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1 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION Northern Natural Gas Company 1111 South 103rd Street Omaha, NE In Reply Refer To: Letter Order Pursuant to Northern Natural Gas Company Docket No. RP November 16, 2018 Attention: Reference: Laura Demman Vice President, General Counsel and Regulatory Affairs Revised Negotiated Rate Service Agreements Dear Ms. Demman: On November 2, 2018, Northern Natural Gas Company filed revised tariff records 1 to reflect revisions to its negotiated rate service agreements with Conexus Energy, LLC. Waiver of the Commission s 30-day notice requirement is granted and the referenced tariff records are accepted effective November 3, 2018, as proposed. Public notice of the filing was issued on November 5, Interventions and protests were due as provided in section of the Commission s regulations (18 C.F.R (2018)). Pursuant to Rule 214 (18 C.F.R (2018)), all timely filed motions to intervene and any unopposed motion to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order are granted. Granting late intervention at this stage of the proceeding will not disrupt the proceeding or place additional burdens on existing parties. No protests or adverse comments were filed. This acceptance for filing shall not be construed as a waiver of the requirements of section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended; nor shall it be construed as constituting 1 See Appendix.

2 Docket No. RP approval of the referenced filing or of any rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate or service contained in your tariff; nor shall such acceptance be deemed as recognition of any claimed contractual right or obligation associated therewith; and such acceptance is without prejudice to any findings or orders which have been or may hereafter be made by the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against your company. This order constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to 18 C.F.R (2018). Issued by: Marsha K. Palazzi, Director, Division of Pipeline Regulation

3 Docket No. RP Appendix Northern Natural Gas Company FERC NGA Gas Tariff Gas Tariffs Tariff Records Accepted Effective November 3, 2018 Sheet No. 66B.01c, Negotiated Rates, Sheet No. 66B.30, Negotiated Rates, Sheet No. 66B.31, Negotiated Rates, 1.0.0

4 Tariff record(s) to be inserted into your copy of Northern Natural Gas Company s FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1

5 Northern Natural Gas Company FERC Gas Tariff Sixth Revised Volume No. 1 Twenty Sixth Revised Sheet No. 66B.01c Superseding Twenty Fifth Revised Sheet No. 66B.01c ETC Marketing Ltd. TFX 215/ 30,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt Beaver Pooling Beaver Pooling Enbridge Pampa TW/NNG Gray ITE MID 8-12 Pooling Point MID 13-16A Pooling Point ETC Marketing Ltd. TFX 216/ 15,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt ETC Spearman Residue ETC Marketing Ltd. TFX 217/ 15,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt ETC C Line ETC Marketing Ltd. TFX 218/ 17,200 All Field Area El Paso/NNG Plains Contract MID 1 7 Receipt 26 Del Brownfield Pooling Brownfield Pooling Oasis/NNG Waha Hartree Partners, LP TFX 219/ 33,246 All Field Area El Paso/NNG Plains Contract MID 1 7 Receipt 26 Del DCP Lynam Ranch Plant Outlet Vaquero Caymus Plant Pecos CO Mieco Inc. TFX 220/ 78,107 NNG Demarcation Ventura Pooling Contract Hartree Partners, LP TFX 221/ 40,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt El Paso/NNG Dumas Hartree Partners, LP TFX 222/ 62,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt El Paso/NNG Dumas CIMA Energy, LP TFX 223/ 20,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt ETC Spearman Residue Conexus Energy, LLC TFX 224/ 80,478 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt El Paso/NNG Dumas Conexus Energy, LLC TFX 225/ 74,442 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt Beaver Pooling Beaver Pooling TW/NNG GRAY Ite Enbridge Pampa ETC Marketing, Lyd. TFX 226/ 10,000 All Field Area NNG Demarcation Contract MID 8 16A Receipt ETC Spearman Residue Issued On: November 2, 2018 Effective On: November 3, 2018

6 Northern Natural Gas Company FERC Gas Tariff Second Revised Sheet No. 66B.30 Sixth Revised Volume No. 1 Superseding First Revised Sheet No. 66B / For the period 11/03/2018 through 12/31/2018, the daily charge for the Contract MDQ shall be the MDQ multiplied by the "Rate." The "Rate" is the arithmetic value obtained from the formula [(X minus (Y divided by A)) times B times C], where (X) = the Midpoint price from "Gas Daily" Northern, demarc; (Y) = the Midpoint price from "Gas Daily" NGPL, Midcontinent; (A) = 1.0 less the applicable Section 2 Field Area fuel percentage for deliveries to NNG Field MKT Demarcation - 16B (POI 37654) (Demarc); (B) = 1.0 and (C) = However, in no event will the daily charge be less than zero. The monthly charge will be the sum of all daily charges. Shipper's charges above shall be reduced, in Northern's sole discretion, for any quantity that is unable to be delivered up to the contract MDQ. In addition to the above rates, Shipper shall provide any applicable fuel use and unaccounted for. The rates set forth above are applicable to the receipt and delivery points (POI) listed. For delivered quantities on any day from receipt points located in MIDs 1 through 7, Shipper shall pay the higher of an additional (i) $0.40/Dth/day charge or (ii) a daily charge per dekatherm equal to the Midpoint price of "Gas Daily" Panhandle, Tx.-Okla. less the lower of the Midpoint price of either "Gas Daily" El Paso, Permian or "Gas Daily" Waha. In addition to the foregoing, for quantities delivered to non-primary delivery points, Shipper shall pay an additional $0.20/Dth/day charge for deliveries to points located in MIDs 1 through 16A. Shipper shall also pay the higher of an additional (1) $0.40/Dth/day charge or (2) the Rate calculated above where the value of "C" is equal to 1.0 for any quantities delivered to Demarc or Demarc Deferred Delivery above the Demarc MDQ. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, in the event of an outage on Northern's pipeline system that impacts the Shipper's ability to schedule any primary receipt and delivery points, Shipper may use any receipt point listed for delivery to any Field Area delivery point located in MIDs 1 through 16A during the outage at the Rate calculated above, for any quantity that does not exceed the Demarc MDQ less any quantities delivered to Demarc or Demarc Def.-Delivery. If any primary points are realigned, Shipper shall pay an additional $0.30/Dth for the entire contract MDQ for the remaining term of the Agreement; provided however, Shipper and Northern may mutually agree to a realignment between TW/NNG Gray ITE (POI 60667) and Enbridge Pampa (POI 78643). The rate for such agreed upon realignment will be the Rate set forth above. Issued On: November 2, 2018 Effective On: November 3, 2018

7 Northern Natural Gas Company FERC Gas Tariff First Revised Sheet No. 66B.31 Sixth Revised Volume No. 1 Superseding Original Sheet No. 66B / For the period 11/03/2018 through 12/31/2018, the daily charge for the Contract MDQ shall be the MDQ multiplied by the "Rate." The "Rate" is the arithmetic value obtained from the formula [(X minus (Y divided by A)) times B times C], where (X) = the Midpoint price from "Gas Daily" Northern, demarc; (Y) = the Midpoint price from "Gas Daily" NGPL, Midcontinent plus 0.03; (A) = 1.0 less the applicable Section 2 Field Area fuel percentage for deliveries to NNG Field MKT Demarcation - 16B (POI 37654) (Demarc); (B) = 1.0 and (C) = However, in no event will the daily charge be less than zero. The monthly charge will be the sum of all daily charges. Shipper's charges above shall be reduced, in Northern's sole discretion, for any quantity that is unable to be delivered up to the contract MDQ. In addition to the above rates, Shipper shall provide any applicable fuel use and unaccounted for. The rates set forth above are applicable to the receipt and delivery points (POI) listed. For delivered quantities on any day from receipt points located in MIDs 1 through 7, Shipper shall pay the higher of an additional (i) $0.40/Dth/day charge or (ii) a daily charge per dekatherm equal to the Midpoint price of "Gas Daily" Panhandle, Tx.-Okla. less the lower of the Midpoint price of either "Gas Daily" El Paso, Permian or "Gas Daily" Waha. In addition to the foregoing, for quantities delivered to non-primary delivery points, Shipper shall pay an additional $0.20/Dth/day charge for deliveries to points located in MIDs 1 through 16A. Shipper shall also pay the higher of an additional (1) $0.40/Dth/day charge or (2) the Rate calculated above where the value of "C" is equal to 1.0 for any quantities delivered to Demarc or Demarc Deferred Delivery above the Demarc MDQ. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, in the event of an outage on Northern's pipeline system that impacts the Shipper's ability to schedule any primary receipt and delivery points, Shipper may use any receipt point listed for delivery to any Field Area delivery point located in MIDs 1 through 16A during the outage at the Rate calculated above, for any quantity that does not exceed the Demarc MDQ less any quantities delivered to Demarc or Demarc Def.-Delivery. If any primary points are realigned, Shipper shall pay an additional $0.30/Dth for the entire contract MDQ for the remaining term of the Agreement; provided however, Shipper and Northern may mutually agree to a realignment between TW/NNG Gray ITE (POI 60667) and Enbridge Pampa (POI 78643). The rate for such agreed upon realignment will be the Rate set forth above. 226/ For the period 11/01/2018 through 11/30/2018, the Total Monthly Charge for the Contract MDQ shall be the MDQ multiplied by $0.20/Dth multiplied by the applicable number of days in the month. Shipper's charges above shall be reduced, in Northern's sole discretion, for any quantity that is unable to be delivered up to the contract MDQ. In addition to the above rates, Shipper shall provide any applicable fuel use and unaccounted for. The rates set forth above are applicable to the receipt and delivery points (POI) listed. For delivered quantities on any day from receipt points located in MIDs 1 through 7, Shipper shall pay the higher of an additional (i) $0.40/Dth/day charge or (ii) a daily charge per dekatherm equal to the Midpoint price of "Gas Daily" Panhandle, Tx.-Okla. less the lower of the Midpoint price of either "Gas Daily" El Paso, Permian or "Gas Daily" Waha. In addition to the foregoing, for quantities delivered to non-primary delivery points, Shipper shall pay an additional $0.20/Dth/day charge for deliveries to points located in MIDs 1 through 16A. Shipper shall also pay the higher of an additional (1) $0.40/Dth/day charge or (2) a daily charge per dekatherm equal to the Midpoint price of "Gas Daily" Northern, demarc less the Midpoint price of "Gas Daily" Panhandle, Tx.-Okla. for any quantities delivered to Demarc or Demarc Deferred Delivery above the Demarc MDQ. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, in the event of an outage on Northern's pipeline system that impacts the Shipper's ability to schedule any primary receipt and delivery points, Shipper may use any receipt point listed for delivery to any Field Area delivery point located in MIDs 1 through 16A during the outage at the rate set forth above, for any quantity that does not exceed the Demarc MDQ less any quantities delivered to Demarc or Demarc Def.-Delivery. If any primary points are realigned, Shipper shall pay an additional $0.30/Dth for the entire contract MDQ for the remaining term of the Agreement ; provided however, Shipper and Northern may mutually agree to a realignment between ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676), ETC Spearman Residue (POI 78924) and ETC Sunray Plant (POI 1309). The rate for such agreed upon realignment will be the Rate set forth above. Issued On: November 2, 2018 Effective On: November 3, 2018