GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(4)  Prospective Customer shall confirm in writing that it is not aware of any
change in business conditions which would cause a substantial deterioration in
its financial condition, a condition of insolvency or the inability to exist as
an ongoing business entity;
(5)  If Prospective Customer has an on-going business relationship with
Liberty, no delinquent balances shall be outstanding for services Liberty shall
have previously performed and Customer shall have paid its account in the past
according to the established terms and not made deductions or withheld payment
for claims not authorized by contract;
(6)  Prospective Customer shall confirm in writing that no significant
collection lawsuits or judgments are outstanding which would seriously reflect
upon the business entitys ability to remain solvent;
(7)  For prospective Customers that are state-regulated local distribution
companies, documentation provided by each state regulatory commission (or
equivalent authority) having jurisdiction over the local distribution companys
rates establishing the existence and effectiveness of an authorized gas cost
recovery mechanism which (x) provides for full recovery of both gas commodity
and transportation capacity costs and (y) is afforded regulatory asset
accounting treatment in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles;
(8)  A Statement of prospective Customers legal composition and a statement of
the length of time Customers business has been in operation; and
(9)  Such other information as may be mutually agreed to by Liberty and
prospective Customer.
(h)     In the event prospective Customer cannot provide the information
specified in Section 3.4(g) above, it shall, if applicable, provide that
information for its parent company.
(i)     Liberty shall not be required to perform or to continue service under
any Rate Schedule on behalf of any Customer or prospective Customer which is or
has become insolvent or which, at Libertys request, fails within a reasonable
period to demonstrate creditworthiness in accordance with Section 3.4(g);
provided, however, that such Customer or prospective Customer may receive
service under any Rate Schedule if it provides Financial Assurances pursuant to
Section 32.  For purposes of this Section 3.4(i), the insolvency of a Customer
or prospective Customer shall be conclusively demonstrated by the filing by
Customer, or any parent entity thereof or guarantor of Customer, of a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy or the entry of a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Customer, or any parent entity
thereof or guarantor of Customer, bankrupt or insolvent, or approving, as
properly filed, a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Customer, or any parent entity thereof or
guarantor of Customer, under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Customer, or any parent entity
thereof or guarantor of Customer, or of any substantial part of their property,
or the ordering of the winding-up or liquidation of their affairs, with said
order or decree continuing unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60)
consecutive days.