Saturday

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a Stage 3 high-inventory OFO beyond Saturday.

Pacific Gas & Electric extended into Sunday a Stage 4 high-inventory OFO that had been implemented Saturday. Tolerance for positive imbalances was tightened to 5% Sunday but penalties were left unchanged at $25/Dth. No OFOs were in effect for Monday or today.

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 extended into Sunday a Stage 3 high-inventory OFO that had been implemented Saturday, then expanded it Monday into a Stage 4 OFO with greatly increased penalties of $25/Dth for positive imbalances exceeding a 1% tolerance. No OFO was in effect Tuesday, but the utility reinstituted a Stage 3 order for today with $5/Dth penalties and an 8% tolerance.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a high-linepack OFO with zero tolerance for positive imbalances beyond Saturday.

Pacific Gas & Electric declared an extremely stringent systemwide Stage 3 high-inventory OFO for Saturday. The order had zero tolerance for positive daily imbalances and carried penalties of $5/Dth.

Pacific Gas & Electric expanded what had been a customer-specific OFO for Saturday into systemwide Stage 3 high-inventory OFOs for Sunday and Monday. The sytemwide OFOs carried $5/Dth penalties for positive daily imbalances exceeding a 2% tolerance. However, no order is in place for today.

Citing improved operating conditions, Tennessee lifted an OFO Balancing Alert Monday. The OFO had taken effect Saturday (see Daily GPI, April 9).

Tennessee issued a systemwide OFO Balancing Alert that was to take effect until further notice Saturday, saying it was experiencing high system linepack “due to overproduction, reduced demand and limited storage injection capacity.” The OFO requires customers under Rate Schedules LMS-MA and LMS-PA (including SAs) to keep actual daily deliveries into the system less than or equal to scheduled quantities plus 2% (or 500 dekatherms, whichever is greater) and actual daily takes out of the system greater than or equal to scheduled quantities minus 2% (or 500 dekatherms, whichever is greater). Customers will be charged $15 plus the applicable Regional Daily Spot Price for each dekatherm of gas outside of the designated tolerance, Tennessee said. Penalties will not apply to underdeliveries into the system or overtakes out of the system.