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