RATE SCHEDULE FSS
                    FIRM STORAGE SERVICE
   
1.   AVAILABILITY
   
     This Rate Schedule is available to any person,
     corporation, partnership or any other party
     (hereinafter referred to as "Customer") for the
     purchase of natural gas storage service from Central
     New York Oil And Gas Company, LLC (hereinafter referred
     to as "Seller"), when:
   
          (a)  Seller has determined that it has sufficient
          available and uncommitted storage capacity or
          capacity released in accordance with Section 7 of
          this Rate Schedule FSS to perform service
          requested by Customer (Seller is not required to
          provide any requested services for which it does
          not have such available capacity, or that would
          require Seller to construct or acquire new
          facilities); and
   
     (b)  Customer and Seller have executed a Service
Agreement under this Rate Schedule.
   
2.   APPLICABILITY AND CHARACTER OF SERVICE
   
     This Rate Schedule shall apply to all Storage Service
     which is rendered by Seller for Customer pursuant to an
     executed Agreement under this Rate Schedule.
   
     Storage Service rendered by Seller under this Rate
Schedule shall consist of:
   
     (a)  The receipt of Gas on behalf of Customer at the Point
          of Injection/Withdrawal at daily quantities up to the
          Maximum Daily Injection Quantity plus Sellers Injection
          Use;
   
     (b)  The Storage of Gas in quantities not to exceed the
          Maximum Storage Quantity, except as provided for in Section
          6 of this Rate Schedule; and
   
          (c)  The Tender for redelivery by Seller to or for
          the account of Customer at the Point of
          Injection/Withdrawal at a quantity not to exceed
          Customers Working Storage Gas at daily quantities
          up to the Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity
          reduced by Sellers Withdrawal Use.
   
          (d)  The receipt of Gas on behalf of Customer and
          redelivery of Gas for the account of Customer in
          excess of its applicable Maximum Daily Injection
          Quantity and Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity on
          a commercially reasonable efforts basis by Seller
          when required to allow Customer full utilization
          of its Maximum Storage Quantity.