GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
                                  (continued)
   
   
       16.4 Condition to Firm Service Agreements.
   
            (a)   Seller may issue an effective OFO to any Customer
                  under Rate Schedule FS to (1) increase/decrease
                  quantities tendered to Seller for Storage at
                  Customer's Point of Injection, up to Customer's
                  Maximum Daily Injection Quantity; (2)
                  increase/decrease quantities requested to be withdrawn
                  from Storage at the Point of Withdrawal, up to
                  Customer's Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity.
                  Customer will be required to comply with such OFO
                  within twenty-four (24) hours prior notice.
   
            (b)   Seller will require, as a condition in each firm
                  Service Agreement, that Customer guarantee that Seller
                  will have the right to issue an effective OFO to any
                  transporter or owner of Gas being supplied to any
                  Customer, whether such OFO is required to be
                  effectuated at the Point of Injection/Withdrawal.
                  Seller shall issue an OFO pursuant to this Section
                  16.4(b) only if (1) Customer has elected to grant such
                  authority to Seller for the issuance of all OFOs; or
                  (2) Seller is required to issue the OFO without
                  providing the twenty-four (24) hours notice referenced
                  in Section 16.4(a), above.
   
            (c)   Seller shall develop a rotating schedule of Customers
                  at the Point of Injection/Withdrawal to establish the
                  priority of the Customer that will receive an OFO in
                  the event Seller requires additional supplies.
   
      16.5  OFO NOTICE, CONTENTS AND PROCEDURES. Seller shall issue an
            OFO as expeditiously as is reasonably practicable in the
            circumstances, utilizing electronic communication,
            (information transmitted via Seller's Internet Site,
            electronic delivery mechanism prescribed by NAESB or other
            mutually agreed communication methodologies used to
            transmit and receive information, including communication
            by telephone).  Seller shall post and provide Customers
            with updated information concerning the status of
            operational variables related to the OFO as soon as it is
            available. Each OFO will contain the following provisions:
   
            (a)   time and date of issuance;
   
            (b)   time that the OFO is considered to be effective (if no
                  time is specified, the OFO shall be effective
                  immediately);