Requests

Tennessee issued a systemwide Imbalance Warning, saying effective Friday it requests that customers match physical flow with scheduled quantities to prevent imbalances that would threaten operational integrity. “Due to anticipated colder weather across much of the system, Tennessee does not have the ability to absorb imbalances caused by underdeliveries by receipt point operators into the system and overtakes from the system by delivery point operators.”

Tennessee issued a systemwide Imbalance Warning, saying effective Friday it requests that customers match physical flow with scheduled quantities to prevent imbalances that would threaten operational integrity. “Due to anticipated colder weather across much of the system, Tennessee does not have the ability to absorb imbalances caused by underdeliveries by receipt point operators into the system and overtakes from the system by delivery point operators.”

FERC’s analysis leading to the initiation of a Natural Gas Act Section 5 investigation into the rates of Northern Natural Gas was “flawed, superficial and incomplete,” Mark Hewett, Northern Natural president, told customers last Tuesday.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has asked the appellate court in Washington, DC, to respond to requests for rehearing of its decision vacating the existing five-year offshore leasing plan before producers risk millions of dollars by bidding on blocks offered at the next scheduled Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sale in August.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has asked the appellate court in Washington, DC, to respond to requests for rehearing of its decision vacating the existing five-year offshore leasing plan before producers risk millions of dollars by bidding on blocks to be offered at the next scheduled Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sale in August.

Southern California Gas did not extend a high-linepack OFO beyond Saturday.

Northwest, which began anomaly repairs Tuesday near the Muddy Creek Compressor Station, said primary firm nomination requests through the Muddy Creek South Constraint Point had exceeded the available capacity of 160,000 Dth/d. Therefore it notified shippers of a Declared Deficiency Period that is expected to remain in effect through Friday. Based on a design capacity of 513,000 Dth/d, the Daily Deficiency Volume is 353,000 Dth/d, Northwest said.

The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) is recommending changes in three general rate case requests by Southwest Gas Corp., it said Thursday. Southwest serves the fringe mountain and desert areas in eastern California.

A House subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday to respond to requests for the federal government to change its law requiring natural gas pipelines to reinspect their systems every seven years.