Saturday

Pacific Gas and Electric ended a two-day Stage 2 high-inventory OFO Sunday.

Pacific Gas and Electric extended the systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO that began Friday through at least Saturday with no change in conditions.

Neither Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) nor Pacific Gas and Electric extended their high-linepack OFOs beyond Saturday.

The administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett continues to roll back natural gas development regulations put in place by its predecessor.

The House of Representatives Saturday passed a continuing resolution (CR) that shaves $61 billion from the budget to fund the federal government through Sept. 30.

Gulf South declared a force majeure event due to repairs required at the Carthage Junction Expansion Compressor Station that began Tuesday and will last until further notice. Gulf South said that effective with Timely cycle nominations for Wednesday’s gas day going forward, it is anticipated that scheduled receipts in the “Area 8 to 16 Scheduling Group” will be restricted to Primary Firm only.

Northern Natural Gas, which had issued System Overrun Limitations in all market-area zones starting the previous Saturday (Jan. 15), is keeping them in effect through at least their ninth day by extending them into Sunday.

In its final action for 2010, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved rate changes effective last Saturday for NV Energy’s northern utility operations. As a result, retail natural gas utility rates increased at the start of the new year and electric rates decreased. The overall revenue increase to the company is $2.7 million for natural gas and, thanks to other fixed monthly customer charges, $13.1 million for electric.

In anticipation of lower-than-normal temperatures continuing on its system, Northern Natural Gas declared a System Overrun Limitation (SOL) in all market-area zones for Saturday through Monday. However, the pipeline said an earlier notice about a Friday SOL had been inadvertently posted and no SOL will be in effect that day.