{"operation":"document","citation":"4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4206","title":"Gas Transportation Agreements","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Colorado Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"(a) When a customer requests transportation service, a utility shall provide the customer requesting transportation with the utility's gas transportation form. This form shall set out clearly the information necessary for the utility to determine whether it can provide the requested transportation. ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4206.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4206.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4206","source_url":"https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayRule.do?action=ruleinfo&ruleId=2260&deptID=18&agencyID=96&deptName=Department%20of%20Regulatory%20Agencies&agencyName=Public%20Utilities%20Commission&seriesNum=4%20CCR%20723-4","body":"(a) When a customer requests transportation service, a utility shall provide the\ncustomer requesting transportation with the utility's gas transportation form. This\nform shall set out clearly the information necessary for the utility to determine\nwhether it can provide the requested transportation.\n\n(b) In determining whether capacity is available to provide the requested\ntransportation, a utility shall take into account all conventional methods of\ndelivering gas through its system, including without limitation forward haul,\ncompression, exchange, flow reversal, backhaul, and displacement. The utility is\nnot required to perform exchanges or displacements over segments of its system\nwhich are not physically connected.\n(c) A utility shall process, shall approve or reject, and shall provide notification of its\ndecision with respect to a transportation request within 60 days after receiving a\nwritten request from a transportation customer. If the utility rejects the request,\nthe utility shall provide, within three business days, written notice of its decision\nto the customer and shall retain a record of the rejection notice for two years. The\nnotice shall detail the reasons for the rejection and shall explain what changes\nare necessary to make the request acceptable. If the request is approved, the\nutility shall provide, within three business days, written notification of approval to\nthe customer.\n(d) A utility shall maintain on file with the Commission a standard gas transportation\nagreement. All gas transportation agreements shall contain the following\nprovisions.\n(I) This agreement, and all its rates, terms and conditions as set out in this\nagreement and as set out in the tariff provisions which are incorporated\ninto this agreement by reference, shall at all times be subject to\nmodification by order of the Commission upon notice and hearing and a\nfinding of good cause therefore. In the event that any party to this\nagreement requests the Commission to take any action which could cause\na modification in the conditions of this agreement, the party shall provide\nwritten notice to the other parties at the time of filing the request with the\nCommission.\n(II) If the end-use customer uses a marketing broker for nomination, gas\npurchases, and balancing, the end-use customer shall provide the utility\nwith an agency agreement.\n(e) A utility shall maintain on file with the Commission the standard agency\nagreement to be used when an end-use transportation customer uses a third\nparty for any services related to nomination, gas purchases, and balancing\nactivities.\n\n(f) A utility shall maintain logs showing all requests for gas transportation. The log\nshall contain the following information: the identity of the party making the\ntransportation request, the date of the request, the volume requirements,\nduration, receipt and delivery points, type of service, and the disposition of the\nrequest. The utility shall retain these logs for two years.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2977}