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As it had indicated was likely, Sonat declared a systemwide OFO Type 6 for short imbalances effective Wednesday until further notice. Tiered penalties will range from $1 to $15/Dth for imbalances that fall short of nominated volumes by 2% or more; no penalty will apply to short imbalances of less than 2% or 200 dekatherms. During the OFO, Sonat will “evaluate on each scheduling cycle whether or not it will be able to accept all nominations for interruptible services that rely on storage withdrawals.” The pipeline estimated that as of Dec. 14 its cumulative system cash-out imbalance for the month was 1,014,954 dekatherms short.

Sonat declared an OFO Type 6 for long imbalances effective Tuesday until further notice (a later posting said the OFO would last through at least Wednesday). No penalty will apply to shippers who do not exceed an imbalance tolerance of 2% of 200 dekatherms, whichever is greater; tiered penalties ranging up to $15/Dth are in effect for larger tolerance violations. Additionally, Sonat is not accepting requests for interruptible services that rely on storage injections or requests for make-up due the pipeline.

Sonat implemented an OFO Type 6 Saturday, effective until further notice. Tiered penalties ranged from $1/Dth to $15/Dth for positive daily imbalances exceeding a 2% tolerance; no penalties would be assessed for imbalances up to 2% or under 200 dekatherms, whichever was less. “As is our procedure everyday, we will be force balancing during the OFO,” it added. Sonat also said it is not accepting requests for interruptible services that rely on storage injections or requests for make-up gas due the pipeline.

Sonat kept a Type 6 OFO that was implemented Saturday in effect through at least Tuesday.

Sonat implemented an OFO Type 6 effective Saturday until further notice. Tiered penalties ranged from $1 to $15 per dekatherm for shippers running positive daily imbalances in excess of a tolerance of 2% or 200 dekatherms, whichever was greater.

Classifying it as “once-in-30-years type coolness,” Weather 2000 said the eastern third of the United States has been devoid of summer heat and sun during the May-August 2003 period, with no real signs of change on the horizon. The New York City-based forecasting and consulting firm said East Coasters must travel west to America’s heartland to find any signs of summer 2003 warmth.

Classifying it as “once-in-30-years type coolness,” Weather 2000 said the eastern third of the United States has been devoid of summer heat and sun during the May-August 2003 period, with no real signs of change on the horizon. The New York City-based forecasting and consulting firm said East Coasters must travel west to America’s heartland to find any signs of summer 2003 warmth.

Sonat canceled Monday an OFO Type 6 that had been implemented Saturday and continued Sunday.

Sonat lifted Monday an OFO Type 3 that had been implemented Thursday for eight groups on its system. The pipeline also canceled capacity allocations for four other groups.