Date: August 10, 2007
To: All
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco)
Potential
Shippers, Customers, and Interested Parties
Re: Open
Season for Pascagoula Expansion Project
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (“Transco”)
announces an open season for year-round firm transportation service of 467,390
dekatherms per day to be made available on Transco’s system from a proposed
interconnection with the Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal facilities near
Pascagoula, Mississippi to Transco’s Station 85 pool near Butler, Alabama. The
transportation will be made available through the combination of a new pipeline
connecting the import terminal facilities to the Mobile Bay Lateral (referred
to as the “Pascagoula Supply Line”) and existing firm transportation capacity
on Transco’s Mobile Bay Lateral (collectively referred to as the “Pascagoula
Expansion Project”). The Pascagoula Expansion Project will provide access
to Transco’s Station 85 pool for re-gasified LNG from the proposed Gulf LNG
Clean Energy import terminal.
The Pascagoula Expansion
Project will provide firm transportation service in Transco’s Rate Zone 4A from
the proposed Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal facilities to the Mobile Bay
Lateral (interconnecting approximately 13 miles downstream of Station 82), and
from that interconnection point to Transco’s Station 85 pool. Shippers will have secondary rights to points
located in Zone 4A upstream of such interconnection in accordance with
Transco’s FERC Gas Tariff. The proposed
in-service date for the Pascagoula Expansion Project is October 1, 2011.
The open season will
commence at 9:00
a.m. CDT on August 10, 2007 and end at 3:00 p.m. CDT on September 7, 2007.
Transco will provide the
Precedent Agreement for firm transportation service under the project upon
request to any shipper interested in participating in the open season. Any shipper desiring firm transportation service
under the project must deliver to Transco the draft Precedent Agreement in a
form acceptable to the shipper and the information requested in the attached
Transportation Service Request form before the close of the open season. While Transco will consider reasonable
changes to the Precedent Agreement, the requesting shipper’s request for
service will be subject to rejection by Transco if such shipper makes material
changes to the Precedent Agreement that are not agreeable to Transco. Transco will review any such changes with the
shipper following the close of the open season.
As further described below, the Precedent Agreement must be executed and
delivered by the shipper by October 5, 2007.
In addition to the
foregoing requirements, Transco will consider only those requests for service
under the Pascagoula Expansion Project that meet all of the following criteria:
·
The shipper must
provide evidence to demonstrate creditworthiness;
·
The requested
firm transportation must be for a primary term of at least 20 years; and
·
The requested
firm transportation path must be from the proposed interconnection with the
Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal facilities near Pascagoula, Mississippi
to Transco’s Station 85 pool near Butler, Alabama.
The
firm transportation service will be provided under Transco’s Rate Schedule FT
and Part 284(G) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”)
regulations.
The maximum firm transportation rate for the Pascagoula
Expansion Project will be the sum of the maximum incremental cost of service
rate for the Pascagoula Supply Line and the maximum firm transportation rate
for Zone 4A to 4A, as further described below.
Transco estimates that the maximum daily reservation rate for the
Pascagoula Supply Line will be approximately $0.051 per dekatherm, based on Transco’s Docket No.
RP06-569 general rate filing factors.
(The incremental cost of service rate for the Pascagoula Supply
Line is an
estimate only and is subject to change based upon the final project costs, the
level of capacity subscriptions and other cost related factors.) Transco’s current maximum firm transportation
daily reservation rate for Zone 4A to 4A is $0.09725. Therefore, the maximum daily reservation rate
applicable to the firm transportation service under the Pascagoula Expansion
Project is estimated to be approximately $0.148. Transco will entertain negotiated
reservation rate bids that are less than such maximum reservation rate.
In addition to the reservation rate, Transco will charge the maximum
commodity charges, reservation and commodity surcharges, fuel and electric
power applicable to such firm transportation service under Rate Schedule FT, all as amended
from time to time.
Receipt by Transco during
the open season period of the information requested in the attached Transportation
Service Request form, the draft Precedent Agreement (in a form acceptable to
the shipper), and the necessary creditworthiness information shall constitute a
Complete Request and shall be considered a binding offer by the party
submitting the request.
Awarding of Capacity
Following Transco’s
evaluation of the submitted requests, the firm transportation capacity shall be
awarded in the following manner to those shipper(s) submitting Complete
Requests and whose Precedent Agreements are acceptable to Transco:
If the Complete Requests
acceptable to Transco exceed 467,390 dekatherms per day, then Transco shall
accept the bid with the highest reservation rate. In the event the total
quantity requested in such bid is less than 467,390 dekatherms, then the bid
with the next highest reservation rate shall be accepted for a quantity
totaling the lesser of the requested capacity or the balance of the remaining
capacity for the Pascagoula Expansion Project.
If the remaining capacity for the Pascagoula Expansion Project is less
than that bid’s minimum acceptable quantity then the bid with the next highest
reservation rate shall be accepted. The
allocation process shall continue until all of the available capacity has been
awarded or there are no remaining bids for the capacity.
In the event Transco
receives two or more best bids with the same reservation rate, then Transco
will allocate the available capacity among the requesting shippers on a pro
rata basis based on the total quantity requested by each shipper.
Upon completion of
Transco’s evaluation of the Complete Requests and any allocation of capacity,
Transco will promptly provide the shippers submitting the winning bids with
execution copies of the binding Precedent Agreement for firm transportation
service under the Pascagoula Expansion Project.
Such shippers must execute and deliver to Transco the execution copies
of the Precedent Agreement no later than 3:00 P.M. CST on October 5, 2007.
Transco reserves the
right to reject any and all bids if the requested volumes, rates and/or terms
are unacceptable to Transco.
Associated Third Party Open Season
The Pascagoula Supply
Line (the pipeline connecting the Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal
facilities to the Mobile Bay Lateral) is being jointly developed by Transco and
Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC (FGT), with each party holding an
undivided interest in the proposed pipeline. Transco’s capacity in the pipeline
(totaling 467,390 dekatherms) is being offered in this open season in
conjunction with existing firm capacity on Transco’s Mobile Bay Lateral. FGT’s capacity on the Pascagoula Supply Line
is being offered by FGT.
If you have any questions
regarding this open season, please contact Gary Duvall at (713) 215-2589 or
Joan Harris at (713) 215-2904.
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
Open Season – Pascagoula Expansion Project
Transportation Service Request
Send to: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
2800 Post Oak Blvd.
P. O. Box 1396
Houston, Texas 77251-1396
Attn: Customer Services
Facsimile: (713) 215-4608
(1) Shipper's Name and Address: (Note: Shipper is the party proposing to execute the Service Agreement with Transco)
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(2) Total
Quantity requested (dt/d): _________________________
Minimum acceptable quantity
(dt/d): _______________________
(3) Total
daily reservation rate bid for firm transportation service from the Point of
Receipt to the Point of Delivery. Please
complete one of the following:
¨ Maximum
Applicable Tariff Rate
-OR-
¨ Negotiated
daily reservation rate of ___________ dt/d.
Transco reserves the right to reject any requests for
service bidding a daily reservation rate less than $0.148 (the sum of the
estimated maximum daily reservation rate for the Pascagoula Supply Line plus
Transco’s applicable Zone 4A to 4A maximum daily reservation rate).
(4) Point of Receipt: Proposed interconnection between Transco and Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal facilities.
Point of Delivery: Transco’s Station 85 pool.
(5) Term: Shipper requests a Primary Contract Term of _______ years and ______month(s). Any requests for service with a primary term shorter than twenty (20) years shall be rejected by Transco.
(6) The specific affiliation of the Shipper with Transco, and the extent of Transco's affiliation, if any, with the entity to be provided transportation service:__________________________
(7) Identity of Shipper (Local
Distribution Company, Intrastate Pipeline, Hinshaw Pipeline, Interstate
Pipeline, Marketer, Producer, End User, Other):_______________________________
(8) Credit Evaluation: Upon request
by Transco shipper must provide evidence to demonstrate creditworthiness.
(9) Shipper hereby certifies that it has title to the gas to be transported or the right to acquire title to such gas and has entered into or will enter into all necessary arrangements to ensure that all upstream and downstream transportation will be in place prior to commencement of service.
SHIPPER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS REQUEST CONSTITUTES A BINDING OFFER TO TRANSCO WHICH MAY BE ACCEPTED OR REJECTED BY TRANSCO.
THIS BINDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICE REQUEST IS HEREBY SUBMITTED:
By:_____________________________________________________________
Title:___________________________________________________________
Company:_______________________________________________________
Telephone Number:_______________________________________________
Date:___________________________________________________________