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ex10-4.htm

    Exhibit
10.4

    

     SUPPLEMENTAL
PENSION AGREEMENT

    With
Kenneth J. Neises

    

    

    This
Agreement is entered into by and between Laclede Gas Company (the “Company”) and
Kenneth J. Neises (“Neises”).

    

    RECITALS

    

    WHEREAS,
Neises is a key employee of the Company and was to retire on his mandatory
retirement date of November 1, 2005; and

    

    WHEREAS,
in recognition of the value of Neises’ services to the Company the Board adopted
resolutions on November 18, 2004 and October 26, 2007 allowing him to work
beyond his mandatory retirement date under the Retirement Plan up to December 1,
2009;

    

    NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement,
the parties agree as follows:

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Article
      I – Definitions

            

    

    

    
      	
              1.1

            	
              “Code”
      means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              1.2

            	
              “Disability”
      means if Neises (i) is unable to engage in any substantial
      gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or
      mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be
      expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months,
      or  (ii) is, by reason of any medically
      determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result
      in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less
      than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not
      less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of
      the Company.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              1.3

            	
              “Moody’s
      Corporate Bond Average Rate” means the “Published Monthly Average
      Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds” published by Moody’s
      Investor’s Service, Inc. available at
      http://www.naic.org/research_moody.htm or a successor
  site.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              1.4

            	
              “Plans”
      means the Retirement Plan and the SERP.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              1.5

            	
              “Retirement
      Plan” means the Employees’ Retirement Plan of Laclede Gas Company
      as amended from time to time and any other qualified defined benefit
      pension plan of the Company.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              1.6

            	
              “SERP”
      means the Laclede Gas Company Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan as
      amended from time to time and any successor
  plan.

            

    

    
      
        
           

        

         

      

      
        
        

         

      

      
         

      

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Article
      II – Nature of the Agreement

            

    

    

    
      	
              2.1

            	
              Overview of
      Benefits Provided by this Agreement.  This Agreement
      provides for a deferred compensation benefit to Neises as described in
      more detail in Article III (“Supplemental Pension
      Benefit”).  The Agreement does not modify Neises’ benefits under
      the Plans.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              2.2

            	
              Nature of
      Contract.  Neises’ employment with the Company has been
      and will continue to be at will.  Nothing contained in this
      Agreement shall be construed to be a contract of employment for any term,
      nor as conferring upon Neises the right to continue in the employ of the
      Company in his present capacity or any other capacity.  Nothing
      contained in this Agreement shall be construed to preclude termination of
      his employment at any time.  It is expressly understood by the
      parties that this Agreement relates exclusively to compensation for
      Neises’ services and is not an employment
  contract.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Article
      III – Calculation of Pension Benefit
Amount

            

    

    

    
      	
              3.1

            	
              Supplemental
      Pension
      Benefit Formula.  Upon the earliest to occur of Neises’
      death, Disability, or retirement, such date being known as the Calculation
      Date, the Supplemental Pension Benefit under this Agreement shall be
      calculated and shall be in an amount equivalent to:

            
	 
      	 
      	
              (A+B+C)
      – D

            	 
      
	 
      	
              where
      A, B, C, and D are as follows:

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              A.

            	
              =
      Neises’ monthly accrued benefit under the Plans calculated as if he had
      retired on November 1, 2005 converted to a lump amount calculated using
      the PBGC rate in effect on November 1, 2005 of 2.5% and other factors and
      formulas effective under the Plans for retirements on November 1,
      2005;

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              B.

            	
              =
      The difference between (i) the monthly accrued benefit calculated in A.
      above, and (ii) the monthly accrued benefit calculated as if he had
      retired on November 1, 2007; with the difference between (i) and (ii) then
      converted to a lump sum amount calculated using the lower of the PBGC rate
      in effect on November 1, 2007 of 3.25% or the PBGC rate in effect for
      retirements on the Calculation Date, and other factors and formulas
      effective under the Plans for retirements on November 1,
    2007;

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              C.

            	
              =
      The difference between (I) the monthly accrued benefit calculated in
      B.(ii), and (II) the monthly accrued benefit calculated on the Calculation
      Date; with the difference between (I) and (II) then converted to a lump
      sum amount calculated using the factors and formulas effective under the
      Plans for retirements on the Calculation Date; and

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              D.

            	
              =
      Neises’ monthly accrued benefit under the Plans converted to a lump sum
      amount calculated using the factors and formulas effective under the Plans
      for retirements on the Calculation
Date.

            

    

    

    
      
        
           

           

        

         

      

      
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      	 	 No
      Supplemental Pension Benefit shall accrue under this Agreement on and
      after the Calculation Date.
	 	 
	
              3.2

            	
              Payment of
      Supplemental Pension Benefit  The Supplemental Pension
      Benefit shall be payable:

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              •

            	
              If
      payable due to Neises’ Disability or death, in a lump sum to Neises or his
      beneficiary, as applicable, 30 days after the date of his Disability or
      death; or

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              •

            	
              If
      payable due to Neises’ retirement, on the date that is six months after
      the date of his retirement, or such earlier date as may be allowed by
      law.  From the date of his retirement to the date of actual
      payment, the Supplemental Pension Benefit shall earn simple interest at
      rate equal to the Moody’s Corporate Bond Average Rate as in effect on the
      date of his retirement.

            

    

    

    Article
IV – General Provisions

    

    
      	
              4.1

            	
              General
      Creditor Status.  Neises’ claim against the Company under
      this Agreement shall be that of an unsecured general creditor of the
      Company.  Any benefit payable under the Agreement shall
      represent an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay by the
      Company.  The Company shall not be obligated to set aside,
      earmark, or escrow any funds or other assets to satisfy its obligations
      under this Agreement.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4.2

            	
              Anti-assignation.  The
      interests of Neises and his beneficiaries under this Agreement are not
      subject to the claims of their creditors and may not be voluntarily or
      involuntarily sold, transferred, alienated, assigned, pledged,
      anticipated, or encumbered.  Any attempt by Neises to transfer,
      alienate, assign, pledge, anticipate, encumber, charge or otherwise
      dispose of any right to benefits payable hereunder shall be
      void.  The Company may cancel and refuse to pay any portion of a
      benefit that is sold, transferred, alienated, assigned, pledged,
      anticipated or encumbered.

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 	

              Distribution
      pursuant to a domestic relations order of all or any portion of the
      Supplemental Pension Benefit may be paid to an Alternate Payee (as defined
      in Section 414(p) of the Code) who is a former spouse in an amount
      specified in such domestic relations order in a lump-sum cash payment as
      soon as administratively feasible after it is determined that the order is
      a domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the
      Code).

            
	 	 
	
              4.4

            	
              Amendment.  The
      provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the prior
      written consent of each of Neises and the Company.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4.5

            	
              Controlling
      State Law.  The laws of the State of Missouri shall be
      controlling in all matters relating to this Agreement.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4.6

            	
              Severability.  In
      case any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for
      any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining
      provisions of the

            

    

    

    
      
        
           

           

        

         

      

      
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              Agreement,
      and the Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal and
      invalid provisions had never been set forth.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4.7

            	
              Full
      Discharge of Obligation.  Payment of the Supplemental
      Pension Benefit shall constitute (i) payment in full of the benefits due
      Neises and his beneficiaries under this Agreement and (ii) fulfillment of
      all of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              4.8

            	
              Tax
      Withholding.  All distributions under this Agreement, to
      the extent required by law, shall be subject to withholding of federal,
      state and local taxes.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4.9

            	
              Code
      Section 409A.  Notwithstanding any other provision
      hereof, this Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A and shall
      at all times be interpreted in accordance with such intent.  To
      the extent that any provision of the Agreement violates Code Section 409A
      such that amounts would be taxable to Neises prior to payment or otherwise
      subject to penalties under Code Section 409A, such provision shall be
      automatically reformed or stricken to preserve the intent
      hereof.

            
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Neises have executed this Agreement this
      7th
      day of March, 2008.

    

    

    

    

     

    

    
      	 
      	
              LACLEDE
      GAS COMPANY.

            
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              By  /s/ D. H. Yaeger

            
	 
      	
              Title:
      Chief Executive Officer

            

    

    

    

    

    
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              /s/ Kenneth J. Neises

            
	 
      	
              Kenneth
      J. Neises

            
	 
      	 
      

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
      
        
           

           

        

         

      

      
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      Exhibit
10.5

      Contract  #3147

      AMENDED
AND RESTATED

      STORAGE SERVICE
AGREEMENT

      FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FSS

      BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

      AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

      

      This
STORAGE SERVICE AGREEMENT, hereinafter referred to as "Agreement," made and
entered into by and between CenterPoint Energy - Mississippi River Transmission
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, hereinafter called "MRT," and Laclede Gas
Company, a Missouri corporation, hereinafter called "Customer."

      

      In
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree
that MRT shall provide natural gas storage service for Customer, on a firm
basis, and Customer shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to MRT natural gas
for such storage during the term hereof, at the rates and on the terms and
conditions hereinafter provided.

      

      
        	
                1)

              	
                TERM*

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 	
                Effective
      Date:

              	Originally
      May 1, 2002, as amended and restated effective April 1,
      2008 
	 	
                Primary
      Term End Date:

              	
                April
      30, 2013

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                *     Pursuant
      to Section 2.7, Rate Schedule FSS, MRT and Customer have agreed to an
      Effective Date and a Primary Term End Date other than the

                      
      beginning of the injection season and the end of
      the withdrawal season, respectively.

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                Evergreen?

              	
                Yes  [
      X
      ]          No  [    ]

              
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                After
      Primary Term End Date, this Agreement shall continue to be in effect
      unless and until terminated by either MRT or Customer by written notice or
      electronically via the Internet as permitted or requested by MRT, to the
      other delivered at least one (1) year prior to the date of intended
      termination.

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                2)

              	
                QUANTITIES

              	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                Maximum
      Stored Quantity
      (MSQ):                                                      23,550,243
      Dth

              
	 
      	
                (Based
      on a heat content of 1,020 Btu per Cubic Foot)

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                Maximum
      Daily Withdrawal Quantity
      (MDWQ):                                        410,231
      Dth

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                3)

              	
                RATE

              	 
      
	 	 	 
	 
      	
                Service
      hereunder shall be provided pursuant to Rate Schedule
      FSS.  Customer shall pay, or cause to be paid, to MRT each month
      for all services provided hereunder the maximum applicable rate and any
      other charges specified in MRT's FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No.
      1, as on file and in effect from time to time, for services rendered
      hereunder, unless otherwise agreed (either in writing or electronically
      via the Internet as required by MRT) by MRT and Customer in an Exhibit A,
      or other format provided for in the Tariff, in effect during the term of
      this Agreement or in a capacity release award.

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                5)

              	
                ADDRESSES

              	 
      
	 	 	 
	 
      	
                For Notices to
      Customer:

              	
                For Bills to
      Customer:

              
	 
      	
                Laclede
      Gas Company

              	
                Laclede
      Gas Company

              
	 
      	
                Attn:  Steven
      F. Mathews

              	
                Attn:
      Gas Accounting

              
	 
      	
                720
      Olive Street

              	
                720
      Olive Street, 13th  Floor

              
	 
      	
                St.
      Louis, MO 63101

              	
                St.
      Louis, MO 63101

              
	 
      	
                Telephone:  (314)
      516-8585

              	
                Telephone:  (314)
      516-8595

              
	 
      	
                Facsimile:    (314)
      421-1979

              	
                Facsimile:    (314)
      241-2278

              
	 
      	
                E-Mail:  smathews@lacledegas.com

              	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                For Notices to
      MRT:

              	
                For Payments to
      MRT:

              
	 
      	
                1600
      S. Brentwood Blvd., Suite 590

              	
                P.O.
      Box 203293

              
	 
      	
                St.
      Louis, MO 63144

              	
                Houston,
      TX 77216-3293

              
	 
      	
                Facsimile:  (314)
      991-7600

              	 
      

      

       

      
        
          
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            Contract
#3147

            AMENDED
AND RESTATED

            STORAGE SERVICE
AGREEMENT

            FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FSS

            BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

            AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

            

          

        

      

      

      

      
        	 
      	 
      	
                For Wire Transfer
      Payment to MRT:

              
	 
      	
                MRT Nominations (other
      than electronic):

              	
                Mississippi
      River Transmission

              
	 
      	
                Client
      Services

              	
                Chase
      Bank of Texas

              
	 
      	
                Facsimile:  (318)
      429-3298

              	
                ABA
      No. 113000609

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Account
      No. 

              
	 
      	
                MRT Pipeline
      Operations:

              	 
      
	 
      	
                System
      Control Department

              	 
      
	 
      	
                1600
      S. Brentwood Blvd., Suite 590

              	 
      
	 
      	
                St.
      Louis, MO 63144

              	 
      
	 
      	
                Telephone:
      (314) 991-9900

              	 
      
	 
      	
                E-Mail:  mrtconsole@centerpointenergy.com

              	 
      

      

      

      
        	 
      	
                IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the last
      date shown below.

              

      

      

      

      
        	
                CENTERPOINT
      ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER

              	
                LACLEDE
      GAS COMPANY

              
	 
      	
                TRANSMISSION
      CORPORATION

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                By:

              	
                /s/
      Robert Trost

              	 
      	
                By:

              	
                /s/
      Kenneth J. Neises

              	 
      
	
                Name

              	
                Robert
      Trost

              	 
      	
                Name:

              	
                Kenneth
      J. Neises

              	 
      
	
                Title

              	
                Division
      Vice President – Marketing MRT

              	 
      	
                Title:

              	
                Executive
      Vice President

              	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Date:

              	
                March
      18, 2008

              	 
      	
                Date:

              	
                March
      18, 2008

              	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      

      

      

      

      

      

      
        
          
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            Contract
#3147

            AMENDED
AND RESTATED

            STORAGE SERVICE
AGREEMENT

            FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FSS

            BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

            AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

            

          

        

      

      GENERAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

      

      
        	
                1)

              	
                Upon
      termination hereof for whatever reason, Customer agrees to stop delivering
      gas to MRT for storage hereunder.  In addition, upon termination
      of this Agreement, Customer agrees that it will thereafter make no further
      demand for service hereunder and MRT agrees that it will make no further
      demand for the continuation of services or any payment related thereto,
      other than payments which are due with respect to any services previously
      provided.  Customer agrees to cooperate with and assist MRT in
      obtaining whatever regulatory approvals and authorizations, if any, as are
      necessary or appropriate in view of such termination and abandonment of
      service hereunder.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                2)

              	
                Termination
      of this Agreement shall not relieve either party of any obligation that
      might otherwise exist to correct any volume imbalance hereunder (including
      withdrawal of stored quantities) nor relieve Customer of its obligation to
      pay any monies due hereunder to MRT.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                3)

              	
                In
      accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 17 of the General
      Terms and Conditions of MRT's FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1
      (General Terms and Conditions), if Customer fails to pay within thirty
      (30) days after payment is due all of the amount of any bill for service
      rendered by MRT hereunder, MRT, upon ten (10) days' written notice to
      Customer, may suspend further injections and/or withdrawals of gas until
      such past due amount is paid, or satisfactory credit arrangements have
      been made in accordance with Section 5 of the General Terms and
      Conditions.  If Customer fails to pay or make satisfactory
      credit arrangements within such ten (10) day notice period, MRT, in
      addition to any other remedy it may have hereunder, may, upon thirty (30)
      days' written notice to Customer, terminate this Agreement and cease
      further injections and/or withdrawals of gas on behalf of
      Customer.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                4)

              	
                Service
      hereunder shall be provided pursuant to Rate Schedule FSS of MRT's FERC
      Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1.  Customer will provide
      Fuel Use and LUFG.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                5)

              	
                This
      Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the applicable rate
      schedule as well as the General Terms and Conditions set forth in MRT's
      Tariff, as on file and in effect from time to time, and such provisions
      are incorporated herein by this reference.  Any curtailment of
      storage service hereunder shall be in accordance with the priorities set
      out in MRT's General Terms and Conditions.  To the extent not
      inconsistent with effective law, MRT shall have the right to determine the
      priority and/or scheduling of the storage service under this Agreement and
      to revise the priority and/or scheduling of this storage service from time
      to time.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                6)

              	
                MRT
      shall have the right at any time and from time to time to file and place
      into effect unilateral changes or modifications in the rates and charges,
      and other terms and conditions of service hereunder, as set forth in the
      applicable rate schedule and in the General Terms and Conditions, in
      accordance with the Natural Gas Act or other applicable
    law.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                7)

              	
                In
      the event that MRT places on file with the Commission another rate
      schedule which may be applicable to service rendered hereunder, then MRT,
      at its option, may, from and after the effective date of such rate
      schedule, utilize such rate schedule in the performance of this
      Agreement.  Such rate schedule or superseding rate schedule(s)
      and any revisions thereof which shall be filed and become effective shall
      apply to and be a part of this Agreement.  MRT shall have the
      right to propose, file and make effective with the Commission, or other
      body having jurisdiction, changes and revisions of any effective rate
      schedule(s) and/or General Terms and Conditions, or to propose, file, and
      make effective superseding rate schedules and/or General Terms and
      Conditions, for the purpose of changing the rates, charges, and other
      provisions thereof effective as to Customer.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                8)

              	
                Except
      as provided in this paragraph, this Agreement shall not be assigned by
      Customer in whole or in part without MRT’s prior written or electronic
      consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
      withheld.  Customers under Rate Schedule FSS may release their
      capacity consistent with the terms and conditions of the applicable rate
      schedule and the General Terms and Conditions of MRT’s
      Tariff.  Additionally, Customer may request that MRT consent to
      Customer’s assignment of this Agreement, in whole, to an entity affiliated
      with Customer.  For firm contracts, MRT will only consent to
      assignment of the contract to a Customer’s affiliate, subject to the
      assignee’s satisfaction of the criteria in Section 5.4(k), GT&C, in
      the situation in which, after Customer obtains the contract, a corporate
      reorganization results in a transfer to an affiliate of the function for
      which the capacity was obtained.  Any entity that succeeds by
      purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to the properties of
      Customer, substantially as an entirety, shall be entitled to the rights
      and shall be subject to the obligations of its predecessors in title under
      this Agreement.  Subject to the above, the respective rights and
      obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall extend to and be
      binding upon their heirs, successors, assigns and legal
      representatives.  In addition to all
      other  rights  and  remedies, MRT may
      terminate the Agreement immediately if it is assigned by Customer without
      MRT’s consent, whether

              

      

      

      
        
          
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            Contract
#3147

            AMENDED
AND RESTATED

            STORAGE SERVICE
AGREEMENT

            FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FSS

            BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

            AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

            

            GENERAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS 

            (Continued)

            

          

        

      

      
        	 
      	
                the
      assignment or contract be voluntary or by operation of law or
      otherwise.  Subject to the above, the respective rights and
      obligations of the parties under the Agreement shall extend to and be
      binding upon their heirs, successors, assigns and legal
      representatives.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                9)

              	
                Any
      notice, statement, or bill provided for in this Agreement shall be in
      writing, or if MRT’s Tariff requires, via electronic means and shall be
      considered as duly delivered when hand-delivered, telecopied, or when
      received by the other party if mailed by United States mail, postage
      prepaid, to the addresses specified herein (unless and until either party
      notifies the other, in writing, of a change in its
    address).

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                10)

              	
                Each
      party shall notify the other in writing of the name, address, telephone
      number and telecopy number and e-mail address of the person or persons who
      shall have authority to act for such party in connection with this
      Agreement, and operating notices shall thereafter be served upon such
      person or persons.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                11)

              	
                This
      Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and no
      waiver, representation or agreement, oral or otherwise, shall affect the
      subject matter hereof unless and until such waiver, representation or
      agreement is reduced to writing (or, if MRT permits or requires, otherwise
      memorialized via electronic means) and executed by authorized
      representatives of the parties.  No waiver by either Customer or
      MRT of any one or more defaults by the other in performance of any of the
      provisions of the Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver of
      any other existing or future default or defaults, whether of a like or of
      a different character.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                12)

              	
                THE
      INTERPRETATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
      WITH THE LAWS OF MISSOURI, EXCLUDING CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT
      WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A DIFFERENT
      JURISDICTION.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                13)

              	
                Exhibit
      A attached hereto is incorporated into the Agreement in its
      entirety.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                14)

              	
                This
      Agreement amends and restates the currently effective Storage Service
      Agreement between the parties.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                15)

              	
                Pursuant
      to Section 5.1(a), Rate Schedule NNT, of MRT’s Tariff, Customer shall have
      the option to reduce its FSS capacity in proportion to Customer’s
      reduction of the MDQ under FTS Contract  3310, Section 18 of the
      General Terms and Conditions, between MRT and
      Customer.  Customer must exercise its option within thirty (30)
      days after service commences to the Bypassing Customer over its direct
      connection with MRT, with the reduction of FSS capacity becoming effective
      reasonably concurrent with the reduction of FTS capacity, taking into
      consideration that any gas that Customer may be required to remove from
      storage as a result of the FSS capacity reduction must be undertaken in a
      reasonable manner and in a reasonable time period.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                16)

              	
                Pursuant
      to Section 15.3, General Terms and Conditions, of MRT’s Tariff, the
      parties agree that Customer has the Right of First Refusal
      (ROFR).  If Customer chooses to exercise its ROFR, it shall do
      so by following the procedures applicable to the exercise of a ROFR
      provided for in the Tariff.

              

      

      

      

      
        
          
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            Contract
#3147

            AMENDED
AND RESTATED

            STORAGE SERVICE
AGREEMENT

            FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FSS

            BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

            AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

          

        

      

      Page
1 of 2

      EXHIBIT
A

       

      Customer
agrees to pay the rates specified on this Exhibit A for performance of certain
gas transportation service under the Agreement specified above.  These
rates are applicable only in accordance with the following:

      

      RATES AND
APPLICABILITY:

      

      
        	
                (a)

              	
                General:  In
      consideration for Customer's continuing compliance with the provisions of
      the Transportation Service Agreement ("Agreement") specified above, the
      transportation rates and charges as defined below for the specified
      services provided under the Agreement only apply to receipts from, and
      subsequent deliveries to, the Points of Receipt and Delivery, quantities
      and/or time periods described herein and to reserved capacity necessary to
      effect such service.  In addition to any rate or amount referred
      to herein (including discounted rates, Negotiated Rates, overrun rates and
      maximum tariff rates), Customer shall pay any applicable charges,
      penalties, surcharges, fees, taxes, settlements and/or direct billed
      amounts provided for in MRT's Tariff.  In any event, the rate in
      any month shall never be below MRT's applicable minimum tariff rate for a
      discount rate transaction.  For a Negotiated Rate transaction,
      the rate in any month shall never be below MRT's applicable minimum tariff
      rate, unless MRT otherwise agrees.  MRT shall not be responsible
      for the payment and satisfaction of any taxes assessed or levied on the
      receipt, transmission (and any activities in connection therewith),
      delivery, use and/or consumption with respect to gas delivered or received
      by Customer, unless MRT agrees
otherwise.

              

      

      

      
        	
                (b)

              	
                Inability to Collect
      Negotiated Rates:    If this Exhibit A covers a
      Negotiated Rate transaction, and MRT is unable to collect Negotiated Rates
      due to a change in Commission policy or rejection of the transaction by
      the Commission prior to or during the term of such transaction, then,
      unless the parties agree otherwise, Customer shall pay the maximum tariff
      rate for the services.  In such event, MRT shall notify Customer
      in writing of the requirement to pay maximum tariff rates and, if the
      maximum tariff rates are greater than the Negotiated Rates under such
      transaction, Customer shall have no more than thirty (30) days from the
      date of such notification to give notice in writing of termination of the
      applicable Agreement, with such termination to be effective no later than
      the end of the month following the month in which such termination notice
      is received.

              
	 	 
	(c)	Description of
      Rate:                        
      Negotiated Rate  [   
      ]                          
      Discounted Rate [ X ]     (Check
      one)                                 
      

      

       

      
        	
                       
      (i) 

              	
                Base
      Rate:  Customer’s rate for service shall be the maximum Base
      Tariff Rate(s) set forth in MRT’s Tariff from time to time; provided,
      however, that during the Term of this Agreement, Customer’s Base Rate(s)
      shall not  exceed the maximum Base Rate Deliverability,
      Capacity, and Injection/Withdrawal Charges  set forth on
      Twenty-Seventh  Revised Sheet No. 8 (effective November 1,
      2007), or if as a result of a rate design change in a Section 4 or 5 rate
      proceeding, the equivalent of the maximum Base Rate Deliverability,
      Capacity, and Injection/Withdrawal Charge(s) set forth on Twenty-Seventh
      Revised Sheet No. 8 when computed at an assumed 100% load factor as
      follows: $0.3121.

              
	 	 
	
                       
      (ii) 

              	
                Surcharges:
      All applicable Rate Schedule FSS surcharges, penalties, charges, fees,
      taxes, settlements, direct billed amounts and Fuel Use and LUFG
      retentions.

              

      

      

      
      

       

      
        	(d)          
        Term
      of Rate:	Begin
      Date(s):	April
      1, 2008
	 	 	 
	
                 
      

              	
                End
      Date(s):

              	
                April
      30, 2013 and continuing thereafter unless and until terminated by either
      MRT or Customer by written notice or electronically via the Internet as
      permitted or required by MRT, to the other delivered at least one (1) year
      prior to the date of the intended
termination.

              

      

      

      
        	
                (e)

              	
                Authorized
      Overrun:  For discounted rate transactions, any
      authorized overrun quantities shall be at the assumed 100% load factor
      derivative of the Base Rate(s) set forth in (c) above, plus all applicable
      Rate Schedule FSS surcharges, penalties, and Fuel Use and LUFG
      retentions.

              

      

      

      

      
        
           

        

        
           

           

        

        
           

          
            

            

            Contract
#3147

            AMENDED
AND RESTATED

            STORAGE SERVICE
AGREEMENT

            FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FSS

            BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

            AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

          

        

      

      

      Page
2 of 2

      EXHIBIT
A

      (continued)

      

      

      
        	
                (f)

              	
                Rate-Related
      Provisions:

              

      

      

      
        	
                 
      

              	
                (i)

              	
                Consideration
      for Rate Granted:  MRT agrees to the rates specified in this
      Exhibit A in exchange for Customer's agreement to forego credits or other
      benefits to which Customer would otherwise be entitled under the
      Agreement, but only to the extent such credits or benefits would result in
      a greater economic benefit over the term of this Exhibit A than that
      represented by the agreed-upon rate.  Accordingly, unless MRT
      otherwise agrees, Customer will not receive credits (with the exception of
      (1) penalty revenue credits provided pursuant to Section 34 of the General
      Terms and Conditions of MRT's Tariff, and (2) capacity release credits)
      from rates, refunds or other revenues collected by MRT or Customer if to
      do so would effectively result in a lower rate or greater economic benefit
      to Customer; provided, however, that (I) for a Customer taking service
      under a discount or recourse rate agreement, the rate in any month shall
      never be above MRT's applicable maximum tariff rate, and (II) MRT and a
      Customer taking service under a Negotiated Rate agreement can agree
      pursuant to Section 14.2 of the General Terms and Conditions of MRT's
      Tariff that MRT will retain some or all of the capacity release credits to
      the extent those credits exceed the amount of the Customer's invoiced
      demand component.  If the parties' agreement to the foregoing is
      determined invalid or if Customer seeks to obtain credits or benefits
      inconsistent therewith, unless MRT otherwise agrees, it will have the
      right to immediately terminate or modify any provisions of this Exhibit A
      that would allow Customer to pay amounts less than the maximum applicable
      tariff rate.

              

      

      

      
        	
                 
      

              	
                (ii)

              	
                Regulatory
      Authority:  This Exhibit A is subject to Section 30 of the
      General Terms and Conditions of MRT's Tariff.  MRT and Customer
      hereby acknowledge that this Exhibit A is subject to all valid and
      applicable federal and local laws and to the orders, rules and regulations
      of any constituted federal or local regulatory body or governmental
      authority having jurisdiction.  Any provision of this Exhibit A
      which is determined by any court or regulatory body having jurisdiction to
      be invalid or unenforceable will be ineffective to the extent of such
      determination only, without invalidating, or otherwise affecting the
      validity of, the remaining provisions.  Except as otherwise
      provided in subsection (b) above, unless the parties agree otherwise, if
      MRT  reasonably determines that a federal or local law, or
      order, rule or regulation of any governmental authority having or
      asserting jurisdiction (1) requires performance by MRT that is
      inconsistent with the terms of this Exhibit A, or (2) conditions or
      prohibits the granting of selective discounts or other rates specified in
      paragraph (d) of this Exhibit A, then MRT and Customer shall promptly take
      all reasonable actions in good faith to enter into alternative
      arrangements that will secure to the maximum extent practicable for each
      party all of the benefits of the transaction set out in this Agreement;
      provided however, that MRT shall not be required to enter into or continue
      arrangements that would result in a greater economic detriment to MRT than
      existed prior to the regulatory event or
change.

              

      

      

      Executed
by a duly authorized representative of each party hereto, in the space provided
below:

      

      

      
        	
                CENTERPOINT
      ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER

              	
                LACLEDE
      GAS COMPANY

              
	 
      	
                TRANSMISSION
      CORPORATION

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                By:

              	
                /s/
      Robert Trost

              	 
      	
                By:

              	
                /s/
      Kenneth J. Neises

              	 
      
	
                Name

              	
                Robert
      Trost

              	 
      	
                Name:

              	
                Kenneth
      J. Neises

              	 
      
	
                Title

              	
                Division
      Vice President – Marketing MRT

              	 
      	
                Title:

              	
                Executive
      Vice President

              	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Date:

              	
                March
      18, 2008

              	 
      	
                Date:

              	
                March
      18, 2008

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