Total Peaking Services L.L.C.:
Standards of Conduct
Non-Critical Notices Bulletin
Notice Type: Other
Posted Date/Time: 08/15/2000, 12:00 a
Notice Effective Date/Time: 08/15/2000, 12:00a
Notice End Date/Time: 01/01/2200, 12:00 a
Subject: Standards of Conduct
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1. The terms and conditions of the tariff provisions relating to |
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storage shall be applied in a uniform manner without regard to |
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affiliation of any storage customer to Total Peaking Services, LLC. |
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2. Total Peaking Services, LLC will strictly enforce tariff provisions for which |
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there is no discretion in the application of the provision. |
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3. Total Peaking Services, LLC will not give its marketing affiliates preference |
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over non-affiliated storage customers in matters relating to Part 284 |
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transportation in scheduling, balancing, transportation, storage or curtailment priority. |
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4. Total Peaking Services, LLC will process all similar requests for storage and transportation |
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service in the same manner and will take reasonable steps to process |
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such requests uniformly. Total Peaking Services, LLC maintains non-discriminatory |
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rules and procedures for answering potential storage customer inquiries. |
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5. Total Peaking Services, LLC will not disclose to its marketing affiliates any |
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information that was obtained from non-affiliated storage customers or |
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potential non-affiliated storage customers unless the prior consent of |
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the parties to which the information relates has been given, which |
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consent shall be voluntary and in writing. This will be accomplished by |
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instructing all persons with access to storage information that this |
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information is confidential and that sharing this information with |
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others is prohibited, unless specifically authorized. |
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6. To the extent Total Peaking Services, LLC provides information related its system or the system |
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of an affiliated pipeline to its marketing affiliates, Total Peaking Services, LLC |
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will contemporaneously disclose that information to all |
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non-affiliated and potential non-affiliated shippers on its system. |
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7. Total Peaking Services, LLC has separated its operating personnel and the |
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operating personnel of its marketing affiliates so as to function |
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independently of each other. Other than a mainframe computer system and |
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telephone equipment, Total Peaking Services, LLC does not share facilities with its |
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marketing affiliates. The mainframe computer equipment, including access |
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to all computer databases, is password protected in order to maintain |
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segregation of utilization and confidential access to tile system. |
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8. (a) If Total Peaking Services, LLC offers a Storage discount to its marketing |
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affiliates or offers a discount for a Storage transaction in which its |
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affiliated marketer is involved, Total Peaking Services, LLC will make a comparable |
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discount contemporaneously available to all similarly situated, |
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non-affiliated storage customers, (b) Within twenty-four hours of the |
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time that storage service commences under the storage transaction in |
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which its affiliated marketer receives a discounted rate OF under the |
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storage transaction at a discounted rate in which its affiliated |
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marketer is involved, Total Peaking Services, LLC will post a notice on its telephone |
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bulletin board. Such posting shall remain on the telephone bulletin |
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board for a period of thirty days from the date of posting and will |
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include the name of the marketing affiliates involved in the discounted |
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storage transaction, the rate charged, the maximum rate, the time period |
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for which the discount applies, the quantity of liquefied natural gas |
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scheduled to be stored, conditions or requirements applicable to the |
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discount, and the procedures by which a non-affiliated storage customer |
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can request a comparable offer. |
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9. Total Peaking Services, LLC maintains its books of account and records (as |
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prescribed under Part 201) separately from those of its marketing |
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affiliates. |
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10. Total Peaking Services, LLC will maintain a written log of waivers that |
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Total Peaking Services, LLC grants with respect to tariff provisions that provide for |
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such discretionary waivers and will provide the log to any person |
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requesting it within twenty-four hours of the request. |
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11. Total Peaking Services, LLC will post the names and addresses of its marketing |
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affiliates on its internet web site and update the information within |
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three business days of any change. Total Peaking Services, LLC will also state the |
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date the information was last updated. These postings conform with the |
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requirements of IS CFR Part 284. 10. |