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;0 TUESDAY AUGUST ll, 1959 Section 5. Obligation of Grantee to Furnish Natural Gas. Subsection (a). Except to the extent that the Grantee shall be prevented from doing so by order or rules and regulations of the Federal Power Commission or the State Corporation Commission, the Grantee will deliver to and distribute for the use of the inhabitants "\"ithin the City, dUI'i~ the period of this franchise, and providing there is a demand for same, not less than one million, five hundred thousand cubic feet per day of natural gas of the heating value and pressure herein else-where defined unless the Federal Power Commission or other regulatory body having jurisdiction and authority to do so shall reduce the allocation of natural gas to the Grantee for distribution in the City. In the event such allocation is do reduced then the Grantee will deliver to and distribute within the Ci~J for the use of the inhabitants thereof, if and "When demanded, the maximum quantity possible under the reduced or altered circumstances. In the event the Grantee should file or make application to the Federal Power Commission, or other regulatarybody having jurisdiction, for a reduction in allocation of natural gas to the Grantee for distribution in the City, the Grantee shall simultaneously with such filing or application give written notice to the City Council of such action and purpose. Subsection (b). In the event the suppJy of natural gas available, allocable or allocated to the Grantee is increased beyond the amount presently allocated to it under the order of the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized governmental agency, the Grantee shall allocate and distribute to the inhabitants and consumers within the City, each time such available supply is increased, if there is then a demand for more natural gas in the City, a fair ratable share of such increased supply. Subsection (c). The Grantee shall be allmved to mix manufactured gas with natural gas for distribution within the City as such mixture may be advantageous to the operation of the Grantee. Such mixture, however, shall not relieve the Grantee of its obligations under this franchise nor shall it relieve the Grantee of the obligation to make available to the City the volume of natural gas specified in this section. Subsection (d). Should, within the period of this franchise, develop- ments within the field of power or heating substances offer to the Grantee the opport1IDity to mare effectively, efficiently or economicalJy serve its customers through use of a substance or material other than natural gas then the Grantee may petition the City Council for review of this franchise in line with such developments. Section 6. Service Standards and Controls. Subsection (a). In General. The Grantee agrees to provide and maintain at all times, its entire plant and system in such condition that it vJill furnish safe, adequate, efficient and continuous service. Subsection (b). Quality. The quality of the natural gas to be furnish- ed and supplied by the Grantee to the consumers of natural gas within the City shall at all times be of a heating value of not less than 1,000 British Thermal Units per cubic foot of gas so furnished, lli'1less the Federal Power Commission or other authorized governmental agency should approve a lower value for gas to be delivered to the Grantee by the company or companies transmi tting the natural gas to the Grantee.