Maximum

Although this week’s winter siege likely was reaching its maximum area of penetration Wednesday, for the most part it had lost much of its price-boosting power. Except for big advances by Florida citygates and some citygates in the Northeast, the rest of the cash market had settled down for a generally flat performance, with scattered points showing 1 to 5 cent increases.

Columbia Gas told storage customers Friday that it will raise the Maximum Monthly Withdrawal Quantity (MMWQ) for February from 30% to 40% of the Storage Contract Quantity (SCQ).

Saying it was experiencing maximum withdrawals at the Washington Ranch storage facility, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Wednesday morning due to low linepack. Because of the OFO and high system demand, a maintenance shutdown of Line 1100 upstream of Guadalupe Station that had been scheduled for today was postponed until further notice.

Expecting linepack to exceed its maximum target levels over the weekend, Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide high-inventory OFO for Saturday. The order had $5/Dth penalties for positive daily imbalances exceeding a 6% tolerance.

El Paso Natural Gas has filed an application at FERC to increase the existing maximum daily export capacity on the Samalayuca Lateral by about one-third to 308 MMcf/d to meet the growing natural gas demand in northern Mexico, which is being fueled in large part by power generation.

El Paso Natural Gas has filed an application at FERC to increase the existing maximum daily export capacity on the Samalayuca Lateral by about one-third to 308 MMcf/d to meet the growing natural gas demand in northern Mexico that’s being fueled in large part by power generation.

Reporting that its Washington Ranch Storage Field was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Tuesday. It urged shippers to review their supply/demand balances and the performance of their suppliers to insure that sufficient gas is delivered to El Paso to cover the gas being taken off-system. The pipeline said it will limit scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects.

Reporting that its Washington Ranch Storage Field was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Tuesday. It urged shippers to review their supply/demand balances and the performance of their suppliers to ensure that sufficient gas is delivered to El Paso to cover the gas being taken off-system. The pipeline said it will limit scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects.

Looking to ensure that the maximum amount of qualifying facility (QF) power is available to the California energy market this summer, FERC last week ruled that when QFs in the state sell excess power or make sales to third parties under court authorization, they should be allowed to request interconnection and transmission service from utilities in California. The Commission proposed ordering California utilities to provide interconnections to state QFs under a key section of the Federal Power Act.