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Portland Natural Gas Transmission System   First Revised Sheet No. 204 : Effective
FERC Gas Tariff Supercedes Original Sheet No. 204
Second Revised Volume No. 1


               RATE SCHEDULE FT (Continued)

3.5 Notwithstanding any provision of Transporter's Tariff to the contrary, Transporter and Shipper may mutually agree in writing to rates, rate components, charges, or credits for service under this Rate Schedule that differ from those rates, rate components, charges, or credits that are otherwise prescribed, required, established or imposed by this Rate Schedule or by any other applicable provision of Transporter's effective FERC Gas Tariff. If Transporter agrees to such negotiated rate(s), then such negotiated rate(s) shall be set forth in the Gas Transportation Contract and shall be effective only for the period agreed upon by Transporter. During such period, the negotiated rate(s) shall govern and apply to the Shipper's service and the otherwise applicable rate, rate component, charge, or credit (i.e., any reduction in rates which might otherwise apply) which the parties have agreed to replace with the negotiated rate(s), shall not apply to, or be available to, the Shipper. At the end of such period, the otherwise applicable maximum rates or charges shall govern the service provided to Shipper, unless otherwise agreed by Transporter and Shipper. Only those rates, rate components, charges, or credits identified by Transporter and Shipper in writing as being superseded by a negotiated rate(s) shall be ineffective during the period that the negotiated rate is effective; all other rates, rate components, charges, or credits (i.e., any reduction in rates which might otherwise apply) prescribed, required, established for service under this Rate Schedule, shall remain in effect. Transporter shall file with the Commission pursuant to its current policies and/or regulations tariff sheets describing the services being provided pursuant to this Section 3.5. All services provided hereunder are available to all similarly situated Shippers on a non-discriminatory basis.

3.6	RATE SCHEDULE FT RESERVATION CHARGE CREDITING MECHANISM 

(a)	In the event that during a Fiscal Period, as defined in Subsection 3.6(c) below, the total revenue PNGTS collects for rendering jurisdictional services is in excess of twice the annual cost of service applicable for such period, as established in the resolution of Company's last NGA Section 4 general rate case (such difference constituting the "Excess Revenues"), then a Short Term Service Revenue Credit calculated pursuant to Subsection 3.6(b) below shall be credited by Company.

(b)	Long Term FT Shippers may receive the Short Term Service Revenue Credit when such current Long Term FT Shipper has paid Company the Rate Schedule Long Term FT Maximum Recourse Reservation Charges in accordance with Section 15.2 of the General Terms and Conditions of PNGTS' FERC Gas Tariff during the Fiscal Period used to calculate the Short Term Service Revenue Credit.  The Short Term Service Revenue Credit shall be 75% of the Excess Revenues received during an applicable Fiscal Period. No later than seventy (70) days from the end of each Fiscal Period, the Short Term Service Revenue Credit shall be reflected, in proportion to the Rate Schedule FT Long Term Maximum Recourse Reservation Charges paid by each Shipper receiving FT Long Term service, during the same subject Fiscal Period on such Shipper's invoice.







Issued by: David J.Haag, Rates And Tariff Specialist
Issue date: 04/01/08 Effective date: 09/01/08