Loosened

Transportation Notes

Pacific Gas and Electric kept a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO in effect through at least Thursday but loosened the tolerance on positive daily imbalances from 5% to 12%; noncompliance penalties were unchanged.

September 24, 2009

Transportation Notes

Florida Gas Transmission extended an Overage Alert Day (OAD) through at least Friday but loosened the tolerance for negative daily imbalances again to the 25% level that was in effect when the OAD was initiated Tuesday.

August 10, 2009

Transportation Notes

Florida Gas Transmission extended an Overage Alert Day through at least Friday but loosened the tolerance for negative daily imbalances from 20% to 25%.

August 3, 2009

Transportation Notes

Pacific Gas & Electric extended a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system through at least Saturday but loosened the tolerance for positive imbalances from 13% to 19%.

July 13, 2009

Transportation Notes

Pacific Gas & Electric kept a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system in effect through at least Friday but loosened the tolerance for positive daily imbalances from 5% Thursday to 11% Friday.

June 26, 2009

Transportation Notes

Pacific Gas & Electric kept a systemwide high-inventory OFO in place through at least Thursday but slightly loosened the 5% tolerance for positive daily imbalances that had been in effect for the first two days of the OFO to 9% for Thursday.

June 4, 2009

Manufacturers Using Less Gas as Fuel, Data Show

U.S. industrial natural gas demand shifted last July from growth of 0.4 Bcf/d year on year (y/y) to a decline in December of 2 Bcf/d y/y, which, holding all else constant, loosened supply and demand balances by 2.4 Bcf/d and drastically changed the price environment, Barclays Capital analysts reported last week.

May 18, 2009

Barclays: Manufacturers’ Gas Use as Fuel Shows Steady Decline

U.S. industrial natural gas demand shifted last July from growth of 0.4 Bcf/d year on year (y/y) to a decline in December of 2 Bcf/d y/y, which, holding all else constant, loosened supply and demand balances by 2.4 Bcf/d and drastically changed the price environment, Barclays Capital analysts said this week.

May 14, 2009

Transportation Notes

Florida Gas Transmission kept an Overage Alert Day that had begun Aug. 11 for market-area customers in place through at least Wednesday, but loosened the tolerance for negative daily imbalances from 20% to 25%.

September 18, 2008

Transportation Notes

Pacific Gas & Electric kept a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system in effect through at least Thursday, but loosened the tolerance for positive daily imbalances from 5% to 14%.

September 11, 2008