The following category shall be included as the lowest priority category on all curtailment plans of public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission: deliveries of natural gas or sales of natural gas to the interstate market under the provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act, §311(b) and §312, and 18 Code of Federal Regulations §283.200.

1. (1) No sales pursuant to §311(b) shall be made unless a public utility is able to provide adequate service to all of its existing intrastate customers. Adequate service includes all requirements of existing customers, notwithstanding contractual limitations, and gas needed to fill storage reservoirs for anticipated peak usage or to build up "line pack" to fill expected customer requirements.
2. (2) No deliveries of natural gas which have been determined to be surplus pursuant to §312 shall be made except to the extent a public utility continues to comply with the requirements, including service to existing customers, imposed in the Commission order determining the amount of the surplus or in the contract of assignment of gas reserves from which the deliveries are being made.
3. (3) No sales of natural gas pursuant to 18 Code of Federal Regulations §284.200 shall be made except to the extent a public utility continues to comply with the requirements, including service to existing customers, contained in the contract under which deliveries are being made or in any report required to be filed with the Commission.

Source Note:The provisions of this §7.455 adopted to be effective July 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 6687.