RATE ADJUSTMENTS 1. Taxes applicable to the gas delivered to Buyer hereunder as are in effect on January 1•t immediately preceding the effective date of these terms and conditions shall be added to Xxxxx's bill. The term "tax' as used herein shall mean any tax, license fee, or charge applicable to the gas delivered hereunder, imposed on Seller by any governmental authority on such gas. If the existing rate of any such tax in effect on January 1•t, immediately preceding the effective date of these terms and conditions, be hereafter increased or decreased, or if any tax heretofore In effect or hereafter be imposed or repealed, the resulting increase or decrease in such taxes, computed on a cents per dekalherm basis, shall be reflected, as the case may be, on Buyer's bill.