Document:

Service Agreement, dated November 1, 2004

 Exhibit 10j.(17) 
 SERVICE AGREEMENT APPLICABLE TO FIRM 
 TRANSPORTATION SERVICE 
 UNDER RATE SCHEDULE FS-I 
 THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this 1st day of November, 2004, by and between: 
 TransCanada PipeLines Limited, a body corporate, having an office and carrying on business in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, (herein
after referred to as “Company”), 
 -and- 
 Northwest Natural Gas Company, a body corporate, having an office and carrying on business in the City of Portland, in the State of Oregon, (herein after referred to as “Shipper”) 
 WHEREAS, Company’s Facilities extend from a point of interconnection with the pipeline facilities of NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd, (NGTL) at the Alberta-British
Columbia border, near the NGTL Coleman delivery point, through southeast British Columbia to a point of interconnection with the pipeline facilities of PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation (PG&E GTNW) at the international border near
Kingsgate, British Columbia; and 
 WHEREAS, Shipper desires Company, on a firm basis, to transport certain quantities of natural gas through Company’s
Facilities from Alberta/British Columbia border near Coleman, Alberta to British Columbia/U.S. international border near Kingsgate, B.C; and 
 WHEREAS,
Company is willing to transport certain quantities of natural gas for Shipper, on a firm basis; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 
 1 This agreement is subject to all valid legislation with respect to the subject matters hereof, either provincial or federal, and to all valid present and future decisions, orders, rules, and regulations of all duly
constituted governmental authorities having jurisdiction 
 2 Shipper acknowledges receipt of a current copy of Company’s Gas Transportation Service
Documents (GTSD) and Company agrees to provide Shipper with any amendments thereto 
 1 The terms used herein shall have the same meanings as are ascribed to
corresponding terms in the General Terms and Conditions contained in the GTSD (General Terms and Conditions). 
 2 Shipper hereby requests, and Company
agrees to provide Service pursuant to Service Schedule F5-1 in accordance with the attached Schedule A which is incorporated into and forms part of this Agreement, such Service to commence on the Service Availability Date and to terminate, subject
to the provisions hereof, on the Service Termination Date. 
 3 Shipper agrees to make gas available for Shipper’s share of Company Use Gas, or pay for
such gas, pursuant to Section 8.5 of the General Terms and Conditions 
 4 Company undertakes to redeliver to Shipper, and Shipper agrees to accept, at
the Delivery Point, a quantity of gas equivalent in heat content to the quantity received by Company from Shipper, expressed in Gigajoules (G/s), at the Receipt Point, after deducting a quantity of gas, if any, provided by Shipper for Company
Use Gas. 
 5 Shipper agrees to make gas available for Shipper’s share of Company Use Gas, or pay for such gas, pursuant to Section 8.5 of the
General Terms and Conditions. 
 6 Company undertakes to redeliver to Shipper, and Shipper agrees to accept, at the Delivery Point, a quantity of gas
equivalent in heat content to the quantity received by Company from Shipper, expressed in Gigajoules (GJs), at the Receipt Point, after deducting a quantity of gas, if any, provided by Shipper for Company Use Gas. 
 7 In providing service to its existing or new Shippers, Company will use the priority of service specified in Section 8.11 of Company’s General Terms and
Conditions 
 8 Prior to the Service Availability Date, Shipper shall provide Company with all information identified in Company’s Request for
Transportation Form 
 9 Shipper agrees to pay, during the period commencing from the Service Availability Date, and in accordance with Schedule FS-I, the
General Terms and Conditions, the Statement of 

 Effective Rates and Charges and Schedule “A” attached hereto (all as may be amended from time
to time), the rates, tolls and charges fixed by Company firm time to time, in respect of each month, and portion thereof that this Firm Service Agreement and any renewal thereof is in effect 
 In the event that the Service Availability Date occurs on any day other than the first day of a month, then the demand charge payable for such month under
Sub-section 4 31 of Service Schedule FS-I shall be the product resulting from multiplying the demand charge otherwise payable for such month by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days in such month subsequent to and including
the Service Availability Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such month 
 10. Shipper covenants that it will make timely
arrangements for upstream and downstream transportation, gas supply and markets and all necessary governmental authorizations and that it will advise the up stream and downstream transporters of the receipt and delivery points under this Agreement.

 Shipper acknowledges and agrees with Company that Company is relying upon the covenant contained in this clause and agrees that if any
such arrangements or authorizations ale not in place prior to the Service Availability Date, such will not affect the Shipper’s obligation to pay any demand charge, surcharge, or any other amount payable to Company. 
 11. If Shipper elects to exercise its option to terminate this Firm Service Agreement as provided for in Section 49 of Service Schedule FS-I, it shall execute and
serve upon Company a termination notice not less than 12 months prior to the Service Termination Date as such date may be extended from time to time. 
 12.
Shipper agrees not to make demand or bring action against Company for Company’s refusal to transport gas hereunder in the event that any upstream or downstream transporter fails to receive or deliver gas as contemplated by this agreement
provided that such failure was not directly caused by the negligence of Company. 

 13. Subject to Section 8.9 of the General Terms and Conditions of this GTSD, any notice or any request, demand,
statement, bid or bill (for the purpose of this paragraph, collectively referred to as “Notice”) provided for by the Service Schedules, the Service Agreements and the General Terms and Conditions, or any notice which either Shipper or
Company may wish to give to the other, shall be in writing and shall be directed as follows: 
 Shipper: Northwest Natural Gas Company

 220 N.W. Second Avenue 
 Portland, Oregon 97209 
 Attention: Mr. Randolph S Friedman 
 Manager, Gas Supply 
 E-mail Address:
rsf@nwnatural.com 
 Company: TransCanada PipeLines Limited 
 450-1” Street S W. 
 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 5Hl 
 Attention: Leader, Customer Services 
 Subject
to Section 89 of the General Terms and Conditions of this GTSD, any notice may be given by telecopier or other telecommunication and any such Notice shall be deemed to be given four (4) hours after transmission Notice may also be given by
personal delivery 01 by courier and any such Notice shall be deemed to be given at the time of delivery. Any Notice may also be given by prepaid mail and any such Notice shall be deemed to be given four (4) Business Days after mailing In the
event regular mail service, courier service, telecopier or other telecommunication shall be interrupted by a cause beyond the control of the parties hereto, then the party sending the Notice shall utilize any service that has not been so interrupted
to deliver such Notice Each party shall provide Notice to the other of any changes of address for the purposes hereof Any Notice may also be given by telephone followed immediately by personal delivery, courier, prepaid mail, telecopier, or other
telecommunication, and any such Notice so given shall be deemed to be given as of the date and time of the telephone Notice 

 14. The terms and conditions of Service Schedule FS-I and the General Terms and Conditions are, by this reference,
incorporated into and made part of this Service Agreement. 
 15. A waiver by either party of one or more defaults by the other hereunder shall not operate
as a waiver o any future default or defaults, whether of a like or different character 
 16. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing
executed by both parties hereto 
 17. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any rights or obligations between the penalties hereto after the
expiration of the term hereof, as same may be extended from time to time, except that termination of this Agreement shall not relieve either’ party of the obligation to correct any gas quantity imbalances or of the obligation to pay any amounts
due hereunder 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties here to have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written above. 
  

					
	Northwest Natural Gas Company	 		 	TransCanada PipeLines Limited
			
	  
	 		 	  

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 SCHEDULE A to the Firm Service 
 Agreement Dated November 1, 
 2004 Between 
 TransCanada PipeLines Limited 
 AND 

Northwest Natural Gas Company (Shipper) 
  

			
	Receipt Point	  	Alberta/British Columbia Border near Coleman, Alberta Minimum Pressure Available 4200 kPa
		
	Delivery Point:	  	British Columbial/U.S. international border near Kingsgate, B C Maximum Pressure Available 5500 kPa

  

									
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	  	Shipper’s Haul Distance	  		  		  	170 7 Km
					
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	  	Shipper’s Compression Utilization	  		  		  	170 7 Km
					
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	  	Maximum Day Delivery Quantity (MDDQ)	  		  		  	(Winter ) 50,840 GJ/d
		  		  		  		  	(Summer) 50,840 GJ/d
					
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	  	Service Availability Date	  		  		  	November 1, 2004
					
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	  	Service Termination Date	  		  		  	October 31, 2016
					
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	  	Surcharge Amount	  		  		  	
		  		  	For Special Facilities	  	          
	  	Dollars/Month
		  		  	For Other Total	  	          
	  	Dollars/Month
		  		  	Surcharge	  	          
	  	Dollars/Month
					
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	  	Schedule A Effective Date	  		  		  	November 1, 2004

  

					
	Northwest Natural Gas Company	 		 	TransCanada PipeLines Limited
			
	  
	 		 	  

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	(signature)	 		 	(signature)Service Agreement, dated October 24, 2008

 Exhibit 10j.(18) 
  

			
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 SERVICE AGREEMENT FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE FOR 
 TRANSPORTATION OF GAS 
 This AGREEMENT made October 24,
2008 
  

					
	BETWEEN:	  		  	
			
		  	FOOTHLLS PIPE LINES LID, a body corporate having an office and carrying On business in the City of Calgary in the Province of Alberta (herein referred to as “Company”)	  	
		
		  	OF THE FIRST PART
			
		  	NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a body corporate, having an office and carrying on business in the City of Portland, in the State of Oregon, (herein referred to as
“Shipper”)	  	
		
		  	OF THE SECOND PART

			
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 SERVICE AGREEMENT 
 FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE 
 WHEREAS, Shipper wishes to obtain service relating to the transportation of gas through
Company’s transportation system; and 
 WHEREAS, Company is willing to provide such service; 
 In consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties do covenant and agree as follows: 

			
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 SERVICE AGREEMENT 
 FIRM TRANSPORTATION SERVICE 
 ARTICLE 1 
 Scope of Agreement 
 1.1 Company agrees to receive from Shipper at each Receipt Point here inspecified,
the quantity of gas up to the Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity. and to transport and deliver to Shipper at each Delivery Point herein specified in the quantity from time to time nominated by Shipper up to the Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity, and
Shipper agrees to accept such gas deliveries from Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Service Agreement, Firm Transportation Service. 
 1.2
If Shipper desires to tender to Company on any day a quantity of gas in excess of Shipper’s Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity for such Shipper’s Delivery Point for such day, it shall notify Company of such desire, If Company, in its sale
judgment, determines that it has the necessary capacity available to receive and transport all or any part of such excess quantity and make deliveries in respect thereof, and that the performance of Company’s obligations to other Shippers under
their Service Agreements will not be adversely affected thereby, Company may elect to deliver to Shipper said excess quantity or part thereof, and so notify Shipper. 
 ARTICLE 2 
 Rate Schedule and Rates 
 2.1 This Service Agreement, Firm Transportation Service is subject to the provisions of Rate Schedule FT, Firm Transportation Service and Rate Schedule OT, Overrun Transportation Service and the General Terms and
Conditions of this Gas Transportation Tariff, as they may be amended or superseded from time to time, which Rate Schedules and General Terms and Conditions of this Gas Transportation Tariff are by this reference incorporated here in and made a part
hereof. 
 2.2 Shipper shall pay Company for all gas transportation services during the term of this Service Agreement, Firm Transportation Service in
accordance with such Rate Schedules as are filed with the National Energy Board as the same may hereafter be amended or superseded pursuant to the National Energy Board Act 

			
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 ARTICLE 3 
 Term of Agreement 
 3.1 The term of this Service Agreement shall be as set forth in Appendix A, which shall be for a minimum
term of one year. 
 3.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3.1, if at anytime during the term hereof Foothills PipeLines Ltd. Gas Transportation
Tariff with Shippers transporting U.S. Gas from the Prudhoe Bay area of Alaska through all or any part of the Phase I facilities takes effect, Shipper and Company agree to forthwith execute a Gas Transportation Tariff identical in form and substance
to the aforementioned Gas Transportation Tariff which shall be identical in form and substance to that attached as Appendix B hereto. Upon execution of such new Gas Transportation Tariff this Gas Transportation Tariff shall terminate. 
 ARTICLE 4 
 Receipt and Delivery Points and
Pressures 
 4.1 All receipts of gas from Shipper shall be at the Receipt Point of such gas, as identified in Appendix A attached to this Service Agreement,
Firm Transportation Service, as the same may be in effect from time to time. 
 4.2 Should measuring equipment not be provided at either the Receipt Point or
the Delivery Point, Shipper shall be responsible for measuring the gas volume and quality as specified in the General Terms and Conditions of this Gas Transportation Tariff subject to approval by Company. 
 4.3 The Delivery Points for, gas to be transported hereunder shall be the points set forth in Appendix A attached to this Service Agreement, Finn Transportation Service
as the same may be in effect from time to time 
 4.4 The delivery pressure of the gas tendered by Shipper to Company for transportation shall be at a
pressure sufficient to enter Company’s system at the Receipt Point, up to that specified for such Receipt Point in Appendix A attached to this Service Agreement, Firm Transportation Service 
 4.5 The delivery pressure of the gas delivered by Company to Shipper shall be at the pressure available from Company’s system at the Delivery Point as specified for
such Delivery Point in Appendix A attached to this Service Agreement, Firm Transportation Service 

			
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 ARTICLE 5 
 Title and Custody 
 5.1 Although Company docs not acquire title of the gas transported under this Service Agreement, Firm
Transportation Service gas received by Company from Shipper hereunder shall be deemed to be in the custody and under the control of Company from the time such gas is accepted for transportation at the Receipt Points until it is delivered to Shipper
at the Delivery Points. 
 ARTICLE 6 
 Address of Parties 
 61 Any notice or any request, demand, statement, bid or bill (for the purpose of this subsection, collectively referred to as
“Notice”) provided for by the Rate Schedules, the Service Agreements and the General Terms and Conditions, or any other Notice which either Shipper 01 Company may wish to give to the other, shall be in writing and shall be directed as
follows: 
  

					
		 	Shipper:	    	 Northwest Natural Gas Company
 220 N.W.. Second Avenue

 Portland, Oregon 97209

			
		 	Attention:	    	ML Randolph S. Friedman
		 	Fax:	    	503.220 2421
		 	E-mail:	    	rsf@nwnaturaLcom
			
		 	Company:	    	Foothills Pipe Lines ltd
		 		    	 450 First Street S.W.
 Calgary, AB
 T2P 5H1

			
		 	Attention:	    	Manager, Western Markets and Interconnects
		 	Fax:	    	403.9202341
		 	E-mail:	    	dan_ronskj’@transcanada.com

 6.2 Any Notice may be given by telecopier or other telecommunication and any such Notice shall be deemed to be
given four (4) hours after transmission, Notice may also be given by personal delivery or by courier and any such Notice shall be deemed to be given at the time of delivery any Notice may also be given by prepaid mail and any such Notice shall
be deemed to 

			
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 be given four (4) Banking Days after mailing, In the event regular mail service, courier service, telecopier
or other telecommunication shall be interrupted by a cause beyond the control of the parties hereto. then the party sending the Notice shall utilize any service that has not been so interrupted to deliver such Notice, Each party shall provide Notice
to the other of any changes of address for the purposes hereof: Any Notice may also 00 given by telephone followed immediately by personal delivery, courier, prepaid mail, telecopier, or other telecommunication, and any such Notice so given shall be
deemed to be given as of the date and time of the telephone Notice. 
 ARTICLE 7 
 Miscellaneous Provisions 
 7.1 The Tariff shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Province of Alberta and the applicable laws of Canada, and Company and Customers irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta for the interpretation and enforcement of the Tariff 

			
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 ARTICLE 8 
 Agreements Being Superseded 
 8.1 This agreement supersedes as of November 1, 2008 the following agreements between
parties hereto for the transportation of gas by Company for Shipper: 
 NWNO·F1 dated June 12,1991 
 NWNG-F2 dated November 9, 1994 
 NWNG-F3
dated November 21, 2000 
 ARTICLE 9 
 Amendment of Appendix A 
 9.1 Shipper and Company may at any time and from time to time amend Appendix A to Shipper’s Service Agreement, Finn
Transportation Service by executing a new Appendix A to Shipper’s Service Agreement, Firm Transportation Service which shall be given effect as of the effective date and shall thereupon be deemed to be incorporated in Shipper’s Service
Agreement, Firm Transportation Service. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have hereunto executed these presents all as of the day. month and year
first above written 
  

			
	 FOOTHILLS PIPE LINES LTD

		
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	 Per:
	 	  

  

			
	NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY
		
	Per:	 	  

	Per:	 	  

			
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 APPENDIX A to the Service Agreement., Firm 
 Transportation Service Dated October 24, 2008 Between 
 Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.

 AND 
 Northwest Natural Gas
Company (Shipper) 
 NWNG-F5 
  

					
	 1.
	  	Receipt Point:	  	Alberta/British Columbia Border near Coleman, Alberta
			
	 2.
	  	Delivery Point:	  	British Columbia/US international border near Kingsgate, B.C
			
	 3.
	  	Shipper’s Haul Distance	  	1707 Km
			
	 4.
	  	Applicable Company Zone	  	Zone8
			
	 5.
	  	Maximum Day Delivery Quantity (MDDQ)	  	 (Winter) 114,845 GJ/d
 (Summer) 96,993
GT/d

			
	 6.
	  	Service Commencement Date	  	November 1, 2008
			
	 7.
	  	Service Termination Date	  	October 31, 2010
			
	 8.
	  	Surcharge Amount:	  	N/A
			
	 9.
	  	Appendix A Effective Date	  	November 1, 2008

  

					
	Northwest Natural Gas Company	 		  	Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.
			
	  
	 		  	  

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	 APPENDIX B
	 	

 FOOTHILLS PIPE LINES LTD 
 PRO FORMA 
 GAS TRANSPORTATION TARIFF 

			
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 FOOTHILLS PIPE LINES LTD. 
 PROFORMA GAS 
 TRANSPORTATION TARIFF 
 The aforementioned Pro Forma Tariff will be applicable to the transportation of Alaska, Alberta, and Northern Canada source gas through the completed Foothills Pipe
Lines Ltd. system in Canada. This Gas Transportation Tariff is provided under separate cover.

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