OPT RATE SCHEDULE
OFF-PEAK FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
1. AVAILABILITY
Service under this Rate Schedule is available from Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Transporter) to any
Shipper, provided that (i) Transporter has sufficient facilities and transportation capacity available to
receive gas from or on behalf of Shipper and deliver gas to or for Shipper, (ii) Transporter has awarded
capacity to Shipper under the provisions of Section 4 (Auctions of Available Firm Service) of the General
Terms and Conditions or through construction of facilities, (iii) Shipper has executed an OPT Service
Agreement with Transporter; and (iv) Shipper complies with the provisions of this Rate Schedule and with all
other applicable provisions of this Tariff.
2. APPLICABILITY AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE
(a) Service provided under this Rate Schedule shall be performed under Subpart B or G of Part 284
of the Commission's Regulations. Subject to the limitations set forth below, Transporter shall receive
scheduled quantities from or on behalf of Shipper and shall deliver thermally equivalent scheduled quantities,
less Retainage, to or for Shipper. Such service shall be made available on a firm basis, subject to the
limitations set forth in this Rate Schedule, and shall apply to all gas transported by Transporter for Shipper
under this Rate Schedule, up to the Transportation Demand set forth in Shipper's OPT Service Agreement.
(b) Service provided under this Rate Schedule (i) shall have the priority specified in this Rate
Schedule and in Section 7 (Capacity Allocation) of the General Terms and Conditions, and (ii) shall be subject
to interruption to the extent provided in this Rate Schedule, in Shipper's OPT Service Agreement, and in
Section 16 (Interruptions of Service) of the General Terms and Conditions, and (iii) shall be subject to
operational flow orders to the extent provided in this Rate Schedule or in Section 17 (Operational Flow
Orders) of the General Terms and Conditions.
(c) Service provided under this Rate Schedule may at Transporter's reasonable discretion be
interrupted, consecutively or nonconsecutively, for a maximum term of up to either 30 or 60 days between
November 1 of any year and the next succeeding March 31. Such interruption term shall be stated in Shipper's
OPT Service Agreement. Transporter may extend the number of days of interruption, if necessary, as provided
in Section 3 of this Rate Schedule.
(d) Service under this Rate Schedule shall be available for an initial minimum term of one year,
and thereafter for succeeding one year increments.
(e) Transporter and Shipper may mutually agree on a not unduly discriminatory basis to (i)
different termination dates for specified volumes of Transportation Demand within the same Service Agreement
and/or (ii) combine Service Agreements under this Rate Schedule into a single Service Agreement under this
Rate Schedule with different termination dates for specified volumes of Transportation Demand. Transporter
and Shipper may mutually agree to combine Service Agreements only to the extent that the individual Service
Agreement's rates, terms, and conditions can be distinctly maintained and will not be altered by the
combination. For each Service Agreement(s) executed in accordance with this Section 2(e), each of the varying
termination dates and associated volumes of Transportation Demand will be set forth on a separate Appendix A
to the Service Agreement applicable to service pursuant to this Rate Schedule. Each component with a
different termination date for a specified volume of Transportation Demand within the same Service Agreement
and reflected in a separate Appendix A will be regarded as a single Service Agreement for purposes of
Shipper's exercise of any right of first refusal under the provisions of Section 4 of the General Terms and
Conditions of Transporter's Tariff. In the event of a constraint or other occurrence that precludes combined
nominations or allocations, Transporter may advise Shippers under such combined Service Agreements that
capacity must be nominated separately, and is subject to separate allocation, pursuant to the terms of each
separate Appendix A of the Service Agreement. Each Appendix A of the combined Service Agreements will be
identified by its original contract number or such other identification convention determined to be applicable
by Transporter.
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