"Contract Amount" means the maximum amount of Firm Gas and Interruptible Gas a Customer may purchase from Greater Dickson Gas Authority on any Day as established by a written contract between Greater Dickson Gas Authority and the Customer.

"Customer" means a person or entity contracting with or otherwise receiving services from Greater Dickson Gas Authority for interruptible gas service under Rate Schedule "55".

"Day" means a period of twenty-four ("24") consecutive hours, beginning and ending at 8:00 a.m. prevailing Dickson time.

"Determination Period" means the twelve-month period beginning April 1 and ending March 31.

"Firm Gas" means that gas not subject to interruption or curtailment except for emergency or other causes as provided in the Rules and Regulations of Greater Dickson Gas Authority.

"Interruptible Gas" means that gas that is subject to interruption or curtailment by Greater Dickson Gas Authority at any time and to the extent that Greater Dickson Gas Authority, in its sole discretion, deems desirable.

"Load Factor" means the quotient obtained by dividing the average daily sales to Customer for the Determination Period by the maximum daily sales to Customer for the Winter Period.

"Notice of Interruption" means the notice given by Greater Dickson Gas Authority to a Customer that a Period of Interruption has commenced or will commence.

"Period of Interruption" means any period of time during which Greater Dickson Gas Authority shall interrupt or curtail the delivery of gas to the Customer.

"Quantities of Gas Delivered". For the purpose of determining the quantity of Interruptible Gas delivered, all gas delivered in any one Day, up to the daily quantity contracted for as Firm Gas, shall be considered as Firm Gas and all additional gas delivered shall be considered Interruptible Gas. In case interruption or curtailment of Interruptible Gas is ordered for a period of time containing a part of a Day, the Customer’s entitlement to Firm Gas for such part of the Day shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the daily quantity of Firm Gas contracted for, by the ratio between the number of hours of curtailment or interruption in such part of a Day and 24 hours.

"Unauthorized Gas" means the quantity of gas (a) taken by Customer exceeding the contract amount, or (b) taken by Customer exceeding that permitted during a Period of Curtailment.

"Winter Period" means the five month period from November 1 to and including March 31 included in the Determination Period.

Service under Rate Schedule "55" is available to any commercial or industrial customer provided:

(a).  The Customer is located within the service area of Greater Dickson Gas Authority; and

(b).  The Customer’s property served under Rate Schedule "55" is not located within Cheatham County, Tennessee; and

(c).  The Customer used more than 15,000 therms in any one month of the previous Determination Period; and

(d).  The Customer’s Load Factor is .50 or greater during the previous Determination Period, and

(e).  The Customer shall be permitted to purchase only one therm of Firm Gas under Rate Schedule "55" for each two therms of Interruptible Gas which are purchased; and

(f).  The Customer must have alternate fuel facilities of sufficient capacity capable of providing 100 percent of the Customer’s Interruptible Gas service requirements during periods of gas interruption or curtailment. Customer shall maintain such facilities ready for operation at any time. Interruption or curtailment shall be immediately effective on verbal notification by Greater Dickson Gas Authority, and Customer shall refrain from increasing or using gas until permitted to do so by Greater Dickson Gas Authority. It is understood and agreed that Greater Dickson Gas Authority will have the right to cut off gas service without further notice to the Customer in the event Customer fails to curtail the use of gas in accordance with the verbal notice of interruption or curtailment given by Greater Dickson Gas Authority; and

(g).  Greater Dickson Gas Authority must determine that its existing distribution system facilities are adequate and available for the requested service; and

(h).  The Customer meets the following definition of a commercial or industrial customer:

Commercial customers are businesses primarily engaged in the sale of goods or services, including institutions and governmental agencies. Industrial customers are engaged primarily in a process which creates or changes raw or unfinished materials into another form or product including the generation of electric power.

 

In the event Customer shall fail to continue to meet the conditions (a) through (f) and (h) during the previous Determination Period, service under Rate Schedule "55" shall no longer be available. Customer shall be reclassified to the appropriate rate schedule effective May 1 each year

A Customer may have multiple meters at each location. Each meter must meet the conditions imposed by (a) through (h) to qualify for Rate Schedule "55".

For a Customer with no more than two meters at each location, if one meter meets the conditions imposed by (a) through (h) and qualifies for Rate Schedule "55", then both meters may be presumed to qualify for Rate Schedule "55". However, each meter will be billed separately under Rate Schedule "55".

Service under Rate Schedule "55" shall be considered Interruptible Service. Interruptible Service shall be available only to the extent that Greater Dickson Gas Authority has gas available that is not required by firm customers. If a Customer is served by gas purchased on an interruptible rate from a supplier of Greater Dickson Gas Authority, all conditions imposed by a supplier of Greater Dickson Gas Authority on the use of such Interruptible Gas shall likewise apply to such Customer as if Greater Dickson Gas Authority imposed the condition on the Customer.

Gas purchased under Rate Schedule "55" shall be used only by the Customer at its facilities and shall be delivered at a single point of delivery or multiple points of delivery located within the service area of Greater Dickson Gas Authority and shall not be resold by the Customer.

The net rate for service under Rate Schedule "55" for each monthly billing period shall be the sum of the Customer Charge, Demand Charge, Commodity Charge, and Unauthorized Overrun Charge, each calculated as follows:

In determining the appropriate rate block to bill Interruptible Gas, both Firm Gas volumes and Interruptible Gas volumes shall be combined.

The cost per therm of gas sold to Customer that is included in the Commodity Charge shall be subject to the Purchased Gas Adjustment of Greater Dickson Gas Authority.

The minimum bill for each monthly billing period shall be the sum of the Customer Charge and the Demand Charge. The minimum bill will be billed for each monthly billing period beginning with the date of initial service and ending with the date service is terminated at the request of the Customer, inclusive.

Bills for service under Rate Schedule "55" will be rendered monthly. Each bill rendered for service is due and payable on the date it is issued. The rates and charges under Rate Schedule "55" are net, the gross rate being ten percent (10%) higher. In the event the current monthly bill is not paid on or before the last date for payment as specified on the bill, the gross rate shall apply to any unpaid amount of the bill.

For the purpose of Rate Schedule "55", demand shall be the daily quantity of gas contracted for as Firm Gas by the Customer. On April 1 of each year, Customer may change the specified quantity of Firm Gas by written notice to Greater Dickson Gas Authority. Such requested change shall become effective on May 1 of each year.

No Customer shall take Unauthorized Gas. A Customer must immediately notify Greater Dickson Gas Authority if it has taken, or anticipates taking, Unauthorized Gas. In the event a Customer takes Unauthorized Gas during a Period of Curtailment, the Customer shall be charged, in addition to the applicable Interruptible Gas Commodity Charge, a penalty of $1.50 per therm for all such Unauthorized Gas taken. In addition to the penalty, Greater Dickson Gas Authority may pursue any other remedy available to it under applicable law, including, but not limited to, suspension or termination of service. The existence of a penalty shall not be construed to give any Customer the right to take Unauthorized Gas.

To the extent possible, Greater Dickson Gas Authority shall give Customer at least a one hour Notice of Interruption before a Period of Interruption begins. A Notice of Interruption may be written or oral and shall be sufficient if given by Greater Dickson Gas Authority via telephone or in person to the person or persons designated from time to time by the Customer as authorized to receive such notices, or by facsimile transmission to the telephone number designated from time to time by the Customer, or if mailed or hand-delivered in writing to the Customer’s premises. If a Period of Interruption involves only a reduction in the amount of gas that may be purchased, the Notice of Interruption shall state the daily and/or hourly quantity of gas which Customer may purchase. A Period of Interruption shall continue in effect until Greater Dickson Gas Authority notifies Customer that the Period of Interruption has terminated or until the time specified in the Notice of Interruption expires.

All requests for new or additional service or the transfer of existing service to higher priority end use will be supplied based on the judgment of Greater Dickson Gas Authority as to the available gas supply, the load factor or use pattern of the Customer, end use priority as may be specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), impact on the local economy, and laws of the State of Tennessee.

Each Customer receiving service under Rate Schedule "55" shall execute a contract with Greater Dickson Gas Authority for at least one year to end on the May 1st specified in said contract. If Customer refuses to execute a contract with Greater Dickson Gas Authority, the net rate for service under Rate Schedule "55" shall be two cents per therm higher with the exception of the Customer Charge which shall remain at $200.

All service provided hereunder is subject to the Rules and Regulations of Greater Dickson Gas Authority which may from time to time be in effect.

Gas service under Rate Schedule "55" is subject to the curtailment provisions contained within Rate Schedule "90", Schedule for Interrupting and Curtailing Gas Service.