email_body: As you requested, following are the facts for the media regarding the  negotiated rate deals that TW has recently done at rates in excess of the  tariff max rate.
  Please note that the first two transactions are already  public and the following information can be disclosed now.
  The third deal  has not been filed yet and will not be public until it is.
  That filing will  be made before Dec. 1, 2000.
  General:  TW has done three deals in the last week at rates in excess of TW's  maximum tariff rate.
  Each of the deals was done pursuant to TW's negotiated  rate authority, which FERC granted TW in 1997.
  (Order issued April 11, 1997,  Transwestern Pipeline Co., 79 FERC Par.
  61,021).
  Pursuant to that authority,  TW has filed negotiated rate tariff sheets with the FERC, which are docketed  at Docket No.
  RP97-288.
  Details on the specific transactions are as follows:    Deal 1:  Counterparty:  PG&E Energy Trading  Rate Schedule:  ITS-1  Volume:    30,000/day  Rate:  $.90/MMBtu, inclusive of surcharges  Term: the one day period of November 15, 2000  Receipt points:  NNG Halley, West Texas Pool  Delivery point:  SoCal Topock  Deal 2:  Same as Deal 1,  except term is one day period of November 16, 2000  and rate is $.75/MMBtu    Deal 3:  Counterparty:  Sempra Energy Trading  Rate Schedule:  LFT  Volume:  10,000/day  Rate:  $1.00/MMBtu, inclusive of surcharges  Term:  Dec. 1-Dec. 31, 2000  Receipt point:  Bloomfield  Delivery point:  PG&E Topock  All of the above information is contained in TW's FERC filings on these  transactions.
  No other information is available as TW does not comment on  specific customer transactions.
  
subject_line: TW Negotiated Rate deals
  