Ofos

Neither Southern California Gas nor Pacific Gas & Electric extended their respective high-linepack OFOs beyond Saturday.

California’s two giant distributors continued to alternate OFOs. Southern California Gas did not extend a high-linepack OFO beyond Friday, but Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Saturday. Penalties of $1/Dth would apply for exceeding zero tolerance for positive daily imbalances.

Neither Southern California Gas nor Pacific Gas & Electric extended high-linepack OFOs beyond Saturday.

Florida Gas Transmission made it a full work week of OFOs by extending its Overage Alert Day notice that started last Monday through at least Friday. In Friday’s notice, the tolerance for negative daily imbalances was loosened once again from 10% to 15%.

PG&E called a Stage 4 systemwide OFO for gas day Saturday June 9. The recent high inventory customer-specific OFOs have not resulted in improved pipeline system conditions, the utility said. “Rather, we have seen non-targeted customers create significant imbalances.” The OFO had a 7% tolerance and $25/Dth penalties.

Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas extendedhigh-linepack OFOs that had begun Saturday (see Daily GPI, June 5)through Sunday, but neither order was in effect Monday.

Both of California’s two major distributors, Southern CaliforniaGas and Pacific Gas & Electric, had high-pack OFOs in placeSaturday. The one by SoCal Gas applied to all shippers whilePG&E’s was customer-specific.

After issuing several customer-specific high-linepack OFOs overthe last couple of months, Pacific Gas & Electric reverted to asystemwide Stage 2 OFO for Saturday’s gas day. The order carriedpenalties of $1/Dth for positive daily imbalances exceeding arelatively stringent 2% tolerance.

Both El Paso and Florida Gas Transmission lifted low-linepackOFOs Friday (see Daily GPI, Oct. 22).