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Projecting linepack above its maximum target level through Sunday, Pacific Gas & Electric issued a customer-specific OFO for today.

Pacific Gas & Electric, projecting that its linepack would rise well above maximum target levels from Saturday through today, had a customer-specific OFO in place Saturday.

With linepack threatening to soar well above its maximum targetlevels later this week, Pacific Gas & Electric widenedTuesday’s customer-specific OFO into a systemwide Stage 3high-inventory OFO today. The OFO has penalties of $5/Dth forpositive daily imbalances exceeding a stringent 1% tolerance.

El Paso reported Friday its system integrity was threatened byhigh linepack and it was making maximum injections at theWashington Ranch storage facility. The pipeline said it had imposedcustody limits at delivery points that are not taking scheduledquantities, and if necessary will limit overdeliveries at receiptpoints.

FERC had a very busy day yesterday on the natural gas side.First, it upheld its July order in which it awarded a certificateto the Midwest-to-East Coast Independence Pipeline, fending offcontinuing questions about the binding nature of the project’sprecedent agreements and its market need. Federal regulators alsogave the go-ahead for Phase II of ANR Pipeline’s Wisconsinexpansion, a Reliant Energy Gas Transmission expansion in Arkansas,and awarded a preliminary determination to Transcontinental GasPipe Line for its proposed Sundance expansion in the Southeast.

Saying its Washington Ranch Storage Field was experiencingmaximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized OverpullPenalty situation Thursday, effective until further notice. Thepipeline will limit scheduled volumes at interconnects that areunderperforming.

Florida Gas Transmission has reduced the Maximum AllowableOperating Pressure (MAOP) of its 22-inch mainline downstream ofStation 4. As a result, capacity through Station 4 will drop to 160MMcf/d effective today. The pressure cut is in response to a linebreak last month near Station 4 (see Daily GPI, d20000623j.html”>June23), a spokesman said. FGT still had an Overage Alert Day noticeissued last Wednesday (see Daily GPI, July13) in effect Monday until further notice.

TransCanada PipeLines has set an open season through tomorrowfor one-year firm maximum rate capacity for 750,000 gigajoules aday from Empress to several points on its system. Bids will beaccepted for FT contracts to commence anytime between Nov. 1, 2000and March 30, 2001. The FT space is available to the Saskatchewan,Manitoba or Emerson zones, or there is 300,000 gj/d available tothe Eastern Zone (SWDA). TransCanada is not considering annualshort haul transportation in the current posting, but may do so ina future posting. Also, if long haul FT offers are made aftertomorrow’s deadline, the pipeline may initiate a new open season.TransCanada currently is not authorized to offer discounted FT, but”we’re always available to sell capacity.” Contact Keith Nelson at403-267-1691 or keith_nelson@transcanada.com for information.

TransCanada PipeLines has set an open season through tomorrow forone-year firm maximum rate capacity for 750,000 gigajoules a day fromEmpress to several points on its system. Bids will be accepted for FTcontracts to commence anytime between Nov. 1, 2000 and March 30,2001. The FT space is available to the Saskatchewan, Manitoba orEmerson zones, or there is 300,000 gj/d available to the Eastern Zone(SWDA). TransCanada is not considering annual short haultransportation in the current posting, but may do so in a futureposting. Also, if long haul FT offers are made after tomorrow’sdeadline, the pipeline may initiate a new open season. TransCanadacurrently is not authorized to offer discounted FT, but “we’re alwaysavailable to sell capacity.” Contact Keith Nelson at403-267-1691 or keith_nelson@transcanada.com for information and bidforms or to get on an email or fax list for future postings. Also,current rates, toll schedules, proforma contracts and information isavailable at www.transcanada.com/business/pdftariff