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Southern California Gas Co. agreed Wednesday to provide up to 30MMcf/d to its Northern California gas utility counterpart, PacificGas & Electric, as long as unpaid balances never exceed $16.5million for the supplies. The deal runs through March 31 this year.

A System Overrun Limitation is in effect today for all NorthernNatural Gas market area zones.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a customer-specificOFO beyond Wednesday.

Northern Natural Gas continued a System Overrun Limitation forall market areas that had begun Tuesday through at least today.

Northern Natural reported a critical system overrun limitationfor all of its market area zones for today’s flow. DDVC penaltiesare applicable to the bumped shipper’s quantity.

Northern Natural Gas declared a System Overrun LimitationThursday for all market area zones.

Wednesday dawned with a combination of relief and continuingconcern over gas supplies for the northern half of California inthe wake of the federal emergency order expiring at midnightTuesday. The expiration left Pacific Gas and Electric Co. stillscrambling to get its main suppliers to extend current contractsinto the coming weeks and months. State regulators are expected torule today on a PG&E request for emergency supplies fromSouthern California Gas Co., something the latter utility isstrongly opposing.

Repairs on an A-Line leak at the GPM/NNG Farnsworth receipt point(see Daily GPI, Feb. 7), affecting15,000 MMBtu/d, have been extended, Northern Natural Gas saidWednesday. The work, formerly expected to be completed Wednesday, nowlikely will last until Saturday, NNG said.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a systemwidelow-inventory OFO beyond Thursday. However, Northern Natural Gaskept a System Overrun Limitation for all market area zones in placeat least through Thursday.