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CenterPoint issued a System-Wide Alert Wednesday, citing a forecast for colder than normal conditions moving into its service area. Due to the need to maintain adequate linepack and preserve storage flexibility to meet FT obligations, CenterPoint is requiring customers, “particularly power plants or other large industrial loads whose swings can cause operational difficulties” for the pipeline’s system “or discrete segments thereof,” to take deliveries as evenly as possible throughout the day. In no case should takes exceed a shipper’s hourly entitlements by more than 10% in any hour; excessive hourly takes could result in a customer-specific OFO being issued, the pipeline said.

Citing projected cold weather later this week and anticipated load requirements, Dominion said a System Wide Alert will take effect Thursday. All customers should monitor hourly deliveries from Dominion and act to minimize hourly variances in those deliveries in an effort to avoid further action by the pipeline, it said.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has affirmed FERC’s decision ordering the system-wide conversion of full-requirements (FR) service on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline to cost-based contract demand (CD) service to remove long-standing capacity constraints in the Southwest.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has affirmed FERC’s decision ordering the system-wide conversion of full-requirements (FR) service on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline to cost-based contract demand (CD) service to remove long-standing capacity constraints in the Southwest.

Lawyers for former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who has been charged in a wide-ranging conspiracy case stemming from Enron’s collapse in Dec. 2001, have asked a Houston federal judge to disclose the names of 114 people alleged to be co-conspirators.

Lawyers for former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who has been charged in a wide-ranging conspiracy case stemming from Enron’s collapse in Dec. 2001, have asked a Houston federal judge to disclose the names of 114 people alleged to be co-conspirators.

The House and Senate by a wide margin voted late Thursday to extend several energy tax credits, including a booster for marginal oil and gas wells, as part of a $146 billion tax cut package for the middle class, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.

The House and Senate by a wide margin voted late Thursday to extend several energy tax credits, including a booster for marginal oil and gas wells, as part of a $146 billion tax cut package for the middle class, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.

Pacific Gas & Electric issued a system-wide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Saturday. Penalties were $1/Dth for exceeding a positive imbalance tolerance of 3%.