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Despite recent unseasonably mild weather and a forecast of a warmer-than-normal April for portions of the East, colder-than-normal temperatures are expected to dominate much of the region in May and June, according to the latest seasonal forecast from Andover, MA-based WSI Corp.

Despite recent unseasonably mild weather and a forecast of a warmer-than-normal April for portions of the East, colder-than-normal temperatures are expected to dominate much of the region in May and June, according to the latest seasonal forecast from Andover, MA-based WSI Corp.

Despite recent unseasonably mild weather and a forecast of a warmer-than-normal April for portions of the East, colder-than-normal temperatures are expected to dominate much of the region in May and June, according to the latest seasonal forecast from Andover, MA-based WSI Corp.

Following a mild 4.4 magnitude earthquake that hit before dawn Tuesday, centered in the eastern part of Los Angeles County, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) utility issued quake preparedness tips to its more than 5 million customers.

Following a mild 4.4 magnitude earthquake that hit before dawn Tuesday, centered in the eastern part of Los Angeles County, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) utility issued quake preparedness tips to its more than 5 million customers.

Flat or close-to-it pricing was almost universal in Thursday’s market, and for a change almost-imperceptible firmness prevailed instead of the mild declines that had dominated trading in the previous two days. The previous day’s screen uptick of 4.9 cents was the chief impetus for arresting the overall slide as forecasts continued to hint that the end of winter was nigh.

Flat or close-to-it pricing was almost universal in Thursday’s market, and for a change almost-imperceptible firmness prevailed instead of the mild declines that had dominated trading in the previous two days. The previous day’s screen uptick of 4.9 cents was the chief impetus for arresting the overall slide as forecasts continued to hint that the end of winter was nigh.

Prices continued to spike in the Northeast Wednesday, with a few other regional citygates joining Transco Zone 6-New York in jumps of about a dollar or more and Texas Eastern M-3 skyrocketing by more than $2. However, this week’s bullishness showed signs of stalling, with Gulf Coast numbers generally only a few cents both up and down from flat and markets in the Midcontinent/Midwest and West mostly on the moderately softer side.

Due to forecasts of mild Southeast weather, Southern Natural Gas cited projections of high storage injection requirements during the weekend in announcing that an OFO Type 6 for long imbalances would be in effect on its system Saturday until further notice. Tiered imbalance penalties will be assessed to shippers exceeding allocated deliveries by 2% or more (those with long imbalances of less than 2% or 200 Dth/d will not be penalized).