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Pacific Gas and Electric issued a systemwide Stage 2 low-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system, setting penalties of $1/Dth for exceeding a 5% tolerance on negative daily imbalances.

Florida Gas Transmission raised the tolerance for negative daily imbalances from 20% to 25% in extending an Overage Alert Day for market-area customers through at least Thursday.

Citing Florida forecasts of high temperatures in the low 90s, Florida Gas Transmission issued an Overage Alert Day for market-area customers Tuesday, setting the tolerance for negative daily imbalances at 25%.

Due to peak temperatures in Florida reaching the 90s, Florida Gas Transmission issued an Overage Alert Day for market-area customers Monday, setting a 25% tolerance for negative daily imbalances.

The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a bill that would freeze the permitting of Marcellus Shale drilling until 2013 while state agencies review the results of various studies into Marcellus development and hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking), including a major study being performed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (see Shale Daily, Feb. 24).

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) issued a systemwide Stage 2 low-inventory OFO for Friday on its California Gas Transmission system, setting penalties at $1/Dth for shippers exceeding a 5% tolerance on negative daily imbalances. PG&E also said its Redwood Path is restricted to 1.7 Bcf/d, or 78% of maximum capacity, through the end of March due to an outage of Delevan Compressor Station.

Despite a recent spate of negative media attention, hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) in the Marcellus Shale is still supported by a majority of the general public, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Rochester Business Journal (RBJ).

Pacific Gas and Electric issued a systemwide Stage 2 low-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system for Thursday, setting penalties of $1/Dth for exceeding a 5% tolerance on negative daily imbalances.

Pacific Gas and Electric is keeping a systemwide Stage 2 low-inventory OFO in effect through at least Friday but said the tolerance on negative daily imbalances will be loosened from 5% to 16%.