Penalties

While Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) continues to pay a heavy price in state regulatory penalties and fines for its response to the San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion, the San Francisco-based utility still struggles with an intensive effort to modernize its gas system recordkeeping.

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

FERC Friday approved a stipulation and consent agreement levying nearly $12 million in penalties on Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp. for capacity flipping and shipper-must-have-tile (SMHT) violations.

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future, also known as PennFuture, has filed a lawsuit against an Ultra Petroleum subsidiary, alleging that some of the company’s facilities in the Marcellus Shale violate the federal Clean Air Act and state regulations.

Pacific Gas and Electric issued a systemwide Stage 1 high/low-inventory OFO for Friday, setting penalties of 25 cents/Dth for either negative or positive imbalances exceeding a 10% tolerance.

With more critical revelations and regulatory penalties unfolding this week, Pacific Gas and Electric. Co. (PG&E) has hunkered down to playing some serious defense, and very clearly not disputing all the critical shots being taken at its natural gas operations — past and present.

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

Pacific Gas and Electric declared a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system for Thursday, setting $1/Dth penalties for noncompliance with a 5% tolerance on positive daily imbalances.

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