Transwestern said Monday it was reducing capacity at the LaPlata Compressor Station to 475,000 MMBtu/d through Tuesday due to a fuel valve malfunction as well as the station operating at less than 100% of capacity and high ambient temperatures. “The high temperatures cause the [compressor] units to slow down during the daylight hours,” Transwestern said. Affected interconnects are Northwest/Ignacio, Williams/Ignacio and BP Florida. Capacity will be restored to the normal 500,000 MMBtu/d Wednesday.

Southern California Gas will lose 750 MMcf/d of storage withdrawal capacity Tuesday when it begins maintenance projects at its Aliso Canyon facility. The work is scheduled to run through July 31.

Northwest reminded customers that the operator of the Jackson Prairie storage facility will be completing expansion project modifications to the facility Tuesday and Wednesday. During this work Northwest injection or withdrawal nominations must net to zero.

Tennessee added six meters Monday to a list of those where physical flow will be suspended (see the bulletin board for details) while the pipeline installs new metering on the Grand Chenier plant inlet and outlet to improve measurement accuracy. The outage will begin at the start of the June 24 gas day and is estimated to last between 48 and 72 hours.

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