Transwestern declared force majeure at its Gallup (NM)Compressor Station Tuesday after a unit went down during the nightdue to an electrical problem. San Juan Lateral capacity was reducedto 760,000 MMBtu/d. The pipeline replaced the electrical part andwill have the unit back in service for today’s gas day.

Anticipating linepack levels well below its target limits laterthis week, Pacific Gas & Electric issued a customer-specificOFO effective today until further notice.

NOVA changed its daily imbalance tolerance range to 0/-20%Tuesday morning.

Texas Eastern is considering adding incremental firm capacity toits offshore segments within the access areas of its East Louisianaand West Louisiana pools. It launched an open season Tuesday thatwill run through Nov. 30 to accept non-binding nominations for suchcapacity, which would allow access to new Outer Continental Shelfand deepwater reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. For more information,call Gary Welsch at (713) 627-5803 or e-mail him atGJWelsch@duke-energy.com.

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