Interruptions and Curtailments of Service

(a)A utility shall keep a record of all interruptions and curtailments of service on its entire system or on major divisions of its system, including a statement of the time, duration, and cause of each interruption or curtailment. A utility shall also keep a record of the time of starting up or shutting down of the compressing equipment and the period of operation of all regulators used for the maintenance of constant gas pressure.#

(b)In its tariff a utility shall establish specific terms and conditions for interruptions and curtailments of service. The utility shall establish, and adhere to, interruption and curtailment priorities for sales service and for transportation service by customer class. These priorities shall be consistent with the requirements of this rule.#

(c)A utility shall interrupt service within each class on an equitable basis, consistent with system constraints and its tariff. A utility shall interrupt service within a locale on a fair and reasonable basis, consistent with local conditions.#

(d)A utility shall not make up any shortage by using the transportation customer's supplies without the transportation customer's consent.#

(e)A utility shall curtail standby supply service to transportation customers who have contracted for standby supply service in accordance with the same system of class-by-class priorities as is applicable to sales customers established by the utility's tariffs.#

(f)A utility may provide, under applicable sales tariffs, available supply service to gas transportation customers who have not purchased standby supply service from the utility and are experiencing supply shortages.#