Mountaineer Gas Company

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Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West Virginia2nd Revision of Sheet No. 1Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No. 1P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANYRATES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS FORNATURAL GAS SERVICEatCities, Towns, Communities and CountyAreas Served by Mountaineer Gas Companyin the State of West Virginiaas indicated on Sheets 3 through 5BFiled With The Public Service CommissionofWest VirginiaIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 10-1203-G-30CDated October 12, 2010Issued: October 27, 2010Effective: November 1, 2010Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident

18th Revision of Sheet No. 2Canceling17th Revision of Sheet No. 2P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEXSheet Nos.Title Page1Index2Index of Communities Served3-5BIndex of Intrastate Gas Public Utilities Served6Definitions7-7BRules and Regulations8-39Local Tax Surcharge40-44Residential Service - Rate Schedule RS50-52AGeneral Service - Rate Schedule GS53-54ALarge General Service - Rate Schedule LGS55-56A(C)Large General Service – Rate Schedule LGS-I57-57B(C, N)Wholesale Service - Rate Schedule WS58-59Industrial Service - Rate Schedule IS60-63Large Industrial Service - Rate Schedule LIS64-65General Transportation Service - Rate Schedule GTS66-68NSpecial Contract Program - Rate Schedule SCP69-70Buy/Sell Arrangement- Rate Schedule BSA72Natural Gas Vehicles – Rate Schedule NGV75-78Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Program (IREP)79(C) Indicates change in text or regulation(N) Indicates new rate schedulesIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 19-0316-G-42T and No. 19-0709-G-390PDated: December 26, 2019Issued: December 31, 2019Effective: January 1, 2020Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident

4th Revision of Sheet No. 3Canceling3rd Revision of Sheet No. 3P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEX OF COMMUNITIES SERVEDIndex of Communities ServedGas service is available in all localities where the Company has pipelines, including all or a portion of thefollowing communities and counties in West Virginia:AlbrightAldersonAlloyAltaAlum Creek(N) AshfordAthensAtlanticBancroftBarbour Co.BayardBeaverBeckleyBeech keley Co.BerlineBerylBethanyBeverlyBickmoreBig BendBig eCedar GroveBlue CreekBlue JayBoomerBoone Co.BoonesboroBorderlandBradley.BranchlandBraxton Co.BrentzBrooke Co.BrooklynBrownsvilleBuckhannonBunker HillBurning SpringsButchervilleCabellCabell Co.Cabell HeightsCalhoun Co.CameronCameron District (Marshall Co.)CeredoChapmanvilleCharlestonCharlton lay Co.Clay District(Marshall Co.)ClendeninCoal ForkCoalburgCoketonColumbiaCongoCoraCorinthCrab OrchardCranberryCreamery(N) Denotes NewIssued: August 22, 2011Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 11-0460-G-PCDated July 14, 2011Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresidentEffective: August 1, 2011

6th Revision of Sheet No. 4Canceling5th Revision of Sheet No. 4P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEX OF COMMUNITIES SERVEDIndex of Communities ServedCrestonCross Creek Dist. (Brooke inGlenovaGormaniaGrant e Co.DouglasDry BranchDry HillDunbarEast BankFairviewFalls ViewFayette Co.FayettevilleFerrellsburgFolaFollansbeeFort GayFrameFranklin Dist. (Marshall Co.)GallagherGallipolis FerryGandeevilleGauley BridgeGilesGilmer Co.GlasgowGreenbrier linHancock Co.Hardy Co.HarewoodHarlem HeightsHarperHarrison Co.HarveyHendersonHendricksHenlawsonEast LynnEcclesElizabethElk GardenElkinsElkridgeGlen EastonGlen FerrisGlen JeanGlen MorganGlen N) Denotes NewIssued: August 22, 2011Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 11-0460-G-PCDated July 14, 2011Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresidentEffective: August 1, 2011

6th Revision of Sheet No. 5Canceling5th Revision of Sheet No. 5P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEX OF COMMUNITIES SERVEDIndex of Communities ServedHollidays ricaneHuttonsvilleIaegerIngram BranchInstituteInwoodIvydaleJackson Co.Jane LewJefferson Co.JodieJohnson BranchJuniorKanawha Co.Kanawha Falls(N) oodLatoniaLenoreMason Co.Maxwell HillMayselMcConnellLesterLewis Co.LewisburgLiberty Dist.(Marshall Co.)Liberty Dist. (Ohio Co.)LightburnLincoln Co.LochgellyLoganLogan ammothManheimMaple ForkMarion Co.MarmetMarshall Co.MartinsburgMcDowellMcDunnMcMechanMeadMeade Dist.MeadowbrookMercer Co.MiamiMickelvilleMiddlebourneMiddlewayMill CreekMindenMine 43Mineral Co.Mingo Co.Monongalia Co.Monroe Co.MontroseMooreMoorefieldMoundsville(Marshall Co.)(N) Denotes NewIssued: August 22, 2011Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 11-0460-G-PCDated July 14, 2011Effective: August 1, 2011Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident

3rd Revision of Sheet No. 5ACanceling2nd Revision of Sheet No. 5AP.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEX OF COMMUNITIES SERVEDIndex of Communities ServedMount GayMt. CarbonMt. HopeMt. ZionMullensNaugatuckNew CumberlandNew MartinsvilleNewarkNewellNitroNo. Sand BranchNolanNormantownOak HillOak RidgeOceanaOhio Co.OnaPagePalestineParsonsPeach CreekPecks MillPee ePinchPinevillePleasant HillPocaPocatalicoPoint PleasantPorterwoodPowelltonPreston Co.Price nam Co.QuickQuincyRaleighRaleigh Co.RandRandolph Co.(N) RansonRavenswoodRed StarReedyRichland Dist.(Ohio Co.)RidgeleyRidgewayRipleyRitchie Co.Ritchie Dist.(Ohio Co.)RiversideRoane Co.RocklickRonceverteRoneys PointRowlesburgSabineSand BranchSandhill Dist.(Marshall Co.)SandyvilleScarbroSedaliaShady SpringShadybrookSharonSherwood HeightsShrewsburySinks Grove(N) Indicates NewIssued: October 28, 2020Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 20-0642-G-TDated October 14, 2020Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresidentEffective: October 28, 2020

1st Revision of Sheet No. 5BCancelingOriginal Sheet No. 5BP.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEX OF COMMUNITIES SERVEDIndex of Communities Served(M) SissonvilleSlab ForkSmithersSnow HillUpshur Co.Valley CampVaughnVerdunvilleSophiaSouth CharlestonSpencerSpring ForkSt. AlbansSt. GeorgeStollingsStumptownSummerleeSummers Co.SunSwissSybialTadTerra AltaTeterThomasTornadoTucker Co.TunneltonTurnerTyler Co.Union Dist.(Marshall Co.)VolgaWalkerWaltonWardWashington Dist.(Marshall Co.)Wayne Co.Webster Dist.(Marshall Co.)WeirtonWellsburgWest HamlinWest LibertyWetzel Co.WheelingWhippleWhite Sulphur SpringsWilliamsonWingroveWinifredeWirt Co.Wolf Creek CommunityWood Co.WristonWyoming Co.(M) Indicates Moved from Sheet No. 5AIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 20-0642-G-TDated October 14, 2020Issued: October 28, 2020Effective: October 28, 2020Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident

5th Revision of Sheet No. 6Canceling4th Revision of Sheet No. 6P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaINDEX OF INTRASTATE GAS PUBLIC UTILITIES SERVEDWholesale gas service is provided to the following natural gas public utilities:BrentonCanaan Valley GasConsumers Gas Utilities CorporationHolden Gas CompanyLogan Gas CompanyPinevilleSouthern Public Service CompanySpencerWelch(O)(O) Denotes OmissionIssued: August 22, 2011Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case Nos. 11-0460-G-PCDated July 14, 2011Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresidentEffective: August 1, 2011

3rd Revision of Sheet No. 7Canceling2nd Revision of Sheet No. 7P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaDEFINITIONSAlternate FuelCapability:Billing Month:The ability to use an alternate fuel in place of natural gas and to have the necessary facilitiesinstalled.The period elapsed between consecutive final monthly meter readings and when referred to interms of a calendar month shall mean that billing month the major portion of which occurs in saidcalendar month.British ThermalUnit (Btu):The quantity of heat that must be added to one pound of water to raise its temperature one degreeFahrenheit from 58.5 to 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit under standard pressure of 30 inches of mercury.CfhCubic foot per hour. Commonly used to distinguish meter size on rated capacity.(N)CNGCompressed natural gas (CNG) is made by compressing natural gas to less than 1% of thevolume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containersat a pressure of 200-248 bar (2900-3600 psi), usually in cylindrical or spherical shapes.(N)Commodity:The volume of gas delivered to a customer during the billing month subject to the tariff rate.Company:Mountaineer Gas Company.Curtailment:Curtailment of gas service is a method to balance a utility's natural gas requirements with itsnatural gas supply. Usually there is a hierarchy of customers for the curtailment plan. A customermay be required to partially cut back or totally eliminate its take of gas depending on the severityof the shortfall between gas supply and demand and the customer's position in the hierarchy.Curtailment generally applies in circumstances when there is insufficient gas supply to meet firmcustomers' demand.Customer:An individual, firm, or organization which purchases and utilizes service at one location under onerate classification, contract, or rate schedule. If service is supplied at more than one location orunder more than one rate schedule, each location and/or rate schedule shall be counted as aseparate customer. The term customer does not include marketers, producers, agents or similarentities which are not the ultimate consumer of gas.Day:A period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, ending at 10:00 a.m. E.S.T.Dual PurposeMeter:An installation wherein the Company receives wholesale gas supplies and the customer receivesretail gas supplies from the same meter and the bill rendered to the Company by the wholesaler isbeing used as the basis for the Company to bill the retail customer.(N) Denotes New(M) Denotes MovedIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 13-0507-G-T-PWDated July 19, 2013Issued: July 24, 2013Effective: July 19, 2013Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident(M)

3rd Revision of Sheet No. 7ACanceling2nd Revision of Sheet No. 7AP.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaDEFINITIONSDefinitions (Continued)ElectronicMeasurement: That form of measurement consisting of flow computers or computerized Remote Terminal Units(RTU's), electronic transducers, and associated power, data communications, and other electronicequipment to accomplish the instantaneous measurement of gas and transfer of data without theuse of charts or other paper recordings.End-user:Any individual, firm, or organization which is the ultimate consumer of natural gas.Estimated Bill:A bill for service not based on meter readings for the period being billed but based on calculationsof how much gas a customer used during a particular period of time based on the gas consumptionhistory of that customer and temperatures during the period.Firm Service:High priority service offered to customers under schedules or contracts which anticipate nointerruption and limited :Interruption:MainlineConsumer:(M)The continuation of a former rule, clause, or policy (usually in a contractual agreement) where achange to new rule or policy would be patently unfair to those covered by the former.Low priority service offered to customers under schedules or contracts which anticipate andpermit interruption on short notice, generally in peak load seasons, by reason of the claim of firmservice customers, higher priority users, or other basis as determined by the Company.Restriction of service (up to 100%) to customers choosing interruptible service when, in theCompany's judgment, conditions for interruption are present or imminent. Interruption may alsoapply to firm transportation service where the customer does not tender gas supplies sufficient tomeet its natural gas requirements even where the customer may have a supply balance on theCompany's system.Shall mean those retail consumers who are provided with service by the Company from pipelineor transmission facilities owned by third parties rather than directly from the distribution system ofthe Company.MDFQ (MDV): The greatest volume of firm gas which Seller shall at the time be obligated to deliver to Buyer andwhich Buyer shall at the time be entitled to receive from Seller during any one day as specified inthe Sales Agreement.MCF:1,000 cubic feet.NGVA natural gas vehicle (NGV) is an alternative fuel vehicle that uses compressed natural gas(CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a cleaner alternative to other fossil fuels.(M) Denotes Moved(N) Denotes NewIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 13-0507-G-T-PWDated July 19, 2013Issued: July 24, 2013Effective: July 19, 2013Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident(N)

3rd Revision of Sheet No. 7BCanceling2nd Revision of Sheet No. 7BP.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaDEFINITIONSDefinitions (Continued)NGV CreditThe credit prescribed in the NGV Credit Program under Rate Schedule NGV.(N)NGVCustomerA Company customer being charged under Rate Schedule NGV.(N)Peak Day:The 24-hour period of greatest total gas sendout.(M)The point at which ownership of the gas shall pass to the customer; for metered service it is theoutlet side of the meter.(M)Rate:The unit charge or charges made to the customer for natural gas.(M)Rate Schedule:The service classification which is applicable to a specific customer's category of service.(M)Point ication:CompanyService Line:Charts or other paper recordings, or any binary or other machine-readable representation ofinformation stored in computer memory or other electronic device.The furnishing of gas by the Company at the point of delivery regardless of whether the customermakes any use of the gas.The category of service assigned to a customer based on certain availability criteria.The pipe, owned and maintained by the Company, which carries gas from the main to andincluding the curb valve.Standby Charge: A volumetric fee imposed on all gas usage for transportation customers that have either elected notto install telemetering equipment or elected to purchase firm transportation service.Tariff:A published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a productor service will be supplied.Tariff Rate:The rate(s) or charge(s) made to the customer for service under its applicable serviceclassification.Year:Twelve (12) consecutive billing months.(N) Denotes New(M) Denotes MovedIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 13-0507-G-T-PWDated July 19, 2013Issued: July 24, 2013Effective: July 19, 2013Issued by:Tom M. TaylorPresident

2nd Revision of Sheet No. 8Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No. 8P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaRULES AND REGULATIONSApplicable to All Rate Schedules1.Gas Service Tariff1.1 Terms and ConditionsNothing in these supplemental rules and regulations shall be at variance with the Rules and Regulations forthe Government of Gas Utilities and Gas Pipeline for the Government of Gas Utilities and Gas PipelineSafety or shall be interpreted as divesting the Commission or any appropriate court of any of thejurisdiction delegated to it by law.1.2 AgreementsNo agent or employee of the Company has authority to make any promise, agreement or representation notconsistent with these Rules and Regulations.1.3 Waiver of RightsThe failure by the Company to enforce any of the terms of this tariff shall not be deemed a waiver of itsright to enforce any of the terms of this tariff.1.4 Filing and PostingA copy of this tariff for gas service supplied by the Company is on file with the Public Service Commissionof West Virginia. A copy is available for inspection in each Company-operated collection office and at theCompany's corporate offices.2.Character of Service.2.1 Single Point of DeliveryCompany will furnish, install and maintain a single meter for each service classification under which aCustomer receives service unless, in the sole and final judgment of the Company, the volume of theCustomer's requirements, economic consideration, conditions on its distribution system, or other reasonsmake it desirable to install additional meters.2.2 QualityThe gas delivered hereunder shall be natural and/or pipeline quality gas, provided, however, that:Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 04-1595-G-42T and No. 04-1596-G-PCDated August 24, 2005Issued: October 21, 2005Effective: November 1, 2005Issued by:Thomas M. TaylorPresident

2nd Revision of Sheet No. 9Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No. 9P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaRULES AND REGULATIONSApplicable to All Rate Schedules2.Character of Service (continued)2.2 Quality (continued)(a)The Company may extract or permit the extraction of moisture, helium, natural gasoline, butane,propane, or other hydrocarbons (except methane) from said gas, or may return thereto anysubstance extracted from it. The Company, in order to conserve and utilize other available gases,may blend such gases with said gas provided, however, that such blending shall not extend to adegree which, in the Customer's judgment reasonably exercised, would materially affect theutilization of the gas delivered hereunder.(b)The Company may subject or permit the subjection of said gas to compression, cooling, cleaningor other processes to such an extent as may be required in its transmission from the source thereofto the point or points of delivery.2.3 Heat ContentThe gas so delivered shall contain a minimum average monthly heating value of not less than one thousand(1,000) Btu per cubic foot.The unit of volume for the purpose of determining total heating value shall be one (1) cubic foot of gassaturated with water vapor at a temperature of sixty degrees (60o) Fahrenheit and an absolute pressureequivalent to thirty (30) inches of mercury at thirty-two degrees (32o) Fahrenheit and under standardgravity (32.174 ft. per second).2.4 Freedom From Objectionable MatterThe gas delivered:(a)shall be commercially free from dust or other solid or liquid matter which might interfere with itsmerchantability or cause injury to or interference with proper operation of the lines, regulators,meters, and other equipment of the Customer;Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 04-1595-G-42T and No. 04-1596-G-PCDated August 24, 2005Issued: October 21, 2005Effective: November 1, 2005Issued by:Thomas M. TaylorPresident

2nd Revision of Sheet No. 10Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No. 10P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaRULES AND REGULATIONSApplicable to All Rate Schedules2.Character of Service (Continued)2.4 Freedom From Objectionable Matter (Continued)(b)shall not contain more than a trace of hydrogen sulfide per one hundred (100) cubic feet of gas, asdetermined by methods prescribed in Standards for Gas Service, Circular of the National Bureauof Standards No. 405, Page 134 (1934 Edition), and shall be considered free from hydrogensulfide if a strip of white filter paper, moistened with a solution containing five percent (5%) byweight of lead acetate, is not distinctly darker than a second paper freshly moistened with the samesolution, after the first paper has been exposed to the gas for one (1) minute in an apparatus ofapproved form, through which the gas is flowing at the rate of approximately five (5) cubic feetper hour, the gas not impinging directly from a jet upon the test paper;(c)shall not contain more than twenty (20) grains of total sulfur per one hundred (100) cubic feet;(d)in the event that gas contains more than a trace of hydrogen sulfide per one hundred (100) cubicfeet or more than twenty (20) grains of total Sulphur per one hundred (100) cubic feet, by testprescribed by the Bureau of Standards or other recognized method, then upon the request of theCustomer, the Company shall reduce the hydrogen sulfide content to not more than a trace per onehundred (100) cubic feet and the total Sulfur content to twenty (20) grains or less per one hundred(100) cubic feet.2.5 High Pressure ServiceWhen a Customer requests gas service from a high pressure pipeline owned by the Company, the Companywill furnish and install all taps, regulating equipment and meters at no cost to the Customer except asfollows:(a)If the line from which the Customer is to be served is operated at a pressure not exceeding 60 psig,the Company will furnish the necessary service at no cost to the Customer.(b)If the line from which the Customer is to be served is operated at a pressure in excess of 60 psig,but not in excess of 150 psig, which will necessitate one high-pressure regulator in addition to theservice regulator, the Customer will be required to make a payment to cover the cost, installed, ofthe high-pressure regulator.Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 04-1595-G-42T and No. 04-1596-G-PCDated August 24, 2005Issued: October 21, 2005Effective: November 1, 2005Issued by:Thomas M. TaylorPresident

2nd Revision of Sheet No. 11Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No. 11P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaRULES AND REGULATIONSApplicable to All Rate Schedules2.Character of Service (continued)2.5 High Pressure Service (continued)(c)If the line from which the Customer is to be served is operated at a pressure in excess of 150 psigwhich will necessitate two high-pressure regulators in addition to the service regulator, theCustomer will be required to make a payment to cover the cost, installed, of the high-pressureregulators.The Company will make all necessary installations including the tap, meter and regulator orregulators at no cost to the Customer except as specified above.The Company will own, operate and maintain all facilities except the requisite service line of theCustomer.2.6 Mainline ConsumersNotwithstanding any provision to the contrary within these Rules and Regulations it is expresslyunderstood that for Mainline Consumers the Company has no control over the quality and quantity ofnatural gas to be delivered to the Mainline Consumer by the third party pipeline and the Company makesabsolutely no warranty, express or implied, that the natural gas will be of pipeline quality or suitable for useby the Mainline Consumer.3.Service Limitations3.1 Continuity of ServiceThe Company does not guarantee or undertake, beyond the exercise of due diligence and its duty as autility, to furnish a sufficient supply of gas at all times and shall not be liable for failure to do so, beyond itsavailable supply; nor shall it be liable for any injury to person or property from any cause arising inside theCustomer's property line not the result of the negligence of the Company; nor shall it be liable for anyinjury to person or property arising from the use of gas by, or the supply of gas to, the Customer which isnot the result of negligence on the part of the Company.3.2 Force MajeureNeither the Company nor the Customer shall be liable in damages to the other for any act, omission orcircumstances occasioned by or in consequence of any acts of God, strikes, lockouts, acts of a publicenemy, war, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms,floods, washouts, arrests and restraints of rulers and peoples, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage oraccident to machinery or lines of pipe, the binding order of any court or governmental authority which hasbeen resisted in good faith by all reasonable legal means, and any other cause, whether of the kind hereinenumerated or otherwise, not reasonably within the control of the party claimingIssued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 04-1595-G-42T and No. 04-1596-G-PCDated August 24, 2005Issued: October 21, 2005Effective: November 1, 2005Issued by:Thomas M. TaylorPresident

2nd Revision of Sheet No. 12Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No.12P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaRULES AND REGULATIONSApplicable to All Rate Schedules3.Service Limitations (continued)3.2 Force Majeure (continued)suspension and which by the exercise of due diligence such party is unable to prevent or overcome. Failureto prevent or settle any strike or strikes shall not be considered to be a matter within the control of the partyclaiming suspension. Such causes or contingencies affecting the performance hereunder by either theCompany or the Customer, however, shall not relieve it of liability in the event of its concurring negligenceto remedy the situation and to remove the cause in an adequate manner and with all reasonable dispatch,nor shall such causes or contingencies affecting such performance relieve either party from its obligationsto make payments of amounts then due hereunder in respect of gas theretofore delivered.3.3 Company's LiabilityThe Company will not be liable for damages to or injuries sustained by Customers or others, or by theequipment of Customer or others by reason of the condition or character of Customer's facilities andequipment of others on Customer's premises. The Company will not be responsible for the use, care orhandling of the gas service delivered to Customer after same passes beyond the point of delivery.3.4 Unusual ConditionsThe Company reserves the right to place limitations on the amount and character of gas service it willsupply; to refuse service to new Customers or to existing Customers for additional load if unable to obtainsufficient supply for such service or sufficient commitment by the customer with respect to such supply; tocurtail or discontinue the supply of gas service to Customer in the event it becomes necessary for theCompany to do so in compliance with any Order or request of Federal, State or Municipal authorities, or inthe case of emergencies; to reject applications for service or additional service where such service is notavailable or where such service might affect the supply of gas to other Customers; or for other good andsufficient reasons, but subject to orders or rules of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.4.Measurement4.1 Unit of Measurement and Metering BaseThe volumetric measurement base shall be one (1) cubic foot of gas at a pressure base of fourteen andseventy-three one hundredths (14.73) pounds per square inch absolute (thirty (30) inches of mercury), atemperature base of sixty degrees (60o) Fahrenheit, (520o F. absolute).Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 04-1595-G-42T and No. 04-1596-G-PCDated August 24, 2005Issued: October 21, 2005Effective: November 1, 2005Issued by:Thomas M. TaylorPresident

2nd Revision of Sheet No. 13Canceling1st Revision of Sheet No.13P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2Mountaineer Gas CompanyCharleston, West VirginiaRULES AND REGULATIONSApplicable to All Rate Schedules4.Measurement (continued)4.2 Atmospheric PressureThe average absolute atmospheric (barometer) pressure shall be assumed to be fourteen and four tenths(14.4) pounds to the square inch, irrespective of actual elevation or location of the delivery point above sealevel or variations in actual barometric pressure from time to time.4.3 TemperatureThe temperature of the natural gas shall be determined at the Company's option:(a)Where Electronic Measurement equipment is provided, by continuous application of instantaneoustemperature measurements from one or more of the meters at a measuring station, or bycontemporaneous application of the arithmetic or other average of the temperature record fromone or more of the meters for the time during which gas is flowing;(b)Where Electronic Measurement equipment is not provided,(c)(1)where an instrument which measures and records the temperature of the flowing gas isinstalled, by contemporaneous application of the arithmetic or other average of the hourlyor daily temperature record from one or more of the meters at a measuring station; or(2)where an instrument which measures and records the temperature of the flowing gas isnot installed, by contemporaneous application of the temperature as read from establishedtables of monthly averages for the point of measurement; orby any other method or methods mutually agreed upon by Company and Customer.4.4 Specific GravityThe specific gravity of the gas shall be determined by the Company, or at the Customer's election, by jointtest, at the commencement of deliveries hereunder and as often thereafter as deemed necessary by theCompany.(a)Where Electronic Measurement equipment is provided,Issued by Authority of an OrderOf the Public Service Commission of West VirginiaIn Case No. 04-1595-G-42T and No. 04-1596-G-PCDated August 24, 2005Issued: October 21, 2005Effective: November 1, 2005Issued by:T

Mountaineer Gas Company 2nd Revision of Sheet No. 1 Charleston, West Virginia Canceling . 1st Revision of Sheet No. 1 . P.S.C. W. Va. No. 2 . MOUNTAINEER GAS COMPANY . RATES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS FOR . NATURAL GAS SERVICE . at . Cities, Towns, Communities and County . Areas Served by Mountaineer Gas Company . in the State of West Virginia