TSP Name: Northwest Pipeline LLC TSP: 67977322
Critical: N
Notice Stat Desc: INITIATE
Notice Type Desc: OTHER
Post D/T: 11/17/2020 12:42 PM MCT
Notice Eff D/T: 11/17/2020 12:42 PM MCT
Notice End D/T:
Reqrd Rsp Desc: Respond by specified date and time
Rsp D/T: 11/17/2020 12:42 PM
Notice ID: 20-188
Prior Notice:
Subject: Draft Tariff Filing, Customer Specific Entitlement
Notice Text:
Northwest offers its customers an opportunity to review its major tariff filings prior to filing them with
FERC. Northwest asks that you provide any comments or concerns on or before November 24, so
Northwest can respond prior to the filing being submitted to FERC. Please direct comments and concerns
to Bela Patel (713-215-2659, bela.patel@williams.com) or Jennifer Rowan (713-215-4217,
jennifer.rowan@williams.com).
Northwest plans to make a tariff filing to revise Sections 14.6 and 15.3 of the General Terms & Conditions
of Northwest’s Tariff to modify the customer-specific entitlement mechanism to allow Northwest to
entitle specific Receiving Parties whose actions are causing operational concerns. Northwest proposes to
modify the tariff language to allow Northwest to declare a customer-specific unauthorized overrun or
underrun entitlement for any Receiving Party who has contributed to the adverse operating condition in
its zone or Operational Impact Area (“OIA”) for at least two consecutive days and whose actual measured
deliveries have deviated from scheduled deliveries for the previous Gas Day by the greater of 10,000
dekatherms or 5 percent. A Receiving Party will no longer be subject to the customer-specific entitlement
only after the system’s integrity has been restored or Northwest has issued a general system Declared
Entitlement Period for the same zone or OIA where the Receiving Party is located. This modification
provides Northwest the ability to declare entitlements upon the Receiving Party contributing to the
adverse operating condition rather than implementing a general system wide entitlement, which affects
Receiving Parties who are not contributing to the adverse operating condition.
A draft copy of the proposed filing is available on Northwest's website under Regulatory/Proposed Tariff
Filings at the following link: http://www.northwest.williams.com/NWP_Portal/ (click 'Regulatory,' then
'Proposed Tariff Filings').
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