Systemwide

Pacific Gas & Electric declared a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Thursday. Penalties are $1/Dth for violating a stringent zero tolerance for positive daily imbalances.

Pacific Gas & Electric extended a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO through at least Saturday, but loosened from 4% to 10% the tolerance for positive daily imbalances.

Pacific Gas & Electric declared a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Friday. It carried penalties of $1/Dth for exceeding a positive daily imbalance tolerance of 4%.

Responding to pleas for either a deferral or stay of systemwide contract conversion on its pipeline, El Paso Natural Gas said last week that “for the record” it is prepared to switch full requirements (FR) service to contract demand (CD) service by the FERC-ordered deadline of May 1, and under the terms outlined by the agency last September.

Responding to pleas for either a deferral or stay of systemwide contract conversion on its pipeline, El Paso Natural Gas says that “for the record” it is prepared to switch full requirements (FR) service to contract demand (CD) service by the FERC-ordered deadline of May 1, and under the terms outlined by the agency last September.

Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide Stage 2 low-inventory OFO for Tuesday. The order carries penalties of $1/Dth for violating a negative imbalance tolerance of zero.

Transco lifted Wednesday a systemwide Imbalance OFO that had taken effect Feb. 27 (see Daily GPI, Feb. 27). The pipeline continues to bar scheduling of make-up delivery transactions and to enforce a 1% tolerance on negative imbalances at pooling points.

As it had warned might be necessary (see Daily GPI, Feb. 26), Transco said a systemwide Imbalance OFO will take effect with the start of Thursday’s gas day. Limits on imbalance delivery make-up nominations and pooling point tolerances remain in effect until further notice. The OFO limits negative daily imbalances to 5%. Positive imbalances are not subject to OFO provisions.

Pacific Gas & Electric declared a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Saturday. It carried penalties of $1/Dth along with a relatively lenient 7% tolerance for positive daily imbalances.