The lights didn’t go out in Georgia or anywhere else in NorthAmerica during an industry-wide testing of electric utility systemsfor potential computer glitches that could mar the transition tothe new millennium, according to officials with the North AmericanElectric Reliability Council (NERC).
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Transportation Notes
After warning shippers Wednesday that one was possible, FloridaGas Transmission issued an Overage Alert Day notice for Thursday’sgas day due to high market-area demand. The notice has a 6%tolerance for daily negative imbalances and covers the system eastof Station 12 (Santa Rosa County in the Florida Panhandle). Thepipeline will re-evaluate conditions this morning before decidingwhether to extend the notice.
Transportation Notes
After a string of high-inventory OFOs this summer, usually onweekends but occasionally on a weekday, Pacific Gas & Electriccame up with a new wrinkle Tuesday: a low-inventory OFO takingeffect today with a 3% tolerance for negative daily imbalances. Theutility projected that its linepack would remain below targetlevels through Friday.
Transportation Notes
Pacific Gas & Electric continued a high-inventory OFO thatbegan Saturday (see Daily GPI, Aug. 16)through Monday, tightening an initial tolerance of 5% for positivedaily imbalances to 2% Sunday and then loosening it again to 5%Monday. No OFO is in effect today.
Transportation Notes
Pacific Gas & Electric issued a high-inventory OFO,effective Saturday, with 5% tolerance for positive dailyimbalances. The utility projected above-target linepack throughtoday. However, fellow California distributor SoCal Gas did nothave an OFO-like Overnominations Day in place for Saturday.
Transportation Note
PG&E declared a system-wide OFO with a 7% tolerance with aStage I non-compliance charge of $1.00/Dth due to high inventoryfor the weekend.
Transportation Notes
PG&E declared a system-wide OFO with a 3% tolerance with aStage I non-compliance charge of $1.00/Dth due to high inventory.
Transportation Notes
For the first time in July Pacific Gas & Electric entered aweekend without having a high-inventory OFO in place. One that hadbeen declared for Friday (see Daily GPI, July 23) was not extended.However, Southern California Gas did implement an OFO-likeOvernominations Day for Saturday.
Exploration Co. Success Rate: Nine for Nine
The Exploration Company (TXCO) is on a roll in Southwest Texaswith another high producer, its ninth consecutive successfulnatural gas well in the Prickly Pear (Glen Rose) Field west of SanAntonio, near the Mexican border.
Transportation Notes
Pacific Gas & Electric extended a high-inventory Stage 1 OFObegun Friday (see Daily GPI, July 9)through Saturday but loosened the tolerance for positive dailyimbalances from 5% to 21%. Above-target linepack was projectedthrough today. PG&E’s neighbor to the south, Southern CaliforniaGas, declared a similar Overnominations Day for Saturday but had a 10%imbalance tolerance.