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Pacific Gas and Electric kept a systemwide high-inventory OFO issued for Saturday in effect through Sunday, raising it from Stage 2 to Stage 3 and boosting imbalance penalties to $5/Dth, before ending it Monday. However, a new Stage 2 OFO was issued for Tuesday with penalties returned to $1/Dth for exceeding an 8% tolerance on positive daily imbalances.

Florida Gas Transmission ended an Overage Alert Day Thursday.

Pacific Gas and Electric kept a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO that it had initiated Saturday on its California Gas Transmission system in effect through Monday but ended it for Tuesday.

Florida Gas Transmission kept an Overage Alert Day for market-area customers in place for a second day Thursday, leaving the tolerance for negative daily imbalances at 20%.

U.S. use of imported natural gas has dropped to its lowest level since 1994, according to a scorecard kept by the Department of Energy (DOE).

U.S. use of imported natural gas has dropped to its lowest level since 1994, according to a scorecard kept by the Department of Energy (DOE).

Wall Street kept its head above water Tuesday as Senate Democrats failed once again to get the 60 votes necessary to overpower Republican opposition and move on to a debate of proposed sweeping legislation to reform the financial regulatory system.

Wall Street kept its head above water Tuesday as Senate Democrats failed once again to get the 60 votes necessary to overpower Republican opposition and move on to a debate of proposed sweeping legislation to reform the financial regulatory system.

Possibly a little perplexed from the recent back-and-forth swings in natural gas futures values, traders on Monday kept the May contract in a tight range between $4.174 and $4.313 before it closed out the regular session at $4.262, up half of a penny.