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CIG declared a Strained Operating Condition Monday, citing the “extremely cold weather” being experienced in its market area. The pipeline said it has “very limited ability to handle imbalances caused by variations between scheduled receipts and deliveries and actual gas flow.” See the bulletin board for details on SOC compliance. CIG added that it does not anticipate the need for an OFO “as long as receipt shortage or delivery overage imbalances do not occur.”

El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation late Thursday afternoon due to low linepack and forecasts of continued cold weather in its operating area. The Washington Ranch storage facility is experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso said. To insure system integrity, it will limit scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects.

Northern Natural Gas declared a System Overrun Limitation for all market-area zones (ABC, D and E/F), effective Thursday.

Saying forecasts indicate that cold weather will continue in the state of Florida and its capacity is being heavily utilized, Florida Gas Transmission issued an Overage Alert Day notice Monday with 15% tolerance for negative daily imbalances.

Despite the fact that the market price of natural gas is rising in response to cold fall weather and the rapid depletion of gas in storage across the nation, Chicago-based Peoples Energy said the impact on its utility customers will be “modest” because of the company’s price protection strategy — which was implemented earlier this year — and its strong gas storage inventory.

Despite the fact that the market price of natural gas is rising in response to cold fall weather and the rapid depletion of gas in storage across the nation, Chicago-based Peoples Energy said the impact on its utility customers will be “modest” because of the company’s price protection strategy — which was implemented earlier this year — and its strong gas storage inventory.

El Paso remained in an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Friday due to low linepack and forecasts of cold weather in its operating area. The pipeline reported being “under withdrawal” at its Washington Ranch storage facility. Shippers were urged to review the performance of suppliers to insure that receipts were sufficient to cover deliveries. El Paso said it lacked the flexibility to offer paybacks or allow overpulls during the UOP period, which was declared Thursday. It added that markets will not be kept whole and limits will be placed on scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects to insure system integrity.

Based on the weather forecast and projected demand, Sonat is subjecting eight groups on its system to an OFO Type 3 Thursday until further notice. The OFO carries penalties of $15/Dth for excessive negative imbalances. These groups are affected: Birmingham Group, South Main Zone 2, Atlanta Group, South Main Zone 3, East of Wrens, South Georgia-Lee County, Brunswick Line and Savannah Line.

Saying it was experiencing peak day operating conditions Tuesday and that weather and load forecasts indicated this would continue through at least Wednesday, Algonquin will restrict forward haul Authorized Overrun, AIT and due-shipper makeup volumes for Wednesday’s gas day. “The need for any additional restrictions will be evaluated after the timely cycle,” the pipeline added. Later Tuesday afternoon, Algonquin reported experiencing an unscheduled outage at its Southeast Compressor Station affecting mainline throughput. Thus it added “the majority of secondary firm nominations scheduled on a forward haul basis” through Southeast to the previously announced constraints for Wednesday, saying only nominations for incremental Primary No-Notice service will be accepted.