Anticipating that high system linepack will continue through theweekend due to low gas demand and limited storage injectioncapability, Tennessee Tuesday issued an OFO Action Alert to takeeffect with Thursday’s gas day. Customers under Rate Schedules SA,LMS-PA, LMS-MA and transportation contracts not covered by abalancing agreement must keep deliveries into the system less thanor equal to scheduled quantities plus 2% (or 500 dekatherms,whichever is greater); takes from the system must be more than orequal to scheduled quantities minus 2% or 500 dekatherms. Tennesseeexpects the alert to remain in effect into the start of next week.

CNG began enforcing Monday OFO No. 1, which requires delivery ofcertain gas volumes at specified points north of the pipeline’s ValleyGate Junction during the winter period. Affected shippers at the Leidy(PA) Group Meter must deliver 100% of Transco Assigned Capacity. TheOFO is a standing one issued each Nov. 1 in connection with CNG’sOrder 636 implementation; however, until Monday the pipeline hadwaived its enforcement (see Daily GPI,Oct. 27).

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