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    Exhibit
10.6

    Contract
No. 3310

    AMENDED
AND RESTATED

    TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

    FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

    BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

    AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

    

    This
Transportation Service Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”) is
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 transport for Customer, on a firm basis, and Customer shall
furnish, or cause to be furnished, to MRT natural gas for such transportation
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

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              Evergreen:

            	
              Yes     [
      X ]              No
      [    ]    If Yes,
describe:

              After
      the Primary Term End Date, this Agreement shall continue to be in effect
      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
      intended termination.

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              2)

            	
              QUANTITIES:

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              Maximum
      Daily Quantity (MDQ):  664,738 Dth/Day

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              3)

            	
              RECEIPT
      AND DELIVERY POINTS:

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              See
      Exhibit A

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              4)

            	
              RATE:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Service
      hereunder shall be provided pursuant to Rate Schedule
      FTS.  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 (“Tariff”), 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 B, 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, 13 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

            	
              Facsimile:  (318)
      429-3133

            
	 
      	 
      	
              (payment
      detail – Shreveport)

            

    

    

    
      
        
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          Contract
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

          

        

      

    

    

    

    
      	 
      	
              MRT Nominations (other
      than electronic):

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Client
      Services

            	
              For Wire Transfer
      Payment to MRT:

            
	 
      	
              Facsimile:  (318)
      429-3298

            	
              Mississippi
      River Transmission

            
	 
      	 
      	
              Chase
      Bank of Texas

            
	 
      	
              MRT
      Pipeline Operations:

            	
              ABA
      No. 113000609

            
	 
      	
              System
      Control Department

            	
              Account
      No. 

            
	 
      	
              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
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          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 transportation 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, 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 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’ prior written notice
      to Customer, may suspend further receipt and/or delivery 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 receipt and/or delivery of gas on behalf of
    Customer.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4)

            	
              Service
      hereunder shall be provided pursuant to Rate Schedule FTS 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
      FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, as on file and in effect from
      time to time, and such provisions are incorporated herein by this
      reference.  Any curtailment of transportation 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 transportation service under this Agreement and to revise the
      priority and/or scheduling of this transportation 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)

            	
              Customer
      may deliver or cause to be delivered to MRT a maximum receipt point
      quantity at the Receipt Points described herein, and MRT shall redeliver
      thermally
      equivalent  quantities  at  the  Delivery  Points
      described herein which excludes a quantity of gas for Fuel Use and
      LUFG.  A maximum delivery point quantity is also specified for
      each MRT delivery point.  For firm service, the sum of all
      individual maximum receipt point quantities shall not exceed the maximum
      receipt point quantities in the aggregate.  For firm service,
      the sum of all individual maximum delivery point quantities shall not
      exceed the maximum daily quantity set forth in this
    Agreement.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              8)

            	
              For
      firm service, Secondary Receipt and Secondary Delivery Points are
      available to Customer pursuant to the General Terms and Conditions of
      MRT’s FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1.  Customer
      agrees to pay any additional charges applicable to its utilization of a
      Secondary Receipt Point.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              9)

            	
              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.

            

    

    

    
      
        
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          Contract
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

          

          GENERAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

          (continued)

          

        

      

    

    
      	
              10)

            	
              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 Schedules FTS and SCT 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), General Terms
      and Conditions, 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.  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 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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              11)

            	
              Any
      notice, statement, or bill provided for in this Agreement shall be in
      writing (or, if this tariff requires, via electronic means) and shall be
      considered as fully 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).

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              12)

            	
              Each
      party shall notify the other in writing of the name, address, telephone
      number, 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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              13)

            	
              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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              14)

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

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              15)

            	
              Exhibits
      A and B attached hereto are incorporated into this Agreement in their
      entirety.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              16)

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

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              17)

            	
              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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              18)

            	
              Pursuant
      to Section 5.1(a), Rate Schedule NNT, of MRT’s Tariff, if after April 1,
      2008 a firm customer of Customer (“Bypassing Customer”) directly connects
      with MRT and terminates its customer relationship with Customer, Customer
      shall have the right to reduce its MDQ, with corresponding reductions in
      other applicable MRT contract entitlements, upon written notice to
      MRT.  The parties intend that the amount of the reduction is to
      reflect the amount of capacity that Customer had reserved under this
      Agreement to serve on a firm basis those requirements of the Bypassing
      Customer that were being served on Customer’s system on April 1, 2008,
      whether or not those requirements as of April 1, 2008, were those of the
      Bypassing Customer or of a predecessor customer of
      Customer.  The amount of the MDQ reduction may be determined in
      one of two ways.  Customer may provide an affidavit to MRT
      setting out the Bypassing Customer’s contract demand on Customer for the
      contract year in which the bypass is to take place and the average of that
      contract demand and the Bypassing Customer’s contract demands on Customer
      for the two preceding contract years.  If Customer provides such
      an affidavit, the amount of the MDQ reduction shall equal the amount
      designated by Customer up to the greater of (1) the Bypassing Customer’s
      average

            

    

    
      
        
          
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            Contract
No. 3310

            AMENDED
AND RESTATED

            TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

            FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

            BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

            AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

             

            
              GENERAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

              (continued)

            

             

          

        

      

    

    
      	 	 
	 
      	
              contract
      demand amount set out in Customer’s affidavit or (2) the Bypassing
      Customer’s contract demand on Customer for the contract year in which the
      bypass is to take place.  Alternatively, if Customer proposes an
      MDQ reduction greater than the maximum amount described in the preceding
      sentence Customer shall provide MRT with the proposed amount of the MDQ
      reduction and the basis for that amount.  MRT’s agreement to the
      amount of the MDQ reduction proposed by Customer under this alternative
      shall not be withheld unreasonably.  This right to reduce MDQ
      can be exercised up to thirty (30) days after service commences to the
      Bypassing Customer over its direct connection with MRT as follows: the MDQ
      reduction will be effective the latest of (1) the first day of the second
      calendar month (a) after such service commences or (b) after exercise by
      Customer of its right or (2) the first day of the month after the
      termination of the Bypassing Customer’s customer relationship with
      Customer.  Nothing contained in paragraph 18 shall preclude
      Customer from claiming and exercising any additional rights to reduce MDQ
      available to bypassed LDCs under the policies promulgated by the FERC
      (see. e.g., Williams Natural Gas
      Company, 81 FERC ¶61,301 (1997) at 62,412), as modified or amended from
      time to time.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              19)

            	
              Pursuant
      to Section 5.1(b), Rate Schedule NNT, of MRT’s Tariff, if Customer
      unbundles its combined sales and distribution services for its local
      distribution system pursuant to an order of any governing authority having
      jurisdiction (“Unbundling”), Customer and MRT shall cooperate through
      reasonable means in an effort to implement the Unbundling in a manner that
      is fair to both parties.  Among other opportunities for
      cooperation that may arise at the time to effectuate the ordered
      Unbundling in a reasonable manner, Customer and MRT will work together to
      assign to the appropriate entities, using the tariff capacity release
      procedures (or such other mechanisms as may be available at the time),
      capacity held by Customer under this Agreement to serve the customers
      whose services are being unbundled.  Revenues received by MRT
      from replacement shippers attributable to demand or reservation charge
      payments for such released capacity shall be credited to Customer, in
      accordance with the Tariff, to the extent of the demand or reservation
      charge obligation that Customer may have with respect to such capacity.
      With respect to the MRT capacity retained by Customer, if any, after the
      parties have cooperated to implement Unbundling as set out above, Customer
      will continue to have those rights relating to bypass set out in the
      preceding paragraph.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              20)

            	
              In
      response to MRT’s News posting dated February 13, 2008, regarding proposed
      new Receipt Point interconnections to be established on MRT’s system,
      Customer requested a change in its existing Receipt Points as part of its
      agreement to extend this Agreement for five (5) years.  MRT
      agrees to allow this Receipt Point change subject to the following terms
      and conditions.  Effective with the in-service date of new MRT
      Receipt Point interconnections with Chesapeake Energy #1 and Chesapeake
      Energy #2 on MRT’s Transark Line, Customer’s Maximum Quantity at its CEGT
      Vilonia and Ozark Receipt Points shall be reduced by 30,500 Dth/day and
      19,500 Dth/day, respectively, and a Maximum Quantity of 25,000 Dth/day at
      each of the new Chesapeake Energy #1 and Chesapeake Energy #2 Receipt
      Points shall be provided for on Exhibit A.  In the event the
      in-service date of the Chesapeake Energy #1 and Chesapeake Energy #2
      Receipt Points are not contemporaneous, Customer’s Maximum Quantity at
      CEGT Vilonia shall be reduced first by 25,000 Dth/day, and a Maximum
      Quantity of 25,000 Dth/day shall be established at the first of the
      Chesapeake Energy #1 or Chesapeake Energy #2 Receipt Points to be placed
      in-service. On the in-service date of the second Chesapeake Receipt Point,
      Customer’s Maximum Quantity at its Ozark Receipt Point shall be reduced by
      19,500 Dth/day, its CEGT Vilonia Receipt Point Maximum Quantity shall be
      reduced by an additional 5,500 Dth/day, and a Maximum Quantity of 25,000
      Dth/day shall be provided for at such Chesapeake
      point.  Customer agrees to provide MRT written notice six (6)
      months after the effective date of this Agreement, and every six (6)
      months thereafter, of its continuing interest in reserving capacity at the
      Chesapeake Receipt Points.  This provision is subject to the
      establishment and placement in-service of the Chesapeake Receipt Points
      described above, and to Customer’s prompt execution of superseding
      Exhibit(s) A to this Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      
        
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          Contract
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

     

    
      
        	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
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                EXHIBIT
      A

              	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Primary
      Path(s):

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                From

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	
                To

              	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                #90571
      Delhi @ Harrison

              	 
      	
                #91030
      MOGAS Pipeline

              	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                #12817
      Trunkline Gas Company

              	 
      	
                #805607  Storage

              	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Rate
      Zone Capacity:

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                FLD

              	
                472,240

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                MKT

              	
                664,738
      

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Line
      Capacities:

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                M

              	
                472,240

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                W

              	
                75,968
      

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                On
      any given day the Customer is entitled to the greater of

              	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                75,968
      or 74.47% of available West Line capacity.

              	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                E

              	
                192,498
      

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Line
      Priority:

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                FLD/M

              	
                396,272

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                MKT/M

              	
                472,240

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                FLD/W

              	
                75,968

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                MKT/E

              	
                192,498

              	
                 
      Dth/Day

              	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                Transportation
      Zones:

              	
                FLD:  Field
      Zone                                           MKT:  Market
      Zone

              	 
      	 
      
	
                Service
      Lines:

              	
                E:  East
      Line   M:  Main
      Line   W:  West
      Line   O:  Off  System

              	 
      	 
      

      

    
      	
              RECEIPT
      AND DELIVERY POINTS

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Receipt
      Points

            	
              Maximum Quantity
      (Dth/Day)*

            	
              Delivery
      Points

            	
              Maximum Quantity
      (Dth/Day)*

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Delhi
      @ Harrison

            	
              35,000

            	
              Laclede
      Gas Aggregate

            	
              641,327

            
	
              Meter
      # 90571

            	 
      	
              Meter
      #805526

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Carthage

            	
              20,987

            	
              Missouri
      Interstate Gas

            	
              23,411

            
	
              Meter
      #808526

            	 
      	
              Meter
      #91030

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Waskom

            	
              18,540

            	
              Storage

            	
              664,738

            
	
              Meter
      #808527

            	 
      	
              Meter
      #805607

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Sligo

            	
              1,441

            	 
      	 
      
	
              Meter
      #90386

            	 
      	 
      	 
      

    

    

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          

          

          Contract
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    

    

    Page
2 of 2

    

    EXHIBIT
A

    (continued)

    

    
      	
              Gulf
      South Perryville

            	
              135,000

            
	
              Meter
      #90496

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Antioch
      Gas to MRT Transark

            	
              18,500

            
	
              Meter
      #91120

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Ozark

            	
              21,800

            
	
              Meter
      #90523

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              CEGT
      Glendale

            	
              183,972

            
	
              Meter
      #805547

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              CEGT
      Vilonia to MRT Transark

            	
              37,000

            
	
              Meter
      #805614

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Trunkline
      Gas Company

            	
              120,928

            
	
              Meter
      #12817

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              NGPL
      @ Shattuc/Clinton

            	
              71,570

            
	
              Meter
      # 805588

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	
              Storage

            	
              664,738

            
	
              Meter
      #805607

            	 
      

    

    

    *  On
any day MRT shall not be obligated to receive or deliver a cumulative quantity
in excess of the MDQ set forth in this Agreement.

    

    

    
      	
              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

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          

          

          Contract
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    Page
1 of 2

    EXHIBIT
B

    

    Customer
agrees to pay the rates specified on this Exhibit B 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 B 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)

            	
              Points:  The
      Receipt Point(s) and the Delivery Point(s) eligible for the rates
      specified herein shall be as set forth in Exhibit A.

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

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (i)

            	
              Base
      Rate:  Customer’s rate for service shall be the maximum Base
      Rate(s) for Rate Schedule FTS, as set forth in MRT’s Tariff from time to
      time; provided, however, that during the term of this Agreement, the Base
      Rate(s) paid by Customer shall not exceed the maximum Base Rate
      Reservation and Usage Charges set forth on Sixty-Second Revised Sheet No.
      5 (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 Reservation and Usage Charge(s) set forth on Sixty-Second Revised
      Sheet No. 5 when computed at an assumed 100% Load Factor, as
      follows:

            

    

                                                                            

    
      
        	 Field to Market Zone
      Transportation: 	 $0.1432 per
      Dth
	 Field Zone Only
      Transportation:   	 $0.0736 per
      Dth
	 Market Zone Only
      Transportation:	 $0.0696 per
      Dth

      

                                                                                                               

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (ii)

            	
              Surcharges:
      All applicable Rate Schedule FTS surcharges, penalties, charges, fees,
      taxes, settlements, direct billed amounts, and Fuel Use and LUFG
      retentions provided in MRT’s
Tariff.

            

    

                                 

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

            	
              End
      Date(s):

            	
              Primary
      Term End Date 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.

            

    

    

    
      	
              (f)

            	
              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 (d) above, plus all applicable
      Rate Schedule FTS surcharges, penalties, and Fuel Use and LUFG
      retentions.

            

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          

          

          Contract
No. 3310

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    

    Page
2 of 2

    EXHIBIT
B

    (continued)

    

    
      	
               (g)

            	
              Rate-Related
      Provisions:

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (i)

            	
              Consideration
      for Rate Granted:  MRT agrees to the rates specified in this
      Exhibit B 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 B 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 B
      that would allow Customer to pay amounts less than the maximum applicable
      tariff rate.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (ii)

            	
              Regulatory
      Authority:  This Exhibit B is subject to Section 30 of the
      General Terms and Conditions of MRT's Tariff.  MRT and Customer
      hereby acknowledge that this Exhibit B 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 B
      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 B, or (2) conditions or
      prohibits the granting of selective discounts or other rates specified in
      paragraph (d) of this Exhibit B, 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, 2008ex10-7.htm

    Exhibit
10.7

    Contract  #3311

    AMENDED
AND RESTATED

    TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

    FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

    BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

    AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

    

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

    

    In
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree
that MRT shall transport for Customer, on a firm basis, and Customer shall
furnish, or cause to be furnished, to MRT natural gas for such transportation
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

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              Evergreen?

            	
              Yes  [
      X
      ]          No  [    ]  
      

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	After
      the Primary Term End Date, this Agreement shall continue to be in effect
      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
      intended termination.   
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              2)

            	
              QUANTITIES

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              Maximum
      Daily Quantity (MDQ):  150,000 Dth/Day

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              3)

            	
              RECEIPT
      AND DELIVERY POINTS

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              See
      Exhibit A

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              4)

            	
              RATE

            	 
      
	 	 	 
	 
      	
              Service
      hereunder shall be provided pursuant to Rate Schedule
      FTS.  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 (“Tariff”), 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 B, 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

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      

    

    

    
      
        
          Page 1 of 4 

        

         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          Contract
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          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
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          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 transportation 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, 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 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' prior written notice
      to Customer, may suspend further receipt and/or delivery 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 receipt and/or delivery of gas on behalf of
    Customer.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              4)

            	
              Service
      hereunder shall be provided pursuant to Rate Schedule FTS 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
      FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, as on file and in effect from
      time to time, and such provisions are incorporated herein by this
      reference.  Any curtailment of transportation 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 transportation service under this Agreement and to revise the
      priority and/or scheduling of this transportation 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)

            	
              Customer
      may deliver or cause to be delivered to MRT a maximum receipt point
      quantity at the Receipt Points described herein, and MRT shall redeliver
      thermally equivalent quantities at the Delivery Points described herein
      which excludes a quantity of gas for Fuel Use and LUFG.  A
      maximum delivery point quantity is also specified for each MRT delivery
      point.  For firm service, the sum of all individual maximum
      receipt point quantities shall not exceed the maximum receipt point
      quantities in the aggregate.  For firm service, the sum of all
      individual maximum delivery point quantities shall not exceed the maximum
      daily quantity set forth in this Agreement.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              8)

            	
              For
      firm service, Secondary Receipt and Secondary Delivery Points are
      available to Customer pursuant to the General Terms and Conditions of
      MRT's FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1.  Customer
      agrees to pay any additional charges applicable to its utilization of a
      Secondary Receipt Point.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              9)

            	
              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.

            

    

    

    
      
         
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          Contract
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

          

          GENERAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS 

          (continued)

          

        

      

    

    
      	
              10)

            	
              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 Schedules FTS and SCT 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.  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 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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              11)

            	
              Any
      notice, statement, or bill provided for in this Agreement shall be in
      writing (or, if this Tariff requires, via electronic means) and shall be
      considered as fully 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).

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              12)

            	
              Each
      party shall notify the other in writing of the name, address, telephone
      number,  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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              13)

            	
              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.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              14)

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

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              15)

            	
              Exhibit(s)
      A and B attached hereto are incorporated into this Agreement in their
      entirety.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              16)

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

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              17)

            	
              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
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    

    
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Page
      1 of 1

            
	
              EXHIBIT
      A

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Primary
      Path(s)

            	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              From

            	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              To

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              #805547
      CEGT-Glendale

            	 
      	
              #805596
      CEGT-Perryville

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              #805607
      MRT Storage

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              #805602
      CEGT-Olyphant

            	 
      	
              #805596
      CEGT-Perryville

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              #805607
      MRT Storage

            	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Line
      Capacity

            	
              150,000
      Dth/Day Main Line Field Zone

            	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Line
      Priority

            	
              150,000
      Dth/Day Field Zone Main Line

            	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Rate
      Zone Capacity

            	 
      	
              150,000
      Dth/Day Field Zone

            	 
      	 
      	 
      

    

    

    
      	
              RECEIPT
      AND DELIVERY POINTS

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
              Receipt
      Point

            	 
      	
              Maximum Quantity
      *

            	
              Delivery
      Point(s)

            	 
      	
              Maximum Quantity
      *

            
	
              805547

            	 
      	
              100,000
      Dth/Day

            	
              *STG

            	 
      	
              150,000
      Dth/Day

            
	
               

              CenterPoint
      Energy Gas Transmission

              Company
      (“CEGT”)/Glendale Interconnect;

              SW/4,
      Section 5, T9N, R8W;

              Meter
      #80547

               

            	
               

              MRT
      Storage

            
	
              MRT’s
      storage facilities primarily located in Lincoln Parish, LA;

              Meter
      #805607

            
	
              805602

            	
              50,000
      Dth/Day

            	
              805596

            	 
      	
              150,000
      Dth/Day

            
	
               

              CEGT/Olyphant
      Interconnect;

              Section
      7, T10N, R3W;

              Meter
      #805602

            	
               

              CEGT/Perryville
      Interconnect

              (Located
      on MRT Main Line system);

              NE/4,
      Section 24, T20N, R4W

              Meter
      #805596

            

    

    

    *
On any day MRT shall not be obligated to receive or deliver a cumulative
quantity in excess of the MDQ set forth in this Agreement.

    

    

    
      	
              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

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      

    

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          

          

          Contract
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    

    Page
1 of 3

    EXHIBIT
B

    

    Customer
agrees to pay the rates specified on this Exhibit B 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 B 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)

            	
              Points:  The
      Receipt Point(s) and the Delivery Point(s) eligible for the rates
      specified herein shall be as set forth in Exhibit A and (d)(iv)
      below.

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

    

     

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (i)

            	
              Reservation
      Charge:

            	
              $0.8390/Dth

            
	 	 	 	 
	 	
              (ii)

            	
              Usage
      Charge:

            	
              $0.0015/Dth

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (iii)

            	
              Any
      applicable Rate Schedule FTS surcharges, penalties, charges, fees, taxes,
      settlements, direct billed amounts, and Fuel Use and LUFG retentions
      provided for in MRT’s Tariff.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (iv)

            	
              In
      addition to the points specified above, the discounted rates set forth
      herein shall apply to deliveries to MRT’s interconnect with Gulf South at
      Perryville on a secondary basis.  Deliveries to Gulf South are
      operationally feasible only when MRT is receiving sufficient quantities of
      gas into its system from Gulf South to make deliveries for Customer by
      displacement.  The discounted rates shall also apply to receipts
      from the Secondary Receipt Points described below in this Section (d)(iv),
      provided that such receipts are subsequently delivered to the TETCO-White
      County Secondary Delivery Point (no more than 30,000 Dth/Day) and/or the
      MRT Storage Delivery Point described on Exhibit A, and further provided
      that the quantities received from each Secondary Receipt Point described
      below in this Section (d)(iv) do not exceed 50,000 Dth/Day from each such
      point.  Any other services under this FTS Agreement shall be at
      MRT’s maximum applicable FTS tariff
rate.

            

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          

          

          Contract
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Page
      2 of 3

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
               EXHIBIT
      B

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (continued)

            

    

     

                Secondary Receipt Point(s):

                

                NGPP

    Natural
Gas Pipeline

    Randolph
County

    Meter
#90498

     

                OZRK

    Ozark
Gas Transmission

    Meter
#90523

                

                AGLE

    CEGT-Glendale

    Meter
#805547

     

                Secondary Delivery
Point(s):

     

                TEWC

    Texas
Eastern-White County

    Meter
#13316

     

                PRVL

    Gulf
South-Perryville

    Meter
#90496

    
 

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

            	
              End
      Date(s):

            	
              Primary
      Term 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.

            

    

    
      	 	 
	(f)	Authorized
      Overrun:           
      For
      discounted rate transactions, any authorized overrun quantities shall be
      at the following
    rate:  $0.0292/Dth.
	 	 
	
              (g)

            	
              Rate-Related
      Provisions:

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (i)

            	
              Consideration
      for Rate Granted:  MRT agrees to the rates specified in this
      Exhibit B 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 B 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 B
      that would allow Customer to pay amounts less than the maximum applicable
      tariff rate.

            

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

         

      

      
         

        
          

          

          Contract
#3311

          AMENDED
AND RESTATED

          TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE AGREEMENT

          FOR
RATE SCHEDULE FTS

          BETWEEN
CENTERPOINT ENERGY - MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

          AND
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

        

      

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Page
      3 of 3

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              EXHIBIT
      B

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (continued)

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              (ii)

            	
              Regulatory
      Authority:  This Exhibit B is subject to Section 30 of the
      General Terms and Conditions of MRT's Tariff.  MRT and Customer
      hereby acknowledge that this Exhibit B 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 B
      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 B, or (2) conditions or
      prohibits the granting of selective discounts or other rates specified in
      paragraph (d) of this Exhibit B, 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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