GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
                              (Continued)
   
          If rendering of an invoice by Seller is delayed after the
          ninth (9th) Business Day of the Month, then the time of
          payment shall be extended accordingly unless Customer is
          responsible for such delay. Should Customer fail to pay all of
          the amount of any invoice as herein provided when such amount
          is due, interest on the unpaid portion of the invoice shall
          accrue from the due date until the date of payment at a rate
          of interest equal to the prime rate plus two percent (2%)
          charged by Citibank, N.A. during that period to responsible
          Commercial and industrial borrowers, but which in no event
          shall be higher than the Maximum Rate permitted by applicable
          law. If such failure to pay continues,  then following thirty
          (30) Days prior written notice from Seller of its intent to
          abandon service under the Agreement, Customer shall be deemed
          to have consented to such abandonment of service, unless
          within the thirty (30) Day period Customer pays to Seller the
          entire balance due with interest, and Seller, in addition to
          any other remedy it may have hereunder, may suspend further
          injection or withdrawal of Gas for Customer and may enter into
          Agreements to provide service to others using Customers
          capacity and deliverability provided, however, that if
          Customer in good faith shall dispute the amount of any such
          invoice or part thereof and shall pay to Seller such amounts
          not in dispute, accompanied by documentation supporting the
          basis for the dispute and, at any time thereafter within
          thirty (30) Days of a demand made by Seller, shall furnish a
          good and sufficient surety bond in an amount and with surety
          satisfactory to Seller or other assurance acceptable to
          Seller, guaranteeing payment to Seller of the amount
          ultimately found due upon such invoice after a final
          determination which may be reached either by agreement or
          judgment of the courts, as may be the case, then Seller shall
          not be entitled to suspend further injection or withdrawal of
          such Gas or to terminate or abandon service under the
          Agreement unless and until default be made in the conditions
          of such bond.  The foregoing shall be in addition to any other
          remedies Seller may have, at law or in equity, with respect to
          Customers failure to pay the amount of any invoice.