Systemwide

Pacific Gas & Electric had a systemwide Stage 1high-inventory OFO in effect Wednesday, with penalties of 25cents/dth for positive daily imbalances exceeding a 1% tolerance.The OFO is being reduced to a customer-specific one effectivetoday. As of Wednesday PG&E was projecting that linepack wouldremain slightly above its target operating limit through Friday,then jump to much above its target Saturday.

Pacific Gas & Electric had a systemwide high-inventory OFOin effect Monday but did not extend it through today. The Stage 2order carried penalties of $1/Dth for positive daily imbalancesexceeding a tolerance of 1%.

Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide high-inventoryOFO for today. While the tolerance for positive daily imbalances isfairly stringent at 3%, the non-compliance penalty is light at 25cents/Dth. As of Thursday PG&E was projecting above-targetlinepack through Sunday.

Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide high-inventoryOFO effective today. The order carries penalties of $1/Dth forpositive imbalances exceeding a tolerance of 11%. The utilityprojected that high linepack (200 MMcf greater than target) wouldlast through Sunday.

A systemwide entitlement against overtakes that began Dec. 19 onNorthwest remained in effect going into the holiday weekend.Northwest said Wednesday it would continue to operate under a Stage1 entitlement at 3% because it had not seen sufficient improvementin system conditions. However, as of Wednesday the entitlement waslifted on points south of Kemmerer (WY) Station.