Depresses

The siege of cold weather due this week had traders back in a stocking-up mood Friday as generally flat pricing reigned throughout the East despite the load decline that typically accompanies a weekend. However, a high-linepack OFO issued for Saturday by Southern California Gas, which was experiencing date-specific record warmth in its service area, had reverberations in the rest of the West, sending most regional numbers lower between about 3 cents and a dime.