity to ensure their Alliance Trading Pool accounts are within the Imbalance Tolerance.
"Year" or "year" means a period of three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive days except where
the year contains the date February 29, in which case it shall consist of three hundred sixty-six
(366) consecutive days.
"Zone 1" means Alberta Receipt Points and Liquids Receipt Points downstream of the Blueberry
Hill Compressor Station.
"Zone 2" means British Columbia and Alberta Receipt Points and Liquids Receipt Points at or
upstream of the Blueberry Hill Compressor Station.
ARTICLE 2 QUALITY
2.1 Subject to Articles 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 21.1 hereof, Gas tendered to Transporter at Receipt
Points shall conform to the following Quality Specifications:
(a) have a Gross Heating Value of no less than thirty-six (36) MJ/m³ and no greater than
sixty (60) MJ/m³;
(b) be free at the prevailing operating pressure and temperature in the Canadian Pipeline
from hydrocarbons liquefiable at a temperature equal to or less than minus five degrees
Celsius (-5°C) ("HCDP Spec") and in no event, contain any mix of components that may
cause the presence of any liquids in the Canadian Pipeline under normal operating
conditions;
(c) be free at the prevailing operating pressure and temperature in the Canadian Pipeline
from sand, dust, gums, impurities, other objectionable substances which may become
separated from the Gas, and other solids or liquids which will render it unmerchantable or
cause injury to or interference with proper operation of the lines, regulators, meters or
other facilities through which it flows, and shall not contain any substance not normally
contained in Gas, other than traces of those materials and chemicals necessary for
Transportation;
(d) contain no more than twenty-three (23) milligrams of hydrogen sulphide per Cubic Metre
and no more than one-hundred and fifteen (115) milligrams of total sulphur per Cubic
Metre;
(e) contain no more, by volume, than four percent (4%) of total non-hydrocarbons, which
shall be combined nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen, provided however, that:
(i) the carbon dioxide content shall not exceed two percent (2%); and
(ii) such Gas shall be as free of oxygen as practicable and shall, in any event, contain
no more than four tenths of one percent (0.4%) by volume of oxygen;
(f) contain no more than sixty-five (65) milligrams of water vapour per Cubic Metre; and
(g) not exceed a temperature of fifty degrees Celsius (50°C) nor be less than a temperature of
five degrees Celsius (5°C).
2.2 Subject to Articles 2.4, 2.5 and 21.1 hereof, Liquids tendered to Transporter at Liquids Receipt
Points shall conform to the following Quality Specifications:
(a) be free at prevailing operating pressure and temperature in the Canadian Pipeline from
sand, dust, gums, impurities, organic chlorides, or other objectionable substances which
may become separated from the Liquids, and other solids or liquids which will render it
unmerchantable or cause injury to or interference with proper operation of the lines,
regulators, meters or other facilities through which it flows, and shall not contain any
substance not normally contained in Liquids, other than traces of those materials and
chemicals necessary for Transportation;
(b) contain no more than thirty (30) parts per million by weight of hydrogen sulphide and no
more than one-hundred and fifty (150) parts per million by weight of total sulphur;
(c) contain no more than two percent (2%) by liquid volume of carbon dioxide;
(d) contain no more than two percent (2%) C5+ by liquid volume;
(e) contain no more than eighty-five (85) parts per million by weight of water vapour and, in
any event, shall contain no free water;
(i) one (1) part per million by weight of each of chlorine, mercury, arsenic, cyanide;
(iv) one hundred (100) parts per million by weight of isobutene; and
(g) not exceed a temperature of fifty degrees Celsius (50°C) nor be less than a temperature of
five degrees Celsius (5°C); and
(h) in no event, contain any mix of components that will cause the presence of any liquids in
the Canadian Pipeline under normal operating conditions.
2.3 In the event Gas or Liquids tendered to Transporter by or on behalf of Shipper fail to meet the
Quality Specifications, Transporter, in its sole discretion, may refuse to receive the Gas or
Liquids.
2.4 Transporter reserves the right to waive or modify any or all Quality Specifications set out herein.
2.5 In the event that Transporter determines that the projected Gross Heating Value or the projected
HCDP of the commingled Gas stream at any location on the Canadian Pipeline is approaching or
is expected to approach the maximum acceptable level, based on the design and operating
conditions of the Canadian Pipeline, Transporter reserves the right to revoke any waivers granted
or modifications made in accordance with Article 2.4 hereof.
2.6 Transporter may, from time to time and in its sole discretion, post on its website a revised
temporary HCDP Spec ("Revised HCDP Spec") for Gas at specified Receipt Points on the
Canadian Pipeline. Such Revised HCDP Spec shall at all times be subject to revision or
revocation, at Transporter's sole discretion.
2.7 FFPS and FRS Shippers that wish to tender Gas having an HCDP greater than the HCDP Spec set
forth in Article 2.1 hereof, may, in accordance with Articles 2.4 and 8 of Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service and Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service and Article 30.2 hereof, enter into a FRGS
Agreement, or in accordance Article 30.1 hereof, enter into a Shipper Pairing Arrangement.
2.8 Shipper shall, upon request by Transporter, provide composition data to Transporter for Gas or
Liquids tendered to Transporter at a Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point, as applicable.
ARTICLE 3 MEASUREMENT
3.1 A unit of energy for purposes of reporting shall be one (1) Gigajoule (GJ). A unit of volume for
purposes of reporting shall be one thousand (1,000) Cubic Metres (103m3).
3.2 The quantity of Gas received from or delivered to a Shipper shall be determined in accordance
with the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act (Canada), the Regulations thereunder and the
Transporter's measurement policies.
3.3 The quantity of Liquids received from a Shipper shall be expressed in units of energy and
determined on the basis of equivalent ideal gas heating value.
3.4 The absolute atmospheric pressure used for volumetric quantity calculations shall be assumed to
be a specific pressure determined by calculations based on the actual elevation above sea level at
the site of the meter, regardless of variations in actual barometric pressure. The formula used to
calculate the atmospheric pressure shall be in accordance with the methodology prescribed
pursuant to the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act (Canada), the Regulations thereunder and the
Transporter's measurement policies.
3.5 The determination of the Gross Heating Value of Gas received shall be performed in a manner
approved under the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act (Canada), the Regulations thereunder and
the Transporter's measurement policies or, if a manner for such determination is not set out in that
Act, the Regulations thereunder or the Transporter's measurement policies, then in accordance
with industry accepted standards, and, in any event, in a manner that ensures that the Gross
Heating Value so determined is representative of the Gas received at the Receipt Point.
3.6 If Transporter has received conditional permission from Measurement Canada under Bulletin
G-14 for the use of Gas metering equipment without verification and sealing at the Low
Intervention Trade Transaction level, then the following shall apply:
(a) the Low Intervention Trade Transactions shall be subject to the provisions and conditions
listed in Bulletin G-14, a copy of which may be viewed on the Measurement Canada
website at www.mc.ic.gc.ca (under Laws and Requirements and then Policies);
(b) Shipper agrees that the Gas metering equipment has been initially calibrated and will be
periodically recalibrated (and reprogrammed where necessary) in accordance with
processes and procedures reasonably acceptable to Transporter and Shipper;
(c) any measurement disputes arising between Transporter and Shipper shall be resolved in
accordance with Article 4.2 hereof;
(d) Transporter and Shipper acknowledge and agree that the conditional permission granted
by Measurement Canada may restrict Measurement Canada's ability to successfully
conclude a measurement dispute investigation, if Measurement Canada's involvement has
been requested; and
(e) Transporter and Shipper agree to the implementation of Low Intervention Trade
Transactions in accordance with Bulletin G-14 and either Transporter or Shipper has the
right to request a revocation of the conditional permission for Low Intervention Trade
Transactions in accordance with Bulletin G-14.
4.1 All meters and measuring equipment for the determination of volume, Gross Heating Value or
relative density shall be approved pursuant to, and installed and maintained in accordance with,
the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act (Canada) and the Regulations thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all installation of equipment applying to or effecting deliveries of
Gas shall be made in a manner permitting accurate determination of the quantity of Gas delivered
and ready verification of the accuracy of measurement. Transporter will post on its website any
measurement related minimum flow requirements applicable to a metering facility. Care shall be
exercised by Transporter and by Shipper in the installation, maintenance and operation of
pressure regulating equipment so as to prevent any inaccuracy in the determination of the volume
of Gas delivered under a Transportation Service Agreement.
4.2 The accuracy of Transporter's measuring equipment shall be tested and verified by Transporter at
such intervals as may be appropriate for such equipment. Transporter will verify the accuracy of
measuring equipment whenever requested by Shipper, provided requests do not require
verification more than once in any thirty (30) day period. If upon a requested verification, the
measuring equipment is found to be registering correctly (which shall include any inaccuracy of
two percent (2%) or less as mentioned below), the cost of such requested verification shall be
charged to and borne by the requesting party; otherwise the cost of all requested verifications
shall be borne by Transporter. If, upon any test, measuring equipment is found to be inaccurate
but not by more than two percent (2%), previous readings of the equipment shall be considered
correct in computing deliveries, but the equipment shall be adjusted in a timely manner to record
accurately. If, upon any tests, any measuring equipment is found to be inaccurate by an amount
exceeding two percent (2%) then the previous readings of the equipment shall be corrected to
zero error for any period which is known definitively or can be agreed upon, but if the period is
not known definitively or cannot be agreed upon, such corrections shall be for a period covering
the last half of the time elapsed since the date of the last test.
4.3 Each of Shipper and Transporter shall have the right to be present at the time of any installing,
reading, cleaning, changing, repairing, inspecting, testing, calibrating or adjusting done in
connection with the other's equipment used in measuring receipts and deliveries hereunder. The
records from such measurement equipment shall remain the property of their owner, but, upon
request, each will submit to the other its records and charts, together with calculations therefrom,
for inspection and verification, subject to return within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof. Each
of Shipper and Transporter shall preserve for a period of at least two (2) years, or for such longer
period as may be required by any Authority, all test data, charts, and other similar records.
5.1 If either Transporter or Shipper fails to perform any obligations under the Tariff, including any
Service Agreement, due to an event of Force Majeure, then subject to the provisions of the Tariff,
such failure shall be deemed not to be a breach of such obligations and such obligations shall be
deemed to be suspended for so long as the event of Force Majeure continues. A party that fails to
perform any obligation under the Tariff where such failure is caused by such an event of Force
Majeure shall promptly attempt to remedy the cause or overcome the consequences thereof
insofar as it is commercially reasonably able to do so.
5.2 Notwithstanding Article 5.1 hereof, no event referred to therein shall: (a) relieve any party from
any obligation or obligations pursuant to the Tariff, including a Service Agreement, unless such
party gives Notice with reasonable promptness of such event to the other party, or (b) relieve any
party from any obligation or obligations pursuant to the Tariff after the expiration of a reasonable
period of time within which, by the use of due diligence, such party could have remedied or
overcome the consequences of such event, or (c) relieve any Shipper from its obligations to pay
any Demand Charges, tolls, surcharges or other payments to the Transporter.
5.3 Transporter shall, as soon as practicable, post to Transporter's website notice of any outage in
service hereunder that is the result of an event of Force Majeure.
6.1 All Gas or Liquids tendered by or on behalf of Shipper to Transporter shall be tendered at a
Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point, as applicable, at the pressure required by Transporter.
Subject to Article 21.1 hereof, unless otherwise specified in Schedule "A" hereto, all Receipt
Points will have 8,275 kPa (1,200 psi) as the maximum pressure and Shipper shall not be required
to tender Gas or Liquids at a receipt pressure in excess of that specified in Schedule "A" hereto.
6.2 All Gas delivered by Transporter to the U.S. Pipeline at the point of interconnection between the
Canadian Pipeline and the U.S. Pipeline shall be delivered at the pressure agreed to by
Transporter and U.S. Transporter.
7.1 Transporter shall prepare and render to Shipper via the Customer Activities Web Site the Monthly
Bill for the preceding Month, which shall include a statement of any charges calculated in
accordance with the General Terms and Conditions and the applicable Toll Schedules, including
Prior Period Adjustments, as applicable. If Allocated Quantities are unavailable in time to
prepare the Monthly Bill, such charges shall be based on a Shipper's daily allocations made in
accordance with Article 17.1 hereof and Transporter shall provide, in the subsequent Monthly
Bill, an adjustment based on any differences between Allocated Quantities and quantities for
which Shipper was billed in the prior Monthly Bill. Any required supporting information will
accompany the Monthly Bill. Monthly Bills for service hereunder will be delivered on or before
the twentieth (20th) Day of each subsequent Month unless the twentieth (20th) Day does not fall
on a Business Day, in which case such Monthly Bills shall be delivered on the next Business Day.
7.2 At the reasonable request of Transporter, Shipper shall provide to Transporter in a timely manner
any information or data required by Transporter to calculate and verify the volume, quality and
Gross Heating Value of Shipper's Gas or Liquids tendered to Transporter.
7.3 All payments made by the Shipper under the Tariff shall be made in Canadian funds to a
depository designated by Transporter via electronic funds transfer on or before the last day of the
Month in which the Monthly Bill is delivered to the Shipper. If the payment due date falls on a
day that the designated depository is not open in the normal course of business to receive
Shipper's payment, then Shipper's payment shall be made on the first day after the payment due
date that such depository is open in the normal course of business.
7.4 If, at any time, a Shipper's account is in a credit position, Transporter may, in its sole discretion:
(a) retain and apply such credit amount against future Monthly Bill(s) of the Shipper; or
7.5 In the event Shipper disputes any part of a Monthly Bill, Shipper shall provide Transporter with a
Notice including a full description of the error, together with copies of supporting documents and
shall, notwithstanding the dispute, pay the full amount of the Monthly Bill when payment is due.
In the event of an error in a Monthly Bill, and provided that a claim is made by Transporter or
Shipper by way of Notice to the other party within sixty (60) days of discovery of an error, and in
any event within twelve (12) months from the date on the Monthly Bill claimed to be in error, an
error, once confirmed, shall be adjusted within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt by the
other party of a Notice claiming discovery of the error, as follows:
(a) Where Shipper has been overcharged and has paid the Monthly Bill, the amount of the
overpayment will be refunded to Shipper with interest at a rate equal to the sum of the
Prime Rate plus one percent (1%) from the due date of the applicable Monthly Bill to the
date of the refund. Where the refund is provided to Shipper by way of credit on a
subsequent Monthly Bill, the overpayment will be deemed to have been refunded on the
date the credited Monthly Bill is received by the Shipper.
(b) Where Shipper has been undercharged by Transporter, Shipper will pay the amount of the
undercharge without interest provided the undercharge is paid within thirty (30) days of
Transporter's Notice to Shipper that the Shipper was undercharged. Interest shall accrue
daily on undercharged amounts not paid within thirty (30) days of Transporter's Notice to
Shipper that the Shipper was undercharged, at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the
Prime Rate plus one percent (1%) from the date of Transporter's Notice to Shipper that
the Shipper was undercharged. Such interest shall be compounded monthly.
7.6 Shipper shall not be entitled to set off any amounts disputed by Shipper in accordance with
Article 7.5 hereof against any subsequent Monthly Bill provided to it by Transporter.
7.7 Transporter and Shipper shall have the right at reasonable times to examine the books, records
and charts of the other party, to the extent necessary to verify the accuracy of any Monthly Bill or
any claim for underpayment or overpayment.
7.8 If Shipper fails to pay in accordance with this Article 7 all or any portion of the Monthly Bill:
(a) interest on the unpaid amount shall accrue daily from the due date at a rate equal to the
daily equivalent of the Prime Rate plus one percent (1%) and compounded monthly; and
(b) Transporter shall have available to it the rights and remedies set out in Article 29 hereof.
7.9 Any good faith billing dispute which the parties are not able to resolve may be submitted to
arbitration pursuant to the Arbitration Act (Alberta) within sixty (60) days of Transporter's receipt
of Shipper's Notice under Article 7.5 hereof.
8.1 Parties requesting services hereunder must, prior to making any such requests, prequalify by
providing the following information, and any other information reasonably requested by
Transporter, electronically to Transporter's Commercial Services Department:
(b) its telephone number, including at least one telephone number at which an authorized
employee or agent can be contacted on a 24 hour, 7 day per week basis;
(f) identification of its company's representatives for: Notices, receipt of Monthly Bills,
Transporter's Shipper Task Force and primary administrator for the Gas Management
System access;
(g) identification of whether it intends to have a third party acting on its behalf in accordance
with Article 34.5 hereof and, if so, the intended functions of that third party as well as its
name, address, and telephone number; and
(h) such additional information Transporter may reasonably request for the purposes of
assessing and prequalifying its creditworthiness.
8.2 Upon receipt of such information, Transporter will provide the party with an execution copy of
Transporter’s Customer Activities Web Site Subscriber Agreement as well as any additional
agreements or forms required in accordance with Transporter’s Tariff. Provided a party has
executed and delivered to Transporter the Customer Activities Web Site Subscriber Agreement as
well as any additional agreements or forms required in accordance with Transporter’s Tariff, a
party may make a valid request for services under the applicable Toll Schedule or Title Transfer
Agreement by providing the following information via the Customer Activities Web Site:
(a) for all parties, the type of service(s) requested: FFPS, FRS, FDS, FDS-IBR, ITFPS,
ITRS, ITDS, or TPAL Service, or Title Transfer ;.
(b) for Firm Service, except parties wishing to stage their Contracted Capacity in periodic
tranche commitments:
(i) for Firm Delivery Service, the requested Contracted Capacity, stated in 10³m³ per
day, including the minimum Contracted Capacity which the party is prepared to
accept in the event that pro rationing occurs in accordance with Article 9.1
hereof, unless such information is established pursuant to Articles 9.1(b) or 9.2(a)
and (b) hereof, and for each of Zone 1 or Zone 2, Firm Full Path Service or Firm
Receipt Service, the requested Receipt Point(s) and the Contracted Capacity for
each Receipt Point, stated in 10³m³ per day, including the minimum Contracted
Capacity for each Receipt Point which the party is prepared to accept in the event
that pro rationing occurs in accordance with Article 9.1 hereof, unless such
information is established pursuant to Articles 9.1(b) or 9.2(a) and (b) hereof,
subject to the limitation that a Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreement
with an associated FRGS Agreement, or an associated Shipper Pairing
Arrangement, or a Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreement for Daily
Seasonal Service, may only contain a single Receipt Point;
(iii) the requested dates of commencement and termination of service, unless such
information is established pursuant to Articles 9.1(b) or 9.2(a) and (b) hereof;
(iv) for Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service:
(A) a request for FRGS and the corresponding FRGS Volume and FRGS
HCDP Spec, if applicable; and/or
(c) for parties wishing to stage their Contracted Capacity in periodic tranche commitments,
provided such parties meet the requirements set out in Article 28.1(b) hereof:
(A) the requested aggregate Contracted Capacity, stated in 10³m³ per day,
including the minimum aggregate Contracted Capacity which the party is
prepared to accept in the event that pro rationing occurs in accordance
with Article 9.1 hereof;
(1) the start date and end date, provided that such dates must be
agreed to by Transporter;
(ii) a request for FRGS and the corresponding FRGS Volume and FRGS HCDP
Spec, if applicable; and/or
(iii) a request for Shipper Pairing Arrangement and the corresponding volumes,
Receipt Point and associated HCDP for the paired upstream Gas and the name
and Firm Transportation Service Agreement number of the other prospective
Shipper, if applicable;
(i) the requested Maximum Daily Quantity, stated in 10³m³ per day, unless such
information is established pursuant to Article 10.1 hereof;
(iii) the bid toll, unless such information is established pursuant to Article 10.1
hereof;
(v) the requested start and end dates of service, unless such information is
established pursuant to Article 10.1 hereof;
(e) for TPAL Service, the Start Date, End Date, Park Quantity or Loan Quantity, expressed
in GJ/day, and the Total TPAL Quantity, expressed in GJ; and
(f) for all parties, whether the party or its agent is an Affiliate of Transporter and, if so, the
nature of that affiliation.
9.1 (a) Except for Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service Shippers, Firm Service Shippers,
including Shippers wishing to stage their Contracted Capacity in periodic tranche
commitments, will be awarded Firm Service on a first come, first served basis, based on
the time a request for service in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof is received by
Transporter via the Customer Activities Web Site, provided that no request shall be
awarded by the Transporter for less than the minimum Contracted Capacity specified by
Shipper in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof. Each request for Firm Service, except
Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, and any associated FRGS shall specify the
parameters required to define the request in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof and shall
be unconditional, except that such request may stipulate that Shipper will not contract for
Firm Service if its request for FRGS cannot be accommodated by Transporter.
(b) Transporter may, from time to time, suspend the awarding of Firm Service capacity on a
first come, first served basis for one or more Firm Services by initiating an open season
process, in accordance with procedures posted on its website. Each request for Firm
Service and any associated FRGS under the open season shall specify the parameters
required to define the request in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof and shall be
unconditional, except that such request may stipulate that Shipper will not contract for
Firm Service if its request for FRGS cannot be accommodated by Transporter. Requests
for Firm Service and any associated FRGS under the open season shall be awarded in
accordance with the posted open season procedures. Following the completion of the
open season, any remaining Firm Service capacity will be awarded in accordance with
Article 9.1 (a) hereof.
9.2 (a) Transporter will post on its website, from time to time, the process for bidding and the
capacity available for Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service, including: (i) the type
of Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service available, (ii) the period(s) of time for
which such Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service is available, and (iii) the Bid
Floor for each such service and period. Each request for Seasonal Service or Daily
Seasonal Service shall be unconditional and shall specify the parameters required to
define the request in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof and shall include the bid toll for
such Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service. Only bid tolls at or above the Bid
Floor for such Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service will be considered by
Transporter during the capacity award process.
(b) The Capacity available for each type and period of Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal
Service will be awarded based on the bids that result in the highest net present value of
Demand Charge revenues to the Transporter. In the event that available capacity is over-
subscribed, then the available capacity will be awarded to the bids that result in the
highest net present value of Demand Charge revenues; provided, however, that available
capacity will be awarded amongst bids of equal net present value of Demand Charge
revenues to the Transporter pro rata based on the capacity requested. No request for
Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service shall be awarded by the Transporter for less
than the minimum Contracted Capacity specified by Shipper in accordance with
Article 8.2 hereof.
9.3 (a) On or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the Month, Transporter may: (i) offer capacity
available for Permanent, Future-Dated or Temporary Relocations, and (ii) will consider
requests for a change to a Shipper's FRGS Volume and/or FRGS HCDP Spec or, for
existing Firm Service Shippers without FRGS, the addition of FRGS. Each of these
offerings or requests shall be for service to commence on the first day of the succeeding
Month, except for Future-Dated Relocations, which shall be for service to commence on
the first day of the specified future Month in accordance with Article 9.3(b) hereof. A
Shipper's request for such offered capacity, or for a change to or addition of FRGS, must
be submitted to Transporter via the Customer Activities Web Site prior to 16:00 hours
CCT on the fifth (5th) Business Day of Transporter's posting.
(c) Each request for a change to Shipper's contracted FRGS Volume and/or FRGS HCDP
Spec or, for existing Firm Service Shippers without FRGS, the addition of FRGS, shall
be unconditional and shall specify the applicable Firm Transportation Service Agreement
number, the applicable Firm Transportation Service Agreement for Seasonal Service
number, if any, the requested corresponding FRGS Volume and FRGS HCDP Spec, the
FRGS Agreement number, if applicable, and shall include updated composition data for
Shipper's Gas in accordance with Article 2.8 hereof. The availability of Firm Rich Gas
Service will be determined by Transporter in its sole discretion and in accordance with
Article 8.5 of Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service and Toll Schedule Firm Receipt
Service, as applicable.
10.1 In accordance with Article 2.3 of Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll Schedule
Interruptible Receipt Service and Toll Schedule Interruptible Delivery Service, as applicable,
Transporter may offer a bidding window for Interruptible Service prior to each Nomination cycle,
in which bidding window Shippers requesting Interruptible Service will participate in order to
establish their Interruptible Service volumes and bid toll for the purposes of the Nomination
cycle. Shippers nominating for service at a Liquids Receipt Point shall ensure that the nominated
Liquids Receipt Point is designated for the specific Liquids product as set out in Schedule "A"
hereto.
10.2 Available capacity for Interruptible Service will be scheduled by Transporter at each Nomination
cycle in accordance with Article 14 and Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll
Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service and Toll Schedule Interruptible Delivery Service, as
applicable.
11.1 Subject to Article 30.1(a)(iv) hereof, FFPS Shippers and FRS Shippers with Firm Transportation
Service Agreements with initial terms of three (3) years or greater may, in accordance with
Article 9.3 hereof, request the relocation ("Relocation") of all or a portion of their Contracted
Capacity from a contracted Receipt Point to an alternate Receipt Point on a temporary
("Temporary Relocation"), permanent ("Permanent Relocation") or permanent future-dated
("Future-Dated Relocation") basis. Transporter may, in its sole discretion, agree to the
Relocation and, if agreed to by Transporter, the following terms and conditions apply:
(a) Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement will be amended to reflect the
Temporary Relocation, Permanent Relocation or Future-Dated Relocation of Shipper's
Receipt Point. In the case of a Future-Dated Relocation, Shipper’s Firm Transportation
Service Agreement will also be amended to reflect the extended contract term in
accordance with Article 9.3(b) hereof, at the applicable Demand Charge prevailing at the
time of the Relocation request. If Shipper relocates all of its Total Contracted Capacity
under a Firm Transportation Service Agreement from Zone 1 to Zone 2, Shipper's Firm
Transportation Service Agreement will be amended to reflect the applicable Demand
Charge for the Zone 2 Receipt Point(s) and Shipper shall be obligated to pay the
applicable Zone 2 surcharges for the period of any such Relocation. Where only a
portion of Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity under a Firm Transportation Service
Agreement is relocated from Zone 1 to Zone 2, Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement will be amended to reflect the Relocation and Shipper will be required to
execute a separate Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the Receipt Point(s) in
Zone 2 for the term of the Relocation, which Firm Transportation Service Agreement
shall reflect the applicable Demand Charge for the Zone 2 Receipt Point(s) and Shipper
shall be obligated to pay the applicable Zone 2 surcharges for the period of any such
Relocation. Where only a portion of Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity under a Firm
Transportation Service Agreement is relocated on a permanent future-dated basis,
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement will be amended to reflect the
Relocation and Shipper will be required to execute a separate Firm Transportation
Service Agreement for the additional Receipt Point(s) for the term of the Relocation,
including the extended contract term in accordance with Article 9.3(b) hereof. Where
only a portion of Shipper’s Total Contracted Capacity under a Firm Transportation
Service Agreement without an associated FRGS Agreement is relocated on a permanent,
or permanent future-dated, basis and Shipper requests, and Transporter grants, FRGS in
accordance with Article 8 of either Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service or Toll Schedule
Full Path Service, as applicable, Shipper’s Firm Transportation Service Agreement will
be amended to reflect the Relocation, and Shipper will be required to execute a separate
Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the term of the Relocation, including the
extended contract term in accordance with Article 9.3(b) hereof.
(b) Where the capacity that is the subject of requests for Permanent and/or Temporary
Relocations to an alternate Receipt Point exceeds the available capacity at that Receipt
Point, Shippers requesting Permanent or Temporary Relocations to that Receipt Point
shall be allocated available capacity in accordance with the following order of declining
priority. Within each category listed below, capacity shall be allocated pro rata, based on
the capacity requested:
(i) first, among requests for Permanent Relocation where the Relocation is to a
Receipt Point that is located between the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point and
the Delivery Point;
(ii) second, among requests for Temporary Relocation where the Relocation is to a
Receipt Point that is located between the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point and
the Delivery Point;
(iii) third, among requests for Permanent Relocation where the Relocation is to a
Receipt Point that is not located between the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point
and the Delivery Point; and
(iv) fourth, among requests for Temporary Relocation where the Relocation is to a
Receipt Point that is not located between the Shipper's contracted Receipt Point
and the Delivery Point.
(c) A Shipper granted a Permanent or Future-Dated Relocation hereunder for all or a portion
of its FFPS or FRS Contracted Capacity shall not automatically receive, and must
request, the Permanent Relocation for any associated FRGS Volume and FRGS HCDP
Spec under its FRGS Agreement. The decision of whether to grant a Permanent or
Future-Dated Relocation for all or a portion of Shipper's associated FRGS Volume and
FRGS HCDP Spec will be in Transporter's sole discretion and, if Transporter permits the
Permanent or Future-Dated Relocation of all or a portion of a Shipper's associated FRGS
Volume and FRGS HCDP Spec, the Shipper's FRGS Agreement shall be amended as
appropriate. Where only a portion of Shipper's FRGS Volume is relocated with the result
that Shipper's FRGS Volume will be tendered at more than one Receipt Point, Shipper
will be required to execute a separate FRGS Agreement for each additional Receipt Point
for the term of the Permanent or Future-Dated Relocation, including, in the case of a
Future-Dated Relocation, for the duration of the extended contract term in accordance
with Article 9.3(b) hereof. If Transporter cannot accommodate the Permanent or Future-
Dated Relocation of Shipper's associated FRGS Volume and FRGS HCDP Spec at such
relocated-to Receipt Point, Shipper's FRGS Agreement shall terminate.
(d) A Shipper granted a Temporary Relocation hereunder for all or a portion of its FFPS or
FRS Contracted Capacity will have no ability to relocate its associated FRGS Agreement.
During the term of the Temporary Relocation, Shipper shall remain obligated to pay all
charges under its FRGS Agreement.
(e) Any Temporary Relocation will be valid for a period of one Month and may be reapplied
for in accordance with this Article 11. Following the period of Shipper's Temporary
Relocation, Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement will be amended as
appropriate.
11.2 FFPS Shippers and FRS Shippers with Firm Transportation Service Agreements may request, on
a first come, first served basis, the relocation of all or a portion of their Contracted Capacity from
a contracted Receipt Point to an alternate Receipt Point on a short term temporary basis as a result
of upstream operational issues incurred by the Shipper ("Operational Temporary Relocation").
Transporter may, in its sole discretion, agree to the Operational Temporary Relocation and, if
agreed to by Transporter, the following terms and conditions apply:
(a) Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement will be amended to reflect the
Operational Temporary Relocation of Shipper's Receipt Point. If Shipper relocates all of
its Total Contracted Capacity under a Firm Transportation Service Agreement from Zone
1 to Zone 2, Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement will be amended to reflect
the applicable Demand Charge for the Zone 2 Receipt Point(s) and Shipper shall be
obligated to pay the applicable Zone 2 surcharges for the period of any such Relocation.
Where only a portion of Shipper's Total Contracted Capacity under a Firm Transportation
Service Agreement is relocated from Zone 1 to Zone 2, Shipper will be required to
execute a separate Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the Receipt Point(s) in
Zone 2 for the term of the Relocation, which Firm Transportation Service Agreement
shall reflect the applicable Demand Charge for the Zone 2 Receipt Point(s) and Shipper
shall be obligated to pay the applicable Zone 2 surcharges for the period of any such
Relocation.
(b) Any Operational Temporary Relocation will be valid for a term of no more than 30 days
in duration. Following the period of Shipper's Operational Temporary Relocation,
Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement will be amended as appropriate.
(c) Daily Seasonal Service Shippers shall not be eligible to receive Operational Temporary
Relocations.
ARTICLE 12 NOMINATIONS
12.1 (a) Unless otherwise indicated by Transporter and subject to Article 12.1(b) hereof,
Transporter shall be open to receive via the Customer Activities Web Site nominations
for Transportation, including any associated Fuel Requirement or U.S. Fuel Requirement,
as applicable, Title Transfers and TPAL Service twenty-four (24) hours per day via
Transporter's Gas Management System. Shippers nominating for service hereunder
("Nomination" or "Nominations") shall do so in energy, expressed in GJ, and shall
provide Transporter with the following:
(i) The mandatory data elements included in NAESB's standards, together with
additional business-conditional or mutually agreeable data elements, and any
other information that Transporter reasonably determines necessary.
(ii) The beginning and end date for such nominated service, which dates must be for
a minimum period of one (1) Day and which must be within the term of the
Shipper's Service Agreement for such service.
(iii) The desired order of priority of receipts and deliveries under each of Shipper's
Transportation Service Agreements, with a priority of one (1) being the last to be
affected by any changes contemplated hereunder. In the absence of such priority
information being provided to Transporter by Shipper, Transporter shall, in its
sole discretion, determine the Shipper's Nomination priorities. Nominations with
the same priority number and which require adjustment in accordance with these
General Terms and Conditions will be adjusted pro rata based on Shipper's
Nomination.
12.2 (a) Shipper may revise its Nomination, on a prospective basis, at any time prior to the
Nomination submission deadline for the final intra-day cycle as established by
Transporter and posted on Transporter's Customer Activities Web Site.
(b) When a Nomination is received from a Shipper, each Day within the date range indicated
in the Nomination is considered an original Nomination. When a revised Nomination is
received from that Shipper, which is for service for one or more Days within the range of
the original Nomination, the Shipper's original Nomination will be superseded by its
revised Nomination only to the extent of the Days specified in the revised Nomination.
Days in the original Nomination outside of the range specified in the revised Nomination
will be unaffected.
(c) Transporter will not accept a reduced intra-day revised Nomination of any quantity of
Gas or Liquids less than the pro rata quantity deemed transported based on elapsed time
at the time of the Day when the revised Nomination is submitted by Shipper.
12.3 Transporter may, in its sole discretion, adjust a Shipper's Nomination if any of the following
occurs:
(b) if a Shipper's aggregate Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance exceeds the Imbalance
Tolerance and, in the Transporter's sole discretion, is a detriment to Transporter's ability
to provide service to any other Shipper on the Canadian Pipeline; or
(c) the Transporter determines it is necessary to take such action in accordance with
Article 21.1 hereof.
12.4 A Shipper's Nomination is subject to scheduling by the Transporter in accordance with Article 14
hereof.
12.5 The results of the in-kind Fuel Requirement calculations for the Nomination process shall be
rounded to the nearest Gigajoule.
13.1 All transactions associated with Articles 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 and 20 are conducted in energy, using
the Energy Conversion Factor identified in the applicable Toll Schedule.
ARTICLE 14 SCHEDULING
14.1 A Title Transfer is confirmed through matching and equal Nominations by both parties to the
Title Transfer. A TPAL Service Nomination will be confirmed by Transporter. All remaining
14.2 After taking its Fuel Requirement, the Transporter shall schedule Nominations for Transportation
in accordance with the following order of declining priority:
(a) Firm Service up to the equivalent of the aggregate of the Shipper's Contracted Capacity,
converted to energy by multiplying the Contracted Capacity at each Receipt Point by the
applicable Energy Conversion Factor specified in Article 3.1 of the applicable Toll
Schedule for Firm Service, pro rata based on the aggregate of Shipper's Contracted
Capacity, amongst all Firm Service Shippers;
(b) Priority Interruptible Transportation Service, pro rata based on each Shipper's PITS
Capacity;
(c) Interruptible Service, on the basis of highest to lowest bid toll, pro rata based on the
Nominations of all Shippers seeking Interruptible Service, amongst quantities with the
same bid toll;
(d) Transportation Make-Up, pro rata based on the Nominations of all Shippers seeking
Transportation Make-Up; and
14.3 The Transporter shall, as part of its scheduling process, confirm Nominations with upstream and
downstream operators. If confirmations received from such parties differ from the Nominations,
the lesser amount shall be used for scheduling.
14.4 Through its Gas Management System, Transporter will make available reports that will include
particulars of Shipper's Scheduled Quantities and, for Interruptible Service Shippers, the
Confirmed IT Toll for Shipper's Scheduled Quantities. It is the responsibility of each Shipper to
access and review such reports to assist it in managing its Alliance Trading Pool account so that it
remains within the Imbalance Tolerance.
ARTICLE 15 DIVERSIONS
15.1 (a) Subject to Article 30.1(a)(iv) hereof, Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service
Shippers may, by Nomination to the Transporter, request a diversion ("Diversion") of all
or a portion of their Total Service Capacity to an alternate Receipt Point. It shall be in
the sole discretion of Transporter whether to grant the Diversion, and if such Diversion is
granted:
(i) the volume of Shipper's Gas subject to the Diversion shall be afforded a different
treatment than volumes transported at Shipper's applicable contracted Receipt
Point(s), as specified in Articles 14 and 16 hereof and in Toll Schedule Firm Full
Path Service and Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable; and
(b) Nominations for Diversion may be made for an amount of energy up to the equivalent of
a Shipper's Total Service Capacity, and will be considered by Transporter daily for each
scheduling cycle, and will be scheduled in accordance with Article 14 hereof. Where
such Nominations for Diversion to a Receipt Point exceed the capacity available at that
Receipt Point, Shippers shall be allocated available capacity on a pro rata basis, based on
Shippers' Nominations, in accordance with the following order of declining priority:
(i) first, among Shippers nominating for Diversions to a Receipt Point that is located
between the Shipper's applicable contracted Receipt Point and the Delivery Point;
and
(ii) second, among Shippers nominating for Diversions to a Receipt Point that is not
located between the Shipper's applicable contracted Receipt Point and the
Delivery Point.
(c) A Shipper's FRGS Volume shall not be eligible for a Diversion hereunder; however,
Shipper shall remain obligated to pay charges under its FRGS Agreement.
16.1 (a) Transporter shall have the right to curtail Transportation, in whole or in part, on all or a
portion of the Canadian Pipeline, at a specific Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point, or
subset of Receipt Points or Liquids Receipt Points, at any time: for reasons of Force
Majeure; when, in Transporter's sole discretion, capacity or operating conditions so
require; in accordance with Article 21.1 hereof, where such curtailment is necessary to
maintain or restore the operational integrity of the Canadian Pipeline; or where it is
desirable or necessary to make modifications, repairs or operating changes to the
Canadian Pipeline. Transporter shall make available to a Shipper on its Gas Management
System information regarding the curtailment of Shipper's Gas or Liquids.
(b) Transporter shall have the unqualified right to interrupt Priority Interruptible
Transportation Service, Interruptible Service and Diversions at any time to provide Firm
Service to any Shipper.
(c) In the event of curtailment or interruption pursuant to Article 16.1(a) or (b) hereof, the
Transportation service of the affected Shippers shall be curtailed pro rata for the same
type of service, based on the service scheduled in accordance with Article 14 hereof in
the following order:
(i) first, Diversions in the reverse order contemplated by Article 15.1(b) hereof, pro
rata based on the Scheduled Quantities;
(ii) second, Transportation Make-Up pro rata, based on the Scheduled Quantities of
all Shippers seeking Transportation Make-Up;
(iii) third, Interruptible Service, on the basis of lowest to highest Confirmed IT Toll,
pro rata based on Interruptible Service Scheduled Quantities amongst quantities
with the same Confirmed IT Toll;
(iv) fourth, Priority Interruptible Transportation Service, pro rata based on each
Shipper's Scheduled Quantities; and
(v) fifth, Firm Service, pro rata based on a Shipper's Scheduled Quantities.
(d) Curtailment of Parks and Loans shall be conducted in accordance with Article 3 of Toll
Schedule Term Park and Loan Service.
17.1 (a) Prior to each Day, Common Stream Operator shall provide Transporter with a pre-
determined energy allocation instruction for each Shipper at a Receipt Point. The
difference between a Shipper's Scheduled Quantities and the energy received each Day
by Transporter for such Shipper as determined by Transporter’s measurement and the
Common Stream Operator’s pre-determined energy allocation instructions will be
transferred to the Shipper's Alliance Trading Pool account as an Alliance Trading Pool
Imbalance.
(b) FFPS, FRS, ITFPS and ITRS Shippers shall use reasonable efforts to minimize variances
between energy allocated by Common Stream Operators each Day and Scheduled
Quantities at Receipt Points.
18.1 All Shippers, except for Interruptible Full Path Shippers at Liquids Receipt Points, shall comply
with the balancing requirements of the Alliance Trading Pool as described herein.
18.2 Each Shipper will have an Alliance Trading Pool account through which its daily transactions of
energy on the Canadian Pipeline will be accounted for in the following manner:
(a) the sum of all of energy received by the Shipper at the Alliance Trading Pool under all of
its FFPS, FRS, ITFPS and ITRS Transportation Service Agreements (net of Fuel
Requirement and, if applicable, U.S. Fuel Requirement); plus
(b) the sum of all energy received by the Shipper from other Shippers through Title Transfers
at the Alliance Trading Pool; less
(c) the sum of all energy delivered by the Shipper from the Alliance Trading Pool under all
of its FDS, FDS-IBR and ITDS Transportation Service Agreements (inclusive of Fuel
Requirement); less
(d) the sum of all energy delivered by the Shipper to other Shippers through Title Transfers
at the Alliance Trading Pool;
(e) adjusted for any daily variances in accordance with Article 17 hereof; and
(f) adjusted for any daily amounts of energy under Park or Loan on that Day; and
(g) adjusted for any daily variances created via scheduling confirmation cuts with respect to
FFPS, FDS, FDS-IBR, ITFPS and ITDS at the Delivery Point at the Canada-U.S. border.
18.3 Any surplus or deficit resulting from the calculation conducted in accordance with Article 18.2
hereof constitutes an "Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance". Each Shipper will have the
opportunity to ensure, on a daily basis, that its Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance is within the
acceptable tolerance provided for in accordance with Article 18.5 hereof by implementing one or
more of the following courses of action prior to the end of the Day:
(a) conducting Title Transfers to or from Shipper's Alliance Trading Pool account sufficient
to eliminate any such Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance, provided such Title Transfer is
confirmed in accordance with Article 14.1 hereof;
18.4 All Nomination cycle timelines will be posted on Transporter's Customer Activities Web Site and
will include a Y Day Cycle to be used for Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance trading.
18.5 (a) The tolerance level for a Shipper's Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance ("Imbalance
Tolerance") will be the sum of all of the Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement quantities, Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement quantities, and
Title Transfer Agreement quantities, each multiplied by the applicable tolerance
percentage. Under normal operating conditions and unless otherwise determined by the
Transporter, the following are the acceptable tolerance percentages:
(i) for Firm Full Path Service and Firm Receipt Service, a maximum difference of
four percent (±4%) of a Shipper's daily Total Service Capacity, converted to
energy using the applicable Energy Conversion Factor, and for Firm Delivery
Service, a maximum difference of four percent (±4%) of a Shipper's daily
Contracted Capacity, converted to energy using the applicable Energy
Conversion Factor;
(iii) for Title Transfers at the Alliance Trading Pool, the acceptable Imbalance
Tolerance is zero (0).
(b) Each Day, Transporter shall make available in advance of the end of the Y Day Cycle,
the best available estimate of a Shipper's balance of its Alliance Trading Pool account.
(c) Transporter reserves the right to adjust the Imbalance Tolerance and, where the adjusted
Imbalance Tolerance is less than four percent (±4%), to set the amounts payable or
receivable for an associated Surplus Balancing Cash Out or Deficit Balancing Cash Out.
If a Shipper's Alliance Trading Pool account becomes out of balance as a result of such
adjustment, such Shipper will be required to have its Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance
within the adjusted Imbalance Tolerance by the close of the Y Day Cycle on the Day the
Imbalance Tolerance was adjusted.
18.6 Shipper shall be subject to a "Balancing Fee" each Day, starting at the end of the Day for which
its cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance exceeds the Imbalance Tolerance, in an amount
that is the higher of: $0.16/GJ per Day or the highest TPAL Fee last contracted for by
Transporter. Transporter shall post daily on its Customer Activities Web Site such highest TPAL
Fee.
18.7 If a Shipper fails to bring its cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance to within the
acceptable Imbalance Tolerance within 5 Days of it first exceeding the acceptable Imbalance
Tolerance level, the difference between its cumulative Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance and its
Imbalance Tolerance will be subject to Cash Out by the Transporter. Where the Shipper has a
surplus quantity of energy in its Alliance Trading Pool account, such Shipper shall be subject to a
Cash Out representing a "Surplus Balancing Cash Out". Where the Shipper has a deficit
quantity of energy in its Alliance Trading Pool account, such Shipper shall be subject to a Cash
Out representing a "Deficit Balancing Cash Out". Surplus Balancing Cash Out and Deficit
Balancing Cash Out amounts shall be reflected, respectively, as a credit or debit adjustment to
Shipper's Monthly Bill and shall be calculated as a percentage of the NGX AB-NIT Same Day
Index 5 price, or if such NGX AB-NIT Same Day Index 5 price ceases to be available or is
reasonably judged by Transporter to no longer represent a reasonable measure for use in the
calculation hereunder, then such replacement index as reasonably determined by Transporter, of
Gas on the first day the Shipper's Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance exceeded the acceptable
Imbalance Tolerance hereunder as follows:
18.8 Transporter may offer Term Park and Loan Service in accordance with Toll Schedule Term Park
and Loan Service for purposes of Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance management and other
commercial needs of Shippers.
18.9 Following the termination of one or more of Shipper's Service Agreements, and unless one or
more other Service Agreements remain in effect for that Shipper following such termination,
Shipper shall be required to resolve any cumulative imbalance within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of termination, or within such longer period of time as can be mutually agreed upon
by Shipper and Transporter ("Balancing Period"). If, after such Balancing Period, Transporter
determines that a negative imbalance or a positive imbalance remains, such imbalances shall be
subject to a Cash Out at the Billing Month Index Price.
19.1 (a) Common Stream Operator will provide, as part of its Month end process, the total energy
allocated for each Shipper at a Receipt Point. A Shipper's "Month End Imbalance" is
any energy imbalance, expressed in GJ, established by end of Month allocation
adjustments by Common Stream Operators and represents the difference between the
sum of a Shipper's Scheduled Quantities and the sum of the energy allocated by the
Common Stream Operator for the Shipper at all Receipt Points for the Month. All Month
End Imbalances will be remedied by Shipper by close of business on the last Business
Day of the Month in which Shipper receives its Monthly Bill.
(i) trading its Month End Imbalance with other Shippers at the Alliance Trading
Pool. Transporter will post a participating Shipper's Month End Imbalance
information on the Transporter's Customer Activities Web Site. All trades shall
be requested and confirmed via Transporter's Gas Management System;
(ii) initiating a Surplus Month End Cash Out or Deficit Month End Cash Out, as
applicable, to be applied on Shipper's subsequent Monthly Bill as described in
Article 19.1(c) hereof; or
(iii) subject to Transporter's approval of same, transferring its Month End Imbalance
to a TPAL Agreement.
(c) Month End Imbalances not remedied by Shipper by close of business on the last Business
Day of the Month in which Shipper receives its Monthly Bill will be subject to Cash Out
by the Transporter. Where the Shipper has a surplus Month End Imbalance, such Shipper
shall be subject to a Cash Out by the Transporter at the Billing Month Index Price
representing a "Surplus Month End Cash Out". Where the Shipper has a deficit Month
End Imbalance, such Shipper shall be subject to a Cash Out by the Transporter at the
Billing Month Index Price representing a "Deficit Month End Cash Out".
19.3 Transporter will allocate each Day the total energy allocated by the Common Stream Operator for
a Shipper at a Receipt Point, expressed in GJ, in proportion to Shipper's Scheduled Quantities on
that Day in accordance with Article 19.4 hereof and apply it to a Shipper's Transportation Service
Agreement ("Allocated Energy"), converted to volume, expressed in 103m3, using the actual
Gross Heating Value at the Receipt Point ("Allocated Quantities"). A Shipper's Allocated
Quantities will be used by Transporter for purposes of calculating a Shipper's Monthly Bill.
19.4 (a) Shipper may provide instructions to the Transporter, in advance of the start of the Day,
with the requested daily allocation priority of their Transportation Service Agreements
for FFPS or FRS, including any Diversions or any associated PITS, or for ITFPS or
ITRS. Such information will be used by Transporter at month end for purposes of
calculating Shipper's Monthly Bill.
(b) For Firm Service Shippers that do not provide instructions to the Transporter in
accordance with Article 19.4(a) hereof, Transporter will allocate Shipper's Allocated
Energy in proportion to the Shipper's Scheduled Quantities for each service type at the
Receipt Point. Transporter will then designate the daily allocation priority of their Firm
Transportation Service Agreements at each Receipt Point, in the following order: first, to
any unutilized Contracted Capacity; and second, to any unutilized PITS Capacity. Where
a Diversion has been scheduled for a Shipper, Transporter will allocate Shipper's
Allocated Quantities at the diverted-to Receipt Point, in the following order: first, to any
unutilized Contracted Capacity; and second, to any unutilized PITS Capacity.
(c) For Interruptible Service Shippers that do not provide instructions to the Transporter in
accordance with Article 19.4(a) hereof, Transporter will allocate Shipper's Allocated
Quantities up to Shipper's Maximum Daily Quantity or Revised Maximum Daily
Quantity.
19.5 The portion of the sum of the Allocated Quantities in excess of a Shipper's Total Service
Capacity, including any quantities diverted, as applicable, shall represent "Overrun Quantities",
expressed in 103m3, and be subject to the applicable Overrun Quantities Charge and other
applicable surcharges, as set out in Schedule "A" of Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service and
Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable.
ARTICLE 20 FUEL
20.1 In addition to the Gas or Liquids that Shipper nominates for and tenders at the applicable Receipt
Point or Liquids Receipt Point, as applicable, for its service hereunder, Shipper shall nominate
and tender to Transporter an amount of energy determined on the basis of the applicable "Fuel
Rate" established by Transporter for Gas used by Transporter in the provision of the services
hereunder (the "Fuel Requirement"). Title to the Gas that has been tendered by Shippers in
satisfaction of the Fuel Requirement shall be deemed to transfer to Transporter upon receipt of
the Fuel Requirement at the Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point, as applicable. Transporter
may, for operational purposes, from time to time, sell and convey title to the Gas that has been
tendered by Shippers in satisfaction of the Fuel Requirement which is excess to the Gas used by
Transporter in the provision of services hereunder. The Fuel Rate for each service will be set
annually as a percentage of Nominations and will be based on the actual throughput of the
preceding twelve (12) months and adjusted to reflect any differences between the actual fuel
collected and the actual fuel used for the period. The Fuel Rate for each service and any Fuel
Rate revisions shall be posted on Transporter’s website.
20.2 (a) FFPS and ITFPS Shippers shall additionally nominate for and tender or cause to be
tendered to Transporter at the Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point, as applicable, an
amount of energy representative of the "U.S. Fuel Requirement" established by U.S.
Transporter, the applicable fuel rate for which will be posted, from time to time, on U.S.
Transporter's and Transporter's website.
(b) FFPS and ITFPS Shippers shall not be required to pay Transporter any charge for
Transportation of the U.S. Fuel Requirement and such Shippers shall retain title to the
Gas that has been tendered in satisfaction of the U.S. Fuel Requirement while such Gas is
transported by Transporter to the Delivery Point.
20.3 Transporter is not required to accept any Nomination: (a) that does not include a Nomination for
the Fuel Requirement and, if applicable, the U.S. Fuel Requirement, or (b) if Transporter is not
satisfied, in its sole discretion, that the Fuel Requirement and, if applicable, the U.S. Fuel
Requirement will actually be tendered to Transporter in accordance with the Nomination. In the
event Transporter refuses the Nomination for the reasons set out in this Article 20.3, Transporter
shall advise Shipper to revise its Nomination for the Fuel Requirement and, if applicable, U.S.
Fuel Requirement, and Shipper shall revise its Nomination for the Fuel Requirement and, if
applicable, U.S. Fuel Requirement.
21.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Tariff, Transporter shall have the right
to take all actions necessary to maintain or restore the operational integrity of the Canadian
Pipeline, including without limitation:
(a) directing any Shipper or Shippers to decrease quantities of Gas or Liquids tendered at a
specific Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point or group of Receipt Points or Liquids
Receipt Points;
(b) increasing the pressure above that specified in Article 6.1 hereof and Schedule "A" hereto
at a Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point or group of Receipt Points or Liquids Receipt
Points;
(c) imposing an HCDP specification below the HCDP Spec or FRGS HCDP Spec, as
applicable, at a Receipt Point or group of Receipt Points;
(d) implementing commercial arrangements for the purchase or sale of Gas; and/or
(e) changing or suspending the balancing provisions, cash outs and fees set forth in Article
18 hereof.
21.2 Transporter shall not be liable to any Person for any costs or damages associated with any
measures taken by Transporter in accordance with Article 21.1 hereof.
22.1 Transporter shall have the right at all times to commingle Shipper's Gas with other Gas in the
Canadian Pipeline. Gas delivered by Transporter at the Delivery Point shall have the quality that
results from Gas having been transported and commingled with other Gas in the Canadian
Pipeline.
22.2 Liquids scheduled for transport under Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service shall be
considered commingled Gas once tendered to the Canadian Pipeline for Transportation.
23.1 Transporter and Shipper shall notify each other from time to time as necessary of expected
changes in the rates of delivery of Gas or receipt of Gas or Liquids, or in the pressures or other
operating conditions, and the reason for such expected changes.
24.1 Transporter shall be deemed to be in possession and control of all Gas or Liquids received by it
until the Gas is delivered by it at the Delivery Point.
25.1 Each FDS, FFPS, ITDS, and ITFPS Shipper must have title to all of its Gas or Liquids at the time
it is tendered, and must retain title until such time as title is conveyed pursuant to Article 20.1 or a
Title Transfer or assumed by Transporter pursuant to Articles 18.7 or 19.1(c) hereof or in
accordance with the provisions of Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service. Each FRS and
ITRS Shipper must have: a) either: i) title to all of its Gas or Liquids at the time it is tendered, and
must retain title until such time as title is conveyed pursuant to Article 20.1 or a Title Transfer or
assumed by Transporter pursuant to Articles 18.7 or 19.1(c) hereof or in accordance with the
provisions of Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service; or ii) the irrevocable right to transfer
title to all of its Gas or Liquids at the time its Gas or Liquids is tendered, and must retain such
irrevocable right until such time as title is conveyed pursuant to Article 20.1 or a Title Transfer or
assumed by Transporter pursuant to Articles 18.7 or 19.1(c) hereof or in accordance with the
provisions of Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service: and, b) the irrevocable right to grant
the option specified in Article 5 of Shipper’s Transportation Service Agreement. Shipper shall
indemnify and save Transporter harmless from all suits, actions, debts, accounts, damages, costs,
losses, and expenses, arising out of the adverse claim of any Person with respect to such Gas or
Liquids, including, without limitation, claims related to title to the Gas or Liquids, or the
irrevocable right to transfer title to the Gas or Liquids and the irrevocable right to grant the option
specified in Article 5 of Shipper’s Transportation Service Agreement, and any claims for taxes,
licenses, fees, royalties, or charges, which claims arise with respect to such Gas or Liquids prior
to the time such Gas is delivered by Transporter at the Delivery Point.
25.2 In respect of any facilities upstream of Receipt Points or Liquids Receipt Points, Shipper shall or,
if Shipper is not the owner or operator of the facility, Shipper shall cause the owner or operator of
the facility from which Gas or Liquids are tendered by or on behalf of Shipper to Transporter
hereunder to comply with the Tariff.
26.1 (a) Shipper or its Guarantor shall possess and maintain creditworthiness as is required by
Transporter to satisfy Shipper's financial and contractual obligations under a Service
Agreement. Transporter shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether Shipper or its
Guarantor possesses sufficient creditworthiness.
(b) If Shipper or its Guarantor has a long-term, senior unsecured, non-credit enhanced and
non-implied debt rating assigned by any one of the following applicable credit rating
agencies: (a) DBRS rating of at least BBB; (b) Moody's rating of at least Baa3; or (c)
S&P rating of at least BBB-, Shipper will be considered as possessing the required
creditworthiness in accordance with this Article 26.
(c) If a Shipper is required to provide security for the financial and contractual obligations
under a Transportation Service Agreement and/or FRGS Agreement such security shall
be determined by Transporter in its sole discretion and shall:
(i) be furnished to Transporter in the form of cash or letter of credit prior to Shipper
being allocated service hereunder;
(ii) subject to Article 26.1(c)(iii) hereof, not exceed an amount equal to three (3)
months of all Demand Charges and other charges and surcharges payable by
Shipper under the applicable agreement(s), provided that the number of months
of Demand Charges and other charges and surcharges required for such security
shall not exceed the term of the applicable agreement(s); and
(iii) in the case of Firm Service contracted in connection with requirements for
facilities construction or other capital expenditure requirements by the
Transporter, and unless otherwise stipulated by Transporter for new or expanded
mainline or lateral facilities, not exceed an amount equal to twelve (12) months
of all Demand Charges and other charges and surcharges payable by Shipper
under the Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
(d) If a TPAL Party is required to provide security for its financial and contractual
obligations under a TPAL Agreement, Transporter may request from the TPAL Party
financial assurances in an amount, form and on terms satisfactory to Transporter prior to
commencement or continuation of TPAL Service.
26.2 Shipper shall furnish to Transporter, upon request, its audited consolidated financial statements
setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures of the preceding fiscal year together
with an auditor's report thereon. Shipper shall also furnish to Transporter, upon request, its
unaudited consolidated financial statements prepared on a basis consistent with the corresponding
period of the preceding fiscal year. Shipper shall furnish to Transporter any additional
information regarding the business affairs, operations, assets and financial condition of Shipper as
Transporter may reasonably request from time to time.
27.1 These General Terms and Conditions are incorporated in and are part of all Toll Schedules and
Service Agreements.
28.1 (a) Shipper shall enter into a Transportation Service Agreement with Transporter under
Transporter's appropriate standard form of Transportation Service Agreement, as
appended hereto as Appendices I and II. The term of a Transportation Service
Agreement shall be agreed upon between Shipper and Transporter at the time of the
execution thereof. Firm Transportation Service Agreements for Daily Seasonal Service
shall be effective from the date established therein and shall continue until terminated by
either party providing at least 30 days prior Notice of such termination to the other party.
(b) A Shipper may request the staging of its Contracted Capacity in periodic tranche
commitments, in accordance with Article 8.2(c) hereof, provided that the term-weighted
average aggregate Contracted Capacity across all of its requested FFPS and FRS and
across all associated Receipt Points is 1,400 103m3/day or greater and the initial term
sought by such Shipper is five (5) years or greater. Upon award of staged services by
Transporter in accordance with Article 9.1 hereof, each associated Transportation Service
Agreement shall constitute a "Staged Contract".
28.2 (a) Shippers with Firm Transportation Service Agreements with an initial term of three (3)
years or greater, or FDS-IBR Shippers or Staged Contract Shippers with Firm
Transportation Service Agreements with an initial term of five (5) years or greater, shall
have the right to renew their Firm Transportation Service Agreement for the same
Contracted Capacity or a lower Contracted Capacity at each contracted Receipt Point
specified in Schedule "A" of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service Agreement at the date
of expiry, without pro ration, for a minimum of one (1) year, at the applicable Demand
Charge prevailing at the time of the election to renew, by providing Transporter with one
(1) year's advance Notice. An FFPS or FRS Shipper with a Staged Contract must also
specify each tranche in its Firm Transportation Service Agreement and the associated
Contracted Capacity, or lower Contracted Capacity that is to be renewed. There is no
limitation on the number of times Shippers may exercise their right to renew, provided
that it is the initial term of the Shippers' Firm Transportation Service Agreements that
shall be used for the purpose of determining Shippers' renewal rights.
(b) Shippers with a FRGS Agreement with an initial term of three (3) years or greater may
request a renewal of their FRGS Agreement for a minimum of one (1) year, at the FRGS
Demand Surcharge prevailing at the time of the election to renew, by providing the
Transporter with one (1) year's advance Notice. Approval of a request to renew a FRGS
Agreement in accordance with this Article shall be in the Transporter's sole discretion
and, in any event, shall not be approved if Shipper's corresponding Firm Transportation
Service Agreement has not been renewed pursuant to Article 28.2(a) hereof.
28.3 (a) Interruptible Transportation Service Agreements shall be effective from the date
established therein and shall continue until terminated by either party providing at least
30 days prior Notice of such termination to the other party.
(b) If Shipper has not placed a Nomination for Transportation under a subsisting Interruptible
Transportation Service Agreement in accordance with Article 12 hereof for a period of
twelve (12) consecutive months, Transporter shall be entitled to provide Notice to
Shipper that such Shipper's Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement may be
terminated without further Notice if Shipper does not place a Nomination within six (6)
months of the provision of such Notice.
(c) If TPAL Party has not transacted any Parks or Loans under a subsisting TPAL
Agreement in accordance with Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service for a period of
twelve (12) consecutive months, Transporter shall be entitled to provide Notice to TPAL
Party that such TPAL Party's TPAL Agreement may be terminated without further Notice
if TPAL Party does not transact Parks or Loans within six (6) months of the provision of
such Notice.
28.4 No termination of a Service Agreement, however effected, shall affect or extinguish any rights
or obligations of the parties which accrued prior to the date of termination or extinguish any
remedies available to any party in accordance with Applicable Law, equity or as provided for
herein.
29.1 If a Shipper fails to perform any of the covenants or obligations imposed upon it under the Tariff
(a "Shipper Default"), Transporter may serve a Notice ("Default Notice") on the Shipper stating
specifically the Shipper Default under the Tariff.
29.2 Subject to Article 29.3 hereof, in the event that the Shipper does not remedy the Shipper Default
within five (5) Days of receiving the Default Notice, then Transporter may, without further
Notice, immediately suspend Transportation or service under the applicable Service Agreement
(or any portion thereof), provided that such suspension shall not suspend or relieve Shipper from
any obligation to pay any amount payable and shall not constitute a failure by Transporter to
perform any of its obligations under the Tariff, including under any Service Agreement.
29.3 In the event that the Shipper does not remedy the Shipper Default within ten (10) Days of
receiving the Default Notice, then at the sole option of Transporter, Transporter may immediately
terminate the applicable Service Agreement.
29.4 In the event that Transporter elects to terminate the applicable Service Agreement as aforesaid,
then, in addition to any amounts which are, on the date of termination, due and owing under such
Service Agreement, all Demand Charges, tolls and calculable surcharges or fees which would, but
for such termination, become due and owing by Shipper to Transporter in the future under the
Tariff, shall become immediately due and payable to Transporter as liquidated damages. Any
such amounts reflect the genuine pre-estimate of the financial damage that Transporter would
incur as a result of the Shipper Default. Any such amounts payable to Transporter shall not
constitute a consequential loss as set forth in Article 33.2 and are not intended as a penalty.
29.5 Any suspension or termination of a Service Agreement pursuant to the provisions of this Article
29 shall:
(a) be without prejudice, and shall in no way affect or extinguish or be deemed to constitute
a waiver of any other right or remedy of Transporter as provided for hereunder or at law
or equity, including without limitation the right of Transporter to collect any amounts
then due to it in respect of the period prior to the date of the termination or accelerated
amounts payable under Article 29.4 hereof; and
(b) be without prejudice to the right of the Shipper in default to receive energy to which it is
entitled hereunder for the period prior to the date of termination.
29.6 In addition, and without prejudice to any other right or remedy Transporter may have hereunder
or at law or equity, Transporter shall have the right to withhold or set off payment or credit of any
amounts of monies due or owing by Transporter to Shipper under the Tariff.
30.1 (a) Subject to Article 30.1(b) hereof, Transporter may receive Gas that does not meet the
HCDP Spec from FFPS and FRS Shippers if such a Shipper contractually pairs its Gas
with an upstream Firm Service Shipper or self-pairs its own upstream Gas subject to a
separate Firm Transportation Service Agreement so that the resulting paired Gas stream
meets the HCDP Spec ("Shipper Pairing Arrangement"). Shippers interested in
Shipper Pairing Arrangements may post relevant data on Transporter's Customer
Activities Web Site. Transporter may, in its sole discretion based on its analysis of the
location of the applicable Receipt Points, Delivery Points and the Quality Specifications
of the resultant commingled stream, agree to such Shipper Pairing Arrangement and, if
agreed to, the following terms and conditions apply:
(ii) both parties to a Shipper Pairing Arrangement will have limits on the HCDP and
volumes of Gas subject to the Shipper Pairing Arrangement and are prohibited
from exceeding those limits;
(iii) failure by one Shipper to provide the specified volume or HCDP in the Shipper
Pairing Arrangement on any Day could result in the curtailment or non-
authorization of flows of one or both Shippers;
(v) Demand Charge Credits shall not be payable to either Shipper for curtailments
resulting from either Shipper's failure under the Shipper Pairing Arrangement.
(b) Seasonal Service or Daily Seasonal Service Shippers shall not be eligible to enter into
Shipper Pairing Arrangements.
30.2 (a) In accordance with Articles 2.4 and 8 of Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service and Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service, the Transporter will receive, on a firm basis, Gas that
does not meet the HCDP Spec if such Shipper contracts for FRGS by executing a FRGS
Agreement and agreeing to pay Transporter a FRGS Demand Surcharge for the FRGS
Volume, regardless of whether Shipper utilizes such FRGS in a given Month.
(b) Seasonal Service Shippers with a term of one (1) month or less, Daily Seasonal Service
Shippers and Interruptible Service Shippers shall not be eligible to receive FRGS.
(c) FFPS Shippers and FRS Shippers shall not be eligible to receive FRGS for their PITS
Capacity.
30.3 When Gas tendered at a Receipt Point on any Day exceeds the higher of the applicable HCDP
Spec or Revised HCDP Spec, the Transporter may, in its sole discretion:
(a) grant a waiver of the Quality Specifications in accordance with Article 2.4 hereof and
elect to accept all or a portion of such volumes of Shipper's Gas on an interruptible basis,
subject to availability, in which case, Shipper shall pay the applicable "HCDP Off-Spec
Surcharge", as set out in Schedule "C" of Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service or Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable, and Schedule "B" of Toll Schedule
Interruptible Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service, as
applicable. If any portion of Shipper's Gas is curtailed hereunder, Shipper shall not be
entitled to Demand Charge Credits for such curtailed Gas; or
(b) shut-in the applicable Receipt Point, in which case Shipper shall not be entitled to
Demand Charge Credits.
ARTICLE 31 NOTICES
31.1 Except as otherwise provided in the Tariff, any request, demand, statement, or bill, or any notice
(collectively "Notice") which either party desires to give to the other, must be in writing and shall
be validly communicated by the delivery thereof to its addressee, either personally or by courier
or electronically, and will be considered duly delivered to the party to whom it is sent at the time
of its delivery if personally delivered or if sent electronically during normal business hours, or on
the day following transmittal thereof if sent by courier (provided that in the event normal courier
service, or electronic service shall be interrupted by a cause beyond the control of the parties
hereto, then the party sending the Notice shall utilize any service that has not been so interrupted
or shall personally deliver such Notice) to the other party at the address set forth below. Each
party shall provide Notice to the other of any change of address for the purposes hereof.
(a) Transporter:
(b) Shipper: Shipper’s address as set forth in its Customer Activities Web Site Subscriber
Agreement, or to the address of Shipper’s agent, as provided to Transporter.
Routine communications, including Monthly Bills, will be considered duly delivered when sent
electronically or when mailed by registered, certified, or ordinary mail.
ARTICLE 32 OPERATOR
32.1 Transporter shall have the right to designate any Person or Persons to function as "Operator" of
the Canadian Pipeline with respect to, but not limited to, the management of facilities, receipt and
disposition of Nominations, scheduling of receipts and deliveries, administration of Service
Agreements and accounting. If Transporter designates an Operator, references to Transporter in a
Service Agreement, Toll Schedule or these General Terms and Conditions shall be read to include
Operator acting on behalf of Transporter, to the extent applicable.
33.1 Subject to the limitations set out in the Tariff (including without limitation as provided for in
Articles 33.2 and 33.3 hereof) Shipper shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and save harmless
Transporter from and against, any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses, suits,
actions, claims, charges, levies, liens, taxes, licenses, fees, royalties, or penalties of whatsoever
nature incurred by Transporter arising from or in connection with the negligence of Shipper or the
breach by Shipper of any of its obligations under the Tariff.
33.2 In no event will either Transporter or Shipper be liable to the other for any indirect, special or
consequential loss, damage, cost or expense whatsoever based on breach of contract, negligence,
strict liability or otherwise including, without limitation, any indirect, special or consequential
loss of profits or revenues, cost of capital, business interruption losses, loss or damages for failure
to receive or deliver Gas or Liquids, cost of lost, purchased or replacement Gas or Liquids, or
loss, damage, cost or expense relating to the cancellation of permits or certificates and the
termination of contracts.
33.3 Except as specifically set out in Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm
Receipt Service or Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as applicable, Transporter shall have no
liability to Shipper, nor any obligation to indemnify Shipper, in respect of Transporter's failure
for any reason whatsoever to transport Gas pursuant to any Transportation Service Agreement or
to perform its obligations under any FRGS Agreement or TPAL Agreement or under the terms of
the Tariff, nor will any such failure on the part of the Transporter suspend or relieve Shipper from
its obligation to pay any amounts payable to Transporter under the Tariff.
34.1 (a) Shipper shall have the right to permanently assign its rights and obligations, or parts
thereof, under its Firm Transportation Service Agreement or, subject to Article 34.1(b)
hereof, FRGS Agreement or, subject to Article 34.1(c) hereof, TPAL Agreement, subject
to:
(i) compliance by the assignee with the creditworthiness requirements set out in
Article 26 hereof;
(ii) the prior written approval of the Lenders, to the extent such written approval is
required by the Lenders; and
(iii) the prior written approval of Transporter, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(b) Shipper may only permanently assign its FRGS Agreement, or parts thereof, if such
Shipper permanently assigns the corresponding Firm Transportation Service Agreement
specified in Section F of Schedule "A" of Shipper’s FRGS Agreement or the
corresponding parts thereof, if applicable, in accordance with Article 34.1(a) hereof.
(c) Shipper may only permanently assign its TPAL Agreement if the Shipper permanently
assigns its corresponding Transportation Service Agreement in accordance with
Article 34.1(a) hereof or if the assignee otherwise is, or first becomes, a party to a
subsisting Transportation Service Agreement.
34.2 Any Person that shall succeed by purchase of all or substantially all of the assets and assumption
of all or substantially all of the liabilities of, or merger or consolidation with, either Transporter or
Shipper, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the rights and shall be subject to the obligations
of its predecessor in title under its Service Agreement(s).
34.3 Subject to Article 34.2 hereof, Shipper shall not have the right to assign its rights and obligations,
or any part thereof, under its Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement or Title Transfer
Agreement.
34.4 The restrictions on assignment contained in this Article 34 shall not in any way prevent
Transporter from pledging or mortgaging to the Lenders its rights under any Firm Transportation
Service Agreement or its rights in respect of any letter of credit or other security given to
Transporter by Shipper. Shipper will execute all consents to assignment or other
acknowledgements in favour of the Lenders or other documents as may be requested by the
Lenders or Transporter, of any security interests created under the Tariff.
34.5 (a) Any Shipper may designate an agent or agents to act on its behalf and Shipper shall
notify Transporter of such designation electronically. In the event Shipper has designated
an agent to act on its behalf in a particular capacity, Transporter shall be entitled to rely
on any representations made, information provided and actions taken by Shipper's agent
in such capacity.
(b) By designating an agent, Shipper agrees to indemnify and save harmless Transporter
from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses, suits, actions,
claims, charges, levies, liens, taxes, licenses, fees, royalties, or penalties of whatsoever
nature incurred by Transporter arising from or in connection with Shipper's agent's
actions on behalf of Shipper, Shipper's agent's failure to act on behalf of Shipper, the
negligence of Shipper's agent, the breach by Shipper's agent of any of Shipper's
obligations under the Tariff or Transporter's reliance upon any representations made,
information provided or actions taken by Shipper's agent.
ARTICLE 35 MISCELLANEOUS
35.1 The Tariff shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Alberta and the
laws of Canada applicable therein, and shall be subject to the rules, regulations and orders of any
Authority.
35.2 The headings used throughout the Tariff are inserted for convenience of reference only and are
not to be considered or taken into account in construing the terms or provisions thereof or to be
deemed in any way to qualify, modify or explain the effect of any such provisions or terms.
35.3 The documents comprising the Tariff are intended to be complementary. That any one
component of the Tariff specifies more detail in respect of any matter than is specified by another
component of the Tariff is not considered a conflict.
35.4 Except where expressly stated to be to the contrary, in the event of any conflict, variation,
ambiguity or inconsistency within or between the documents comprising the Tariff, such conflict,
variation, ambiguity or inconsistency shall be resolved by reference to the documents comprising
the Tariff in the order in which they appear below:
SCHEDULE "A" – RECEIPT POINTS AND LIQUIDS RECEIPT POINTS AND RECEIPT
PRESSURES
Receipt Points:
RECEIPT RECEIPT
RECEIPT POINT METER PRESSURE
POINT NO. MNEMONIC RECEIPT POINT NAME LOCATION ZONE kPa (psi)
ATP ALLIANCE TRADING POOL n/a n/a n/a
BC 01 HIWAY HIGHWAY d-37-I 94-B-16 2 7450 (1080)
BC 01A HWAY2 HIGHWAY 2 d-37-I 94-B-16 2 7450 (1080)
BC 02 ATKCK AITKEN CREEK d-44-L 94-A-13 2 8065 (1170)
BC 02-1 ATKCK AITKEN CREEK d-44-L 94-A-13 2 8065 (1170)
BC 02A AKCK2 AITKEN CREEK 2 d-44-L 94-A-13 2 8275 (1200)
BC 03 MCMAN McMAHON 16-25-82-18W6 2 5380 (780)
BC 04 YUNGR YOUNGER 04-10-83-17W6 2 5380 (780)
BC 12 WESDO WEST DOE 13-24-80-15W6 2 8275 (1200)
BC 58 SEPTI SEPTIMUS 04-22-81-16W6 2 8275 (1200)
BC 62 DOECK DOE CREEK 13-24-80-15W6 2 8275 (1200)
AB 09 FTKCK FOURTH CREEK 14-11-82-09W6 2 6895 (1000)
AB 10 JOSEP JOSEPHINE 08-01-83-10W6 2 6550 (950)
AB 11 PCOUP POUCE COUPE 11-34-79-12W6 2 7240 (1050)
AB 13 GRDL1 GORDONDALE 16-02-79-12W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 16 PROGR PROGRESS 01-01-78-10W6 1 7585 (1100)
AB 17 VALH1 VALHALLA 12-21-76-09W6 1 7585 (1100)
AB 20 VALH2 VALHALLA 16-20-75-09W6 1 7585 (1100)
AB 21 TEECK TEEPEE CREEK 07-02-74-04W6 1 6895 (1000)
AB 23 SEXSM SEXSMITH 01-07-75-07W6 1 7585 (1100)
AB 24 HYTHZ HYTHE/BRAINARD 14-18-74-12W6 1 7930 (1150)
AB 25 KNOPK KNOPCIK 09-10-74-11W6 1 7930 (1150)
AB 27 WMBLY WEMBLEY 06-19-73-08W6 1 7240 (1050)
AB 27A ELMWH ELMWORTH 01-08-70-11W6 1 5860 (850)
AB 29 WAPTI WAPITI 03-08-69-08W6 1 7240(1050)
AB 30 GLDCK GOLD CREEK 14-26-67-05W6 1 5515 (800)
AB 31 KARRZ KARR 10-10-65-02W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 32 SMOKY SMOKY 02-13-63-01W6 1 6550 (950)
AB 33 SIMET SIMONETTE 09-06-63-25W5 1 6550 (950)
AB 33A SHLCK SHELL CREEK 09-06-63-25W5 1 6550 (950)
AB 34 MOORV MOOSE RIVER 15-12-64-02W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 36 BIGST BIGSTONE WEST 14-28-59-22W5 1 7585 (1100)
AB 37 SNIPE SNIPE MOUNTAIN 11-07-64-23W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 38 TWOCK TWO CREEKS 02-04-63-16W5 1 6895 (1000)
AB 39 GRIZL GRIZZLY JUNCTION 07-23-60-18W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 40 KABOB KAYBOB 14-03-64-19W5 1 5900 (841)
AB 41 KBOBS KAYBOB SOUTH 1& 2 05-12-62-20W5 1 5900 (856)
RECEIPT RECEIPT
RECEIPT POINT METER PRESSURE
POINT NO. MNEMONIC RECEIPT POINT NAME LOCATION ZONE kPa (psi)
AB 42 BEARC BEAR CREEK 02-13-63-01W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 43 MCLDR McLEOD RIVER 02-11-53-18W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 44 EDSOZ EDSON 03-11-53-18W5 1 6205 (900)
AB 44A WOLFS WOLF SOUTH 11-01-51-15W5 1 6550 (950)
AB 44B EDSZ2 EDSON 2 03-11-53-18W5 1 6205 (900)
AB 45 KBOS3 KAYBOB SOUTH #3 13-10-59-18W5 1 5500 (798)
AB 47 CARCK CARSON CREEK 16-15-61-12W5 1 6500 (943)
AB 48 WTCRT WHITECOURT 11/12-26-59-11W5 1 5860 (850)
AB 50 SUNDC SUNDANCE 06-16-54-18W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 54 VRNLK VERNON LAKE 13-2-47-09W4 1 3700 (537)
AB 63 HEAVY HEAVY SOUND 12-25-61-17W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 64 SILCK SILVER CREEK 01-28-59-16W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 65 LCRLK LITTLE CROOKED LAKE 03-05-62-21W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 66 TNYCK TONY CREEK 04-31-62-24W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 67 TONTO TONY TOWER 13-31-62-23W5 1 8275 (1200)
AB 68 BGMTC BIG MOUNTAIN CREEK 14-26-67-05W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 69 PATCK PATTERSON CREEK 14-21-66-03W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 70 MOOCK MOOSE CREEK 04-24-79-11W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 71 SASMT SASKATOON MOUNTAIN 15-30-71-08W6 1 8275 (1200)
AB 73 WILSN WILSON RIDGE 08-24-68-07W6 1 8275 (1200)
THIS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AGREEMENT made and entered into this ________ day of
________________, 20 ________.
BETWEEN
("Transporter")
- and -
________________________________________________
("Shipper")
WHEREAS the Transporter is the operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the
Transportation of Gas on the Canadian Pipeline;
WHEREAS Alliance Pipeline L.P. is operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the
transportation of Gas on the U.S. Pipeline;
WHEREAS the Shipper has requested that Transporter transport, and Transporter has agreed to transport,
volumes of Gas that are tendered by or on behalf of Shipper to Transporter in accordance with and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Tariff;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein, the receipt and
sufficiency as valuable consideration is acknowledged and agreed to by each of Transporter and Shipper,
Transporter and Shipper agree as follows:
1.1 Capitalized terms used in this Firm Transportation Service Agreement and not defined herein
shall have the meanings attributed to them in the General Terms and Conditions.
1.2 Schedule "A" – Firm Transportation Service Agreement Details is attached to and made part of
this Firm Transportation Service Agreement if Shipper has elected Firm Service that is not Daily
Seasonal Service.
1.3 Schedule "B-1" – Firm Transportation Service Agreement Description – Daily Seasonal Service
is attached to and made part of this Firm Transportation Service Agreement if Shipper has elected
Daily Seasonal Service.
1.4 Schedule "B-2" – Firm Transportation Service Agreement Details – Daily Seasonal Service is
attached to and made part of this Firm Transportation Service Agreement for each applicable
bidding window if Shipper has elected Daily Seasonal Service.
2.1 Transporter represents and warrants that: (a) it is duly organized and validly existing under the
Applicable Law of the Province of Alberta and has all requisite legal power and authority to
execute this Firm Transportation Service Agreement and carry out the terms, conditions and
provisions hereof; (b) this Firm Transportation Service Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and
binding obligation of Transporter, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof; and (c) the
execution and delivery by Transporter of this Firm Transportation Service Agreement has been
duly authorized by all requisite partnership action.
2.2 Shipper represents and warrants, and such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be
repeated on the dates that Gas is tendered at a Receipt Point by or on behalf of Shipper to
Transporter under the Tariff, that: (a) it is duly organized and validly existing under the
Applicable Law of the jurisdiction of its formation or incorporation and has all requisite legal
power and authority to execute this Firm Transportation Service Agreement and carry out the
terms, conditions and provisions hereof; (b) this Firm Transportation Service Agreement
constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligation of Shipper, enforceable in accordance with the
terms hereof; (c) the execution and delivery by Shipper of this Firm Transportation Service
Agreement has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or partnership action; (d) it has or
will have the right to tender all Gas so tendered by it or on its behalf to Transporter for
Transportation at any Receipt Point free and clear of liens and any encumbrances and adverse
claims of every kind, provided that the option granted pursuant to Article 5 hereof shall not
constitute an encumbrance or adverse claim for the purpose of this representation; (e) if it is an
FFPS or FDS Shipper, it has, or will have at the time of tendering for Transportation, title to all
Gas to be transported under this Firm Transportation Service Agreement, and if it is an FRS
Shipper, it has, or will have at the time of tendering for Transportation, either title to all Gas to be
transported under this Firm Transportation Service Agreement, or the irrevocable right to transfer
title to all Gas to be transported under this Firm Transportation Service Agreement and the
irrevocable right to grant the option specified in Article 5 hereof; (f) it has met the requirements
of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions; (g) it is and will remain in compliance
with all Applicable Law; (h) it has and will maintain all authorizations for the removal of its Gas
from the province of production, the export of its Gas from Canada and the import of its Gas into
the United States and any other authorization required for transport hereunder; (i) in the case of
an FFPS Shipper, it shall only deliver Gas to an FT-1 Service shipper that has a transportation
agreement(s) with the U.S. Transporter for a volume and term at least equal to that of Shipper's
Firm Transportation Service Agreement, in accordance with Article 1.1(c) of Toll Schedule Firm
Full Path Service; (j) in the case of an FDS-IBR Shipper, it shall only deliver Gas to an FT-1 IBR
Service shipper that has a transportation agreement(s) with the U.S. Transporter for a volume,
less U.S. Fuel Requirement, and term equal to that of Shipper's Firm Transportation Service
Agreement, in accordance with Article 1.1(c) of Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service; and (k) in
the case of an FFPS Shipper, it shall only deliver its PITS Volume to a shipper that has a
transportation agreement(s) with the U.S. Transporter for a volume at least equal to that of
Shipper's Total PITS Volume.
3.1 Subject to the provisions of this Firm Transportation Service Agreement and the provisions of the
Tariff:
(a) Except for Daily Seasonal Service, Transporter shall provide daily service hereunder for
Shipper, for a volume of Gas up to the Contracted Capacity for each Receipt Point set out
in Schedule "A" hereto, from the respective Receipt Point set out in Schedule "A" hereto
to the Delivery Point;
(b) For Daily Seasonal Service, for each applicable bidding window, Transporter shall
provide service hereunder for Shipper for each Day within a specific date range, for a
volume of Gas up to the Contracted Capacity, at the applicable Demand Charge, as set
out in each applicable Schedule "B-2" hereto, from the Receipt Point set out in Schedule
"B-1" hereto to the Delivery Point; and
(c) if applicable, and subject to available capacity, Transporter shall provide PITS from the
respective Receipt Point set out in Schedule "A" hereto to the Delivery Point.
3.2 For the term of this Firm Transportation Service Agreement, Shipper shall pay all applicable
Demand Charges, charges, surcharges and any other amounts owing for service hereunder and in
accordance with the Tariff, as may be amended or approved by Authorities from time to time.
ARTICLE 4 TERM
4.1 Except for Daily Seasonal Service, subject to renewal and termination in accordance with the
provisions of the Tariff, this Firm Transportation Service Agreement shall be effective from the
date hereof and shall continue until the termination date set out in Schedule "A" hereto. For
Daily Seasonal Service, subject to termination in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff, this
Firm Transportation Service Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof and shall continue
until terminated by either party providing at least 30 days prior Notice of such termination to the
other party.
5.1 Shipper's receipts and deliveries, less the Fuel Requirement, will be balanced on an energy basis
at the Delivery Point in accordance with the Tariff.
5.2 Shipper hereby grants to Transporter acting solely in its capacity as agent for Aux Sable Liquid
Products LP ("Aux Sable") the option, exercisable at any time or times, and for any periods
during the term of this Firm Transportation Service Agreement, to extract from the commingled
Gas transported by Transporter and take title to all natural gas liquids or liquefiable hydrocarbons
received by Transporter from Shipper that Aux Sable elects to remove or process and hereby
relinquishes to Transporter, acting solely in its capacity as agent for Aux Sable, all proceeds,
profits and losses derived from or allocable to the removal, processing or sale of such natural gas
liquids or liquefiable hydrocarbons.
5.3 Shipper will, at the time of execution and delivery of this Transportation Service Agreement, or at
any time thereafter as required by Transporter, execute an agreement with Aux Sable in the
prescribed form that specifically provides for the option created in Article 5.2 hereof (an
"extraction agreement"), provided that such extraction agreement will not:
(a) affect, vary or alter the amounts payable by Shipper for Transportation under this Firm
Transportation Service Agreement; or
(b) affect, vary or alter the entitlement of Shipper to have deliveries made to it by
Transporter at the Delivery Point balanced with its deliveries to Transporter on an energy
basis, after allowance for the Fuel Requirement.
5.4 FFPS and FDS-IBR Shippers (together with their Affiliates, if applicable) are also required to be
party to an extraction agreement in relation to each of their Canadian Transportation and their
service on the U.S. Pipeline. FDS Shippers may deliver their Gas only to shippers on the U.S.
Pipeline that are party to an extraction agreement that relates to service on the U.S. Pipeline.
ARTICLE 6 NOTICES
6.1 All Notices to be given or sent pursuant to the terms of this Firm Transportation Service
Agreement shall be effected in accordance with, and be subject to the provisions of, the General
Terms and Conditions. Shipper's address for the purposes of the Tariff, including this Firm
Transportation Service Agreement shall be Shipper’s address as set forth in its Customer
Activities Web Site Subscriber Agreement with Transporter, or the address of Shipper’s agent, as
provided to Transporter.
ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS
7.1 Shipper acknowledges and agrees that the General Terms and Conditions and applicable Toll
Schedules, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time, are hereby incorporated in
this Firm Transportation Service Agreement and apply to the provision of service hereunder.
7.2 The following provisions survive any termination, cancellation or expiration of this Firm
Transportation Service Agreement: Articles 3.2, 6.1 and 7 hereof; Articles 4.3, 7, 18.9, 19, 25.1,
29.4, 29.5, 29.6, 31, 33 and 35 of the General Terms and Conditions; and Article 4 of Toll
Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service and Toll Schedule Firm
Delivery Service, as applicable.
7.3 Subject to the terms of the Tariff, this Firm Transportation Service Agreement may only be
modified or amended by an agreement executed in writing or electronically by each of the Parties,
subject to approval by Authorities as may be required.
7.4 This Firm Transportation Service Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterpart and
by written or electronic means (including via Transporter's Customer Activities Web Site). All
such counterparts shall together constitute an executed original agreement, binding on the Parties
and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Firm Transportation Service Agreement,
as of the date first written above, by their duly authorized officers.
Per: Per:
[Name] [Name]
[Title] [Title]
A. Commencement Date
B. Termination Date
Subject to the termination and renewal provisions of the Tariff, the date of termination of service
hereunder is ________________________________.
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
For FFPS and FRS the applicable Zone for such Receipt Point(s) is ______________________.
E. Contracted Capacity
Shipper's Contracted Capacity for each Receipt Point approved of by Transporter is as follows or as
shown in H. below for Staged Contracts.
Contracted Capacity
Receipt Point
(103m3/day)
F. Demand Charge (for FDS and FFPS and FRS, including Staged Contracts)
The floor Demand Charge for service hereunder is $___________________/103m3/month. This number
will be adjusted in accordance with Article 9 of Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service.
The Demand Charge calculated in accordance with the formula set out in Schedule "B" of Toll Schedule
Firm Full Path Service or Toll Schedule Firm Receipt Service, as applicable, is based on the following
Staged Capacity Profile by Receipt Point:
Total
Contracted
Capacity
(103m3/day)
Schedule "B-1" – Firm Transportation Service Agreement Description – Daily Seasonal Service
Schedule "B-2" – Firm Transportation Service Agreement Details – Daily Seasonal Service
B. Contracted Capacity
C. Demand Charge
THIS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AGREEMENT made and entered into this ________ day of
________________, 20 ________.
BETWEEN
("Transporter")
- and -
________________________________________________
("Shipper")
WHEREAS the Transporter is the operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the
Transportation of Gas on the Canadian Pipeline;
WHEREAS Alliance Pipeline L.P. is operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the
transportation of Gas on the U.S. Pipeline;
WHEREAS the Shipper has requested that Transporter transport, and Transporter has agreed to transport,
volumes of Gas that are tendered as Gas or Liquids by or on behalf of Shipper to Transporter in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Tariff;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein, the receipt and
sufficiency as valuable consideration is acknowledged and agreed to by each of Transporter and Shipper,
Transporter and Shipper agree as follows:
1.1 Capitalized terms used in this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and not defined
herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the General Terms and Conditions.
1.2 Schedule "A" – Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement Description is attached to and
made part of this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement.
1.3 Schedule "B" – Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement Details is attached to and made
part of this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement for each applicable bidding window.
2.1 Transporter represents and warrants that: (a) it is duly organized and validly existing under the
Applicable Law of the Province of Alberta and has all requisite legal power and authority to
execute this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and carry out the terms, conditions
and provisions hereof; (b) this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement constitutes the
valid, legal and binding obligation of Transporter, enforceable in accordance with the terms
hereof; and (c) the execution and delivery by Transporter of this Interruptible Transportation
Service Agreement has been duly authorized by all requisite partnership action.
2.2 Shipper represents and warrants, and such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be
repeated on the dates that Gas or Liquids are tendered at a Receipt Point or Liquids Receipt Point,
by or on behalf of Shipper to Transporter under the Tariff, that: (a) it is duly organized and
validly existing under the Applicable Law of the jurisdiction of its formation or incorporation and
has all requisite legal power and authority to execute this Interruptible Transportation Service
Agreement and carry out the terms, conditions and provisions hereof; (b) this Interruptible
Transportation Service Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligation of Shipper,
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof; (c) the execution and delivery by Shipper of this
Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement has been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate or partnership action; (d) it has or will have the right to tender all Gas or Liquids so
tendered by it or on its behalf to Transporter for Transportation at any Receipt Point or Liquids
Receipt Point, free and clear of liens and any encumbrances and adverse claims of every kind,
provided that the option granted pursuant to Article 5 hereof shall not constitute an encumbrance
or adverse claim for the purpose of this representation; (e) if it is an ITFPS or ITDS Shipper, it
has, or will have at the time of tendering for Transportation, title to all Gas or Liquids to be
transported under this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement, and if it is an ITRS
Shipper, it has, or will have at the time of tendering for Transportation, either title to all Gas or
Liquids to be transported under this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement, or the
irrevocable right to transfer title to all Gas or Liquids to be transported under this Interruptible
Transportation Service Agreement and the irrevocable right to grant the option specified in
Article 5 hereof ; (f) it has met the requirements of Articles 8 and 26 of the General Terms and
Conditions; (g) it is and will remain in compliance with all Applicable Law; (h) it has and will
maintain all authorizations for the removal of its Gas or Liquids from the province of production,
the export of its Gas or Liquids from Canada and the import of its Gas or Liquids into the United
States and any other authorization required for transport hereunder; and (i) in the case of an
ITFPS Shipper, it shall only deliver Gas to a shipper that has a transportation agreement with the
U.S. Transporter for a volume at least equal to that of Shipper's Interruptible Transportation
Service Agreement, in accordance with Article 1.1(c) of Toll Schedule Interruptible Full Path
Service.
3.1 Subject to the provisions of this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and the
provisions of the Tariff, Transporter shall provide service hereunder for Shipper from the Receipt
Point or Liquids Receipt Point to the Delivery Point, as set out in Schedule "A" hereto. In
addition, for each applicable bidding window, Transporter shall provide service hereunder for
Shipper for each day within a specific service date range, for a volume of Gas or Liquids tendered
by Shipper up to the Maximum Daily Quantity, at the Confirmed IT Toll, as set out in Schedule
“B” hereto.
3.2 For the term of this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement, Shipper shall pay all
applicable tolls, charges, surcharges and any other amounts owing for service hereunder and in
accordance with the Tariff, as may be amended or approved by Authorities from time to time.
ARTICLE 4 TERM
4.1 Subject to termination in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff, this Interruptible
Transportation Service Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof and shall continue until
terminated by either party providing at least 30 days prior Notice of such termination to the other
party.
5.1 Shipper's receipts and deliveries, less the Fuel Requirement, will be balanced on an energy basis
at the Delivery Point in accordance with the Tariff.
5.2 Shipper hereby grants to Transporter acting solely in its capacity as agent for Aux Sable Liquid
Products LP ("Aux Sable") the option, exercisable at any time or times, and for any periods
during the term of this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement, to extract from the
commingled Gas transported by Transporter and take title to all natural gas liquids or liquefiable
hydrocarbons received by Transporter from Shipper that Aux Sable elects to remove or process
and hereby relinquishes to Transporter, acting solely in its capacity as agent for Aux Sable, all
proceeds, profits and losses derived from or allocable to the removal, processing or sale of such
natural gas liquids or liquefiable hydrocarbons.
5.3 Shipper will, at the time of execution and delivery of this Transportation Service Agreement, or at
any time thereafter as required by Transporter, execute an agreement with Aux Sable in the
prescribed form that specifically provides for the option created in Article 5.2 hereof (an
"extraction agreement"), provided that such extraction agreement will not:
(a) affect, vary or alter the amounts payable by Shipper for Transportation under this
Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement; or
(b) affect, vary or alter the entitlement of Shipper to have deliveries made to it by
Transporter at the Delivery Point balanced with its deliveries to Transporter on an energy
basis, after allowance for the Fuel Requirement.
5.4 ITFPS Shippers (together with their Affiliates, if applicable) are required to be party to an
extraction agreement in relation to each of their Canadian Transportation and their service on the
U.S. Pipeline. ITDS Shippers may deliver their Gas only to shippers on the U.S. Pipeline that are
party to an extraction agreement that relates to service on the U.S. Pipeline.
ARTICLE 6 NOTICES
6.1 All Notices to be given or sent pursuant to the terms of this Interruptible Transportation Service
Agreement shall be effected in accordance with, and be subject to the provisions of, the General
Terms and Conditions. Shipper's address for the purposes of the Tariff, including this
Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement shall be Shipper’s address as set forth in its
Customer Activities Web Site Subscriber Agreement with Transporter, or the address of
Shipper’s agent, as provided to Transporter.
ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS
7.1 Shipper acknowledges and agrees that the General Terms and Conditions and applicable Toll
Schedules, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to time, are hereby incorporated in
this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement and apply to the provision of service
hereunder.
7.2 The following provisions survive any termination, cancellation or expiration of this Interruptible
Transportation Service Agreement: Articles 3.2, 6.1 and 7 hereof; Articles 4.3, 7, 18.9, 19, 25.1,
29.4, 29.5, 29.6, 31, 33 and 35 of the General Terms and Conditions; and Article 4 of Toll
Schedule Interruptible Full Path Service, Toll Schedule Interruptible Receipt Service and Toll
Schedule Interruptible Delivery Service, as applicable.
7.3 Subject to the terms of the Tariff, this Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement may only
be modified or amended by an agreement executed in writing or electronically by each of the
Parties, subject to approval by Authorities as may be required.
7.4 This Interruptible Transportation Service Agreement may be executed and delivered in
counterpart and by written or electronic means (including via Transporter's Customer Activities
Web Site). All such counterparts shall together constitute an executed original agreement,
binding on the Parties and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Interruptible Transportation Service
Agreement, as of the date first written above, by their duly authorized officers.
Per: Per:
[Name] [Name]
[Title] [Title]
C. Confirmed IT Toll
THIS FIRM RICH GAS SERVICE AGREEMENT made and entered into this ________ day of
________________, 20 ________.
BETWEEN
("Transporter")
- and -
________________________________________________
("Shipper")
WHEREAS the Transporter is the operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the
Transportation of Gas on the Canadian Pipeline;
WHEREAS the Shipper has entered into a Firm Transportation Service Agreement for FRS or FFPS for a
term of three (3) years or greater;
WHEREAS in addition to Firm Service, Shipper wishes to contract with Transporter for Firm Rich Gas
Service on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Tariff;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein, the receipt and
sufficiency as valuable consideration is acknowledged and agreed to by each of Transporter and Shipper,
Transporter and Shipper agree as follows:
1.1 Capitalized terms used in this FRGS Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings
attributed to them in the General Terms and Conditions.
1.2 Schedule "A" – FRGS Agreement Details is attached to and made part of this FRGS Agreement.
2.1 Subject to the provisions of this FRGS Agreement and the provisions of the Tariff, Transporter
shall provide Shipper with FRGS each Day during the term at the Receipt Point, as set out in the
attached Schedule "A".
2.2 For the term of this FRGS Agreement, Shipper shall pay all charges, surcharges and any other
amounts owing for service hereunder and in accordance with the Tariff, as may be amended or
approved by Authorities from time to time.
3.1 Subject to renewal and termination in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff, including this
FRGS Agreement, this FRGS Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof and shall
continue until the termination date set out in Schedule "A" hereto.
3.2 This FRGS Agreement shall automatically terminate and Shipper shall have no further right to
FRGS hereunder if: (1) the corresponding Firm Transportation Service Agreement specified in
Section F of Schedule "A" of Shipper’s FRGS Agreement is terminated in accordance with the
Tariff; (2) Shipper relocates by Permanent or Future-Dated Relocation its Contracted Capacity in
accordance with Article 11 of the General Terms and Conditions and Transporter does not
approve the Permanent or Future-Dated Relocation of the associated FRGS Volume; or (3) this
FRGS Agreement otherwise terminates in accordance with the Tariff.
3.3 Shipper may terminate this FRGS Agreement at any time upon the provision of at least one (1)
month's prior Notice of termination, in which case, Shipper shall have no further right to FRGS
hereunder as of the effective date of termination under such Notice. In the event Shipper wishes
to apply for FRGS subsequent to termination of this FRGS Agreement, such request shall be
treated as a new request for FRGS.
ARTICLE 4 NOTICES
4.1 All Notices to be given or sent pursuant to the terms of this FRGS Agreement shall be effected in
accordance with, and be subject to the provisions of, the General Terms and Conditions and sent
to the address set out in Shipper's corresponding Firm Transportation Service Agreement.
ARTICLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Shipper acknowledges and agrees that the General Terms and Conditions, applicable Toll
Schedules and Firm Transportation Service Agreements, as amended and approved by Authorities
from time to time, are hereby incorporated in this FRGS Agreement and apply to the provision of
service hereunder.
5.2 The following provisions survive any termination, cancellation or expiration of this FRGS
Agreement: Articles 2.2, 4.1 and 5 hereof; Articles 4.3, 7, 29.4, 29.5, 29.6, 31, 33 and 35 of the
General Terms and Conditions; and Article 4 of Toll Schedule Firm Full Path Service, Toll
Schedule Firm Receipt Service and Toll Schedule Firm Delivery Service, as applicable.
5.3 Subject to the terms of the Tariff, this FRGS Agreement may only be modified or amended by an
agreement executed in writing or electronically by each of the Parties, subject to approval by
Authorities as may be required.
5.4 This FRGS Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterpart and by written or electronic
means (including via Transporter's Customer Activities Web Site). All such counterparts shall
together constitute an executed original agreement, binding on the Parties and enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this FRGS Agreement, as of the date first
written above, by their duly authorized officers.
Per: Per:
[Name] [Name]
[Title] [Title]
A. Commencement Date
B. Termination Date
Subject to the termination and renewal provisions of the Tariff, the date of termination of service
hereunder is ___________________________.
C. Receipt Point
D. FRGS Volume
Shipper's FRGS Volume approved of by Transporter is set out in the following table.
THIS TERM PARK AND LOAN SERVICE AGREEMENT made and entered into this ________ day of
________________, 20 ________.
BETWEEN
("Transporter")
- and -
________________________________________________
("TPAL Party")
WHEREAS the Transporter is the operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the
Transportation of Gas on the Canadian Pipeline;
WHEREAS TPAL Party wishes to contract with Transporter for TPAL Service on the terms and
conditions set forth herein and in the Tariff;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein, the receipt and
sufficiency as valuable consideration is acknowledged and agreed to by each of Transporter and TPAL
Party, Transporter and TPAL Party agree as follows:
1.1 Capitalized terms used in this TPAL Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings
attributed to them in the General Terms and Conditions.
1.2 Schedule "A" – TPAL Agreement Details is attached to and made part of this TPAL Agreement.
2.1 Subject to the provisions of this TPAL Agreement and the provisions of the Tariff, Transporter
shall provide TPAL Party with TPAL Service each Day from the Start Date and End Date set out
in Schedule "A" hereto.
2.2 For the term of this TPAL Agreement, TPAL Party shall pay all charges, fees and any other
amounts owing for service hereunder and in accordance with the Tariff, as may be amended or
approved by Authorities from time to time.
3.1 Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff, including this TPAL
Agreement, the Start Date and End Date in respect of TPAL Service are specified in Schedule
"A" hereto.
3.2 This TPAL Agreement shall automatically terminate and TPAL Party shall have no further right
to TPAL Service hereunder if: (1) the corresponding Transportation Service Agreement or Title
Transfer Agreement is terminated in accordance with the Tariff; or (2) this TPAL Agreement
otherwise terminates in accordance with the Tariff.
3.3 Either Party may terminate this TPAL Agreement at any time upon the provision of at least one
(1) month's prior Notice of termination, in which case, TPAL Party shall have no further right to
TPAL Service hereunder as of the effective date of termination under such Notice. In the event
Shipper wishes to apply for TPAL Service subsequent to termination of this TPAL Agreement,
such request shall be treated as a new request for TPAL Service.
ARTICLE 4 NOTICES
4.1 All Notices to be given or sent pursuant to the terms of this TPAL Agreement shall be effected in
accordance with, and be subject to the provisions of, the General Terms and Conditions and sent
to the address set out in TPAL Party's corresponding Transportation Service Agreement.
ARTICLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 TPAL Party acknowledges and agrees that the General Terms and Conditions and the Toll
Schedule Term Park and Loan Service, as amended and approved by Authorities from time to
time, are hereby incorporated in this TPAL Agreement and apply to the provision of service
hereunder.
5.2 The following provisions survive any termination, cancellation or expiration of this TPAL
Agreement: Articles 2.2, 4.1 and 5 hereof; Articles 7, 18.9, 29.4, 29.5, 29.6, 31, 33 and 35 of the
General Terms and Conditions; and Article 4 of Toll Schedule Term Park and Loan Service.
5.3 The End Date and Park Quantity or Loan Quantity specified in Schedule "A" of this TPAL
Agreement may, subject to the terms of the Tariff, be modified or amended by an agreement
executed in writing or electronically by each of the Parties, subject to approval by Authorities as
may be required.
5.4 This TPAL Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterpart and by written or electronic
means (including via Transporter's Customer Activities Web Site). All such counterparts shall
together constitute an executed original agreement, binding on the Parties and enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this TPAL Agreement, as of the date first
written above, by their duly authorized officers.
Per: Per:
[Name] [Name]
[Title] [Title]
Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff, the End Date for service
hereunder is ________________________________.
F. TPAL Fee
THIS TITLE TRANSFER AGREEMENT made and entered into as of _____________, 20____.
BETWEEN
("Transporter")
- and -
________________________________________________
WHEREAS Transporter is the operator of a pipeline and associated facilities used for the Transportation
of Gas on the Canadian Pipeline;
WHEREAS Title Transfer Party seeks to accept or transfer title of certain Gas at the Alliance Trading
Pool (“ATP”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Tariff;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein, the receipt and
sufficiency as valuable consideration is acknowledged and agreed to by each of Transporter and Title
Transfer Party, Transporter and Title Transfer Party agree as follows:
1.1 Capitalized terms used in this Title Transfer Agreement and not defined herein shall have the
meanings attributed to them in the General Terms and Conditions.
2.1 Subject to the terms and provisions of this Title Transfer Agreement and the provisions of the
Tariff, Transporter agrees to accept for Title Transfer Party at and from ATP the quantities of Gas
as nominated pursuant to Section 5 of this Title Transfer Agreement. Title Transfer Party total
quantities of Gas nominated at and out of ATP shall be in balance.
2.2 The terms and conditions of Article 18 of the General Terms and Conditions shall govern the
resolution of the Alliance Trading Pool Imbalance under this Title Transfer Agreement.
Balancing Fees, if any, will be invoiced to the Title Transfer Party by the Transporter through a
Monthly Bill.
3.1 Title to Gas received by Transporter for Title Transfer Party pursuant to this Agreement may be
transferred to any other Title Transfer Party or Shipper that has an effective Title Transfer
Agreement or Transportation Service Agreement.
ARTICLE 4 TERM
4.1 Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff, this Title Transfer
Agreement shall be effective on the date first stated and shall continue until canceled by either
party upon five (5) days prior notice.
ARTICLE 5 NOMINATION
5.1 This Title Transfer Agreement shall be assigned a Title Transfer Agreement number to which the
Title Transfer Party must reference for nomination purposes. Nominations must be made in
accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 12 of the General Terms and Conditions, as
amended from time to time.
6.1 Title Transfer Party acknowledges and agrees that the General Terms and Conditions, as amended
and approved by Authorities from time to time, are hereby incorporated in this Title Transfer
Agreement and apply to the provisions hereunder.
ARTICLE 7 NOTICES
7.1 All Notices to be given or sent pursuant to the terms of this Title Transfer Agreement shall be
effected in accordance with, and be subject to the provisions of, the General Terms and
Conditions and, with respect to Title Transfer Party, sent to the Title Transfer Party’s address set
out in its Customer Activities Web Site Subscriber Agreement with Transporter, or to the address
of Title Transfer Party’s agent, as provided to Transporter.
ARTICLE 8 MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Transporter shall have the right to file and seek approval from Authorities of any changes in
Transporter’s Tariff or the terms of this Title Transfer Agreement.
8.2 The following provisions survive any termination, cancellation or expiration of this Title Transfer
Agreement: Articles 2.2 and 7.1 hereof; and Articles 7, 18.9, 29.4, 29.5, 29.6, 31, 33 and 35 of the
General Terms and Conditions.
8.3 This Title Transfer Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterpart and by written or
electronic means (including via Transporter’s Customer Activities Web Site). All such
counterparts shall together constitute an executed original agreement, binding on the Parties and
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Title Transfer Agreement, as of the date
first written above, by their duly authorized officers.
Per: Per:
[Name] [Name]
[Title] [Title]
SYSTEM MAPS
ALLIANCE PIPELINE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
System Map - B.C. and Western Alberta
N 3A
5A
WINDFALL
MORINVILLE
01-21-61-15 W5
03-12-56-25 W4
BC04
BC12
YOUNGER
WEST DOE
04-10-83-17 W6
13-24-80-15 W6
BC58 SEPTIMUS 04 22-81-16 W6
BC62 DOE CREEK 13-24-80-15 W6
AB09 FOURTH CREEK 14-11-82-09 W6
MAINLINE PIPELINE ROUTE AB10 JOSEPHINE 08-01-83-10 W6
AB11 POUCE COUPE 11-34-79-12 W6
AB13 GORDONDALE 16-02-79-12 W6
LATERAL PIPELINE ROUTE AB16 PROGRESS 01-01-78-10 W6
AB17 VALHALLA 12-21-76-09 W6
AB20 VALHALLA 16-20-75-09 W6
COMPRESSOR STATION
AB21 TEEPEE CREEK 07-02-74-04 W6
BRITISH 21
AB44A
AB44B
WOLF SOUTH
EDSON 2
11-01-51-15 W5
03-11-53-18 W5
27
AB45 KAYBOB SOUTH #3 13-15-59-18 W5
Beaverlodge
COLUMBIA 71
ALBERTA AB47
AB48
CARSON CREEK
WHITECOURT
16-15-61-12 W5
11/12-26-59-11 W5
AB50 SUNDANCE 06-16-54-18 W5
Grande Prairie AB52 ELK ISLAND 08-14-55-22 W4
27A
AB53 FORT SASKATCHEWAN 08-14-55-22 W4
AB54 VERNON LAKE 13-02-47-09 W4
29
AB55 SCOTFORD 08-14-55-22 W4
73
30 AB63 HEAVY SOUND 12-25-61-17 W5
69 AB64 SILVER CREEK 01-28-59-16 W5
68 AB65 LITTLE CROOKED LAKE 03-05-62-21 W5
31 37 40 AB66 TONY CREEK 04-31-62-24 W5
AB67 TONY TOWER 13-31-62-23 W5
Fox AB68 BIG MOUNTAIN CREEK 14-26-67-05 W6
34 67 47
38
42 Creek AB69 PATTERSON CREEK 14-21-66-03 W6
3A AB70 MOOSE CREEK 04-27-79-11 W6
32 33 AB71 SASKATOON MOUNTAIN 15-30-71-08 W6
33A 66 65 41
63 AB73 WILSON RIDGE 08 24-68-07 W6
SK56 STEELMAN (Sask.) 03-18-04-02 W2
39
45 64 48
Whitecourt
36 Mayerthorpe
5A
R 50
Ft. Saskatchewan 53 55
52
44B 44 Edson
43
44A
Edmonton