FIRM TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT (For Use Under Rate Schedules FT-A and FT-GS)

Exhibit 10.14

FIRM TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT

(For Use Under Rate Schedules FT-A and FT-GS)

THIS AGREEMENT is made, entered into and effective as of this 12th day of January, 2004, by and between East Tennessee Natural Gas Company, a Tennessee corporation hereinafter referred to as “Transporter,” and Washington Gas Light Company, a District of Columbia and Virginia corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Shipper.” Transporter and Shipper shall be referred to herein individually as “Party” and collectively as “Parties.”

ARTICLE I — DEFINITIONS

The definitions found in Section 1 of Transporter’s General Terms and Conditions are incorporated herein by reference.

ARTICLE II — SCOPE OF AGREEMENT

Transporter agrees to accept and receive daily, on a firm basis, at the Receipt Point(s) listed on Exhibit A attached hereto, from Shipper such quantity of gas as Shipper makes available up to the applicable Maximum Daily Transportation Quantity stated on Exhibit A attached hereto and deliver for Shipper to the Delivery Point(s) listed on Exhibit A attached hereto an Equivalent Quantity of gas. The Rate Schedule applicable to this Agreement shall be stated on Exhibit A.

ARTICLE III — RECEIPT AND DELIVERY PRESSURES

Shipper shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Transporter the gas to be transported hereunder at pressures sufficient to deliver such gas into Transporter’s system at the Receipt Point(s). Transporter shall deliver the gas to be transported hereunder to or for the account of Shipper at the pressures existing in Transporter’s system at the Delivery Point(s) unless otherwise specified on Exhibit A.

ARTICLE IV — QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR MEASUREMENTS

For all gas received, transported, and delivered hereunder, the Parties agree to the quality specifications and standards for measurement as provided for in Transporter’s General Terms and Conditions. Transporter shall be responsible for the operation of measurement facilities at the Delivery Point(s) and Receipt Point(s). In the event that measurement facilities are not operated by Transporter, the responsibility for operations shall be deemed to be Shipper’s.

ARTICLE V — FACILITIES

The facilities necessary to receive, transport, and deliver gas as described herein are in place and no new facilities are anticipated to be required.

ARTICLE VI — RATES FOR SERVICE

accordance with Transporter’s effective Rate Schedule FT-A or FT-GS, as specified on Exhibit A. Where applicable, Shipper shall also pay the Gas Research Institute surcharge and Annual Charge Adjustment surcharge as such rates may change from time to time. Except as provided to the contrary in any written or electronic agreement(s) between Transporter and Shipper in effect during the term of this Agreement, Shipper shall pay Transporter the applicable maximum rate(s) and all other applicable charges and surcharges specified in the Notice of Rates in Transporter’s FERC Gas Tariff and in this Rate Schedule. Transporter and Shipper may agree that a specific discounted rate will apply only to certain volumes under the Agreement. Transporter and Shipper may agree that a specified discounted rate will apply only to specified volumes (MDRO, MDDO, MDTQ, commodity volumes or Authorized Overrun volumes) under the Agreement; that a specified discounted rate will apply only if specified volumes are achieved (with the maximum rates applicable to volumes above the specified volumes or to all volumes if the specified volumes are never achieved); that a specified discounted rate will apply only during specified periods of the year or over a specifically defined period of time; and/or that a specified discounted rate will apply only to specified points, zones, markets or other defined geographical areas. Transporter and Shipper may agree to a discounted rate pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.1 provided that the discounted rate is between the applicable maximum and minimum rates for this service.

ARTICLE VII — RESPONSIBILITY DURING TRANSPORTATION

As between the Parties hereto, it is agreed that from the time gas is delivered by Shipper to Transporter at the Receipt Point(s) and prior to delivery of such gas to or for the account of Shipper at the Delivery Point(s), Transporter shall be responsible for such gas and shall have the unqualified right to commingle such gas with other gas in its system and shall have the unqualified right to handle and treat such gas as its own. Prior to receipt of gas at Shipper’s Receipt Point(s) and after delivery of gas at Shipper’s Delivery Point(s), Shipper shall have sole responsibility for such gas.

ARTICLE VIII — BILLINGS AND PAYMENTS

Billings and payments under this Agreement shall be in accordance with Section 16 of Transporter’s General Terms and Conditions as they may be revised or replaced from time to time.

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ARTICLE IX — RATE SCHEDULES AND
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This Agreement is subject to the effective provisions of Transporter’s FT-A or FT-GS Rate Schedule, as specified in Exhibit A, or any succeeding rate schedule and Transporter’s General Terms and Conditions on file with the Commission, or other duly constituted authorities having jurisdiction, as the same may be changed or superseded from time to time in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, which Rate Schedule and General Terms and Conditions are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof for all purposes.

ARTICLE X — TERM OF CONTRACT

ARTICLE XI — REGULATION

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ARTICLE XII — ASSIGNMENTS

ARTICLE XIII — WARRANTIES

In addition to the warranties set forth in Section 22 of Transporter’s General Terms and Conditions, Shipper warrants the following:

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thirty days notice prior to any termination of service. Service will continue if, within the thirty day notice period, Shipper cures the breach of warranty.

ARTICLE XIV — MISCELLANEOUS

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first hereinabove written.

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Date: 01/12/04

EXHIBIT A TO THE FIRM
TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT

DATED January 12th, 2004

Shipper: Washington Gas Light Company

Rate Schedule: FT-A

Maximum Daily Transportation Quantity: 25,000 Dth/d

Proposed Commencement Date: The date of execution set forth in the Firm Transportation Agreement

Termination Date: 364 days after the date of execution

Transportation Service will be provided under Part 284, Subpart G of the Commission’s Regulations.

Name of entity(s) to deliver gas to Transporter:

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Name of entity(s) to receive gas from Transporter:

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EXHIBIT A TO THE FIRM
TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT

DATED January 12th, 2004

Notices not made via LINK® shall be made to:

New Facilities Required:

As described in the Commission’s November 20, 2002 order in Docket Nos. CP01-415-000, et al. (101 FERC ¶ 61,188 (2002))

New Facilities Charge:

Not applicable

(This Exhibit A supersedes and cancels Exhibit A dated       N/A      to the Firm Transportation Agreement dated       N/A      .) [Not Applicable]

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FIRM STORAGE SERVICE AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of this 12th Day of January, 2004, by and between SALTVILLE GAS STORAGE COMPANY L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, hereinafter referred to as “SELLER”, and WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, hereinafter referred to as “PURCHASER”.

     WITNESSETH

     WHEREAS, SELLER has undertaken to provide a firm storage service under the Utility Facilities Act of Virginia, in accordance with its Gas Tariff filed with the State Corporation Commission of Virginia (“SCC”), and under its limited jurisdiction certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to part 284 of the Regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”); and

     WHEREAS, PURCHASER has requested storage service on a firm basis pursuant to Rate Schedule FSS in compliance with Section 3 of the General Terms and Conditions of SELLER’S SCC Gas Tariff or any successor regulatory Tariff; and

     WHEREAS, SELLER has been directed by FERC to file an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity pursuant to Part 157, Subpart A of the Commission’s regulations and to file proposed initial rates and tariff terms and conditions pursuant to Part 284, Subpart G of the Commission’s regulations, the acceptance of such tariff may supercede SELLER’S SCC Gas Tariff; and

     WHEREAS, SELLER agrees to furnish firm storage service to PURCHASER on the terms and conditions set forth in this Firm Storage Service Agreement (“Agreement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

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ARTICLE IV

TERM

ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS

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ARTICLE VI

CONFLICTING PROVISIONS

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above by the parties’ duly authorized officers.

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EXHIBIT A

To that certain Firm Gas Storage Agreement dated January 12th, 2004 by and between SALTVILLE GAS STORAGE COMPANY L.L.C. and WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY.

Primary Point(s) of Receipt and Delivery:

Saltville receipt/delivery point, Smyth County, Virginia. For injections, ETNG Meter Number 759766; for withdrawals, ETNG Meter Number 759777.

October 1 2003 — April 30 2004:

Maximum Daily Injection Quantity, in dth:

10,000 dth per Day

Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity, in dth:

25,000 dth per Day plus applicable East Tennessee fuel charges

Maximum Storage Quantity, in dth:

125,000 dth

May 1, 2004 — September 30, 2007: [applicable to consecutive months of May 1 thru September 30]

Maximum Daily Injection Quantity, in dth:

5,000 dth per Day

Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity, in dth:

0 dth per Day

Maximum Storage Quantity, in dth:

125,000 dfh

October 1, 2004 — March 31, 2007: [applicable to consecutive months of October 1 thru March 31]

Maximum Daily Injection Quantity, in dth:

10,000 dth per Day

Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity, in dth:

25,000 dth per Day plus applicable East Tennessee fuel charges

Maximum Storage Quantity, in dth:

250,000 dth

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