FORM OF FSS SERVICE AGREEMENT
          For Use Under Sellers Rate Schedule FSS
   
     THIS AGREEMENT entered into as of the ____ day of
_____________, _____, by and between Central New York Oil
And Gas Company, LLC, a New York limited liability company,
hereinafter referred to as "Seller," and
___________________________, hereinafter referred to as
"Customer."
   
                     W I T N E S S E T H
   
     WHEREAS, Customer has requested Seller to store Gas on
its behalf; and
   
     WHEREAS, Seller has sufficient capacity available to
provide the Storage Service for Customer on the terms
specified herein;
   
     NOW, THEREFORE, Seller and Customer agree as follows:
   
   
                          ARTICLE I
                       STORAGE SERVICE
   
1.   Sellers service hereunder shall be subject to receipt
     of all requisite regulatory authorizations from the
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission"), or
     any successor regulatory authority, and any other
     necessary governmental authorizations, in a manner and
     form acceptable to Seller.
   
2.   Subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
     Customer may on any Gas Day cause Gas to be delivered
     to Seller up to the Maximum Daily Injection Quantity
     plus Sellers Injection Use for Storage of up to the
     Maximum Storage Quantity and at Customers request on
     any Gas Day Seller agrees to Tender Equivalent
     Quantities of Gas to or for the account of Customer, on
     a firm basis, up to the Maximum Daily Withdrawal
     Quantity, reduced by Sellers Withdrawal Use.
   
3.   Seller may, if requested by Customer, inject or
withdraw from storage daily quantities in excess of the
Maximum Daily Injection Quantity or Maximum Daily Withdrawal
Quantity specified in Paragraph 2, above, if it can do so
without adverse effect on Sellers operations or its ability
to meet its higher priority obligations.