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Citing “colder than normal weather conditions and current pipeline operations,” Panhandle Eastern posted an operational alert Monday restricting flow at delivery points east of Tuscola, IL. For shippers under Rate Schedules EFT and EIT, flows will be limited during any hour of the gas day to one-sixteenth of the total daily gas nominated at the delivery point. For Rate Schedule FT customers, no more than one-twenty-fourth of the daily total can be delivered during any hour of the gas day.

With his newly created Office of Market Oversight and Investigations (OMOI) operational for a little over three months, “we’re already starting to see progress” toward cleaning up unacceptable behavior in the marketplace, William F. Hederman, OMOI director told a gathering of energy attorneys recently.

With his newly created Office of Market Oversight and Investigations (OMOI) operational for a little over three months, “we’re already starting to see progress” toward cleaning up unacceptable behavior in the marketplace, William F. Hederman, OMOI director told a gathering of energy attorneys last week.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. called high-inventory systemwide operational flow orders Friday and Saturday. The Stage 2 OFO on Saturday had a 3% tolerance with $1/Dth penalties. The company said its California Gas Transmission system has been operating above normal operating limits (4.5 Bcf) since Wednesday and is expected to reach nearly 4.7 Bcf by Sunday.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company called a state two high inventory operational flow order with a 0% tolerance for Friday on its California Gas Transmission system. Penalties are $1/Dth. The company expects system inventories to extend well into the red zone above 4.5 Bcf through the weekend.

Due to operational problems with high liquids on the Matagorda Offshore Pipeline System (MOPS) offshore Texas, all production on MOPS was shut in Tuesday until further notice. The action affected 50 MMcf/d into Florida Gas Transmission at their Refugio, TX interconnect and also affected unspecified amounts in force majeure declarations at MOPS’ MidCon Texas Pipeline and Koch Gateway (Gulf South) McFaddin delivery points.

One new gas-fired power plant will become operational every three days over the next two years, according to a new assessment by Arlington, VA-based consulting firm Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. (EVA). More than 367,000 MW of new gas-fired generation is either in operation, construction or active development, a 7% increase over last quarter, EVA said in its report, “Tracking the Boom of New Power Plants in the U.S.”

One new gas-fired power plant will become operational every three days over the next two years, according to a new assessment by Arlington, VA-based consulting firm Energy Ventures Analysis Inc. (EVA). More than 367,000 MW of new gas-fired generation is either in operation, construction or active development, a 7% increase over last quarter, EVA said in its report, “Tracking the Boom of New Power Plants in the U.S.”

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission revealed last Thursday that it has set up a mechanism so its staff can closely monitor operational flow order (OFO) activity on interstate natural gas pipelines to determine whether abuses may be occurring against pipeline shippers.