Reliant told shippers Wednesday that an Operational Alert has been lifted, so imbalance tolerances are back to normal (see Daily GPI, Dec. 21). Reliant also said it now expects an outage of the electric unit at Buckley Compressor Station north of Shreveport, LA (see Daily GPI, Dec. 14) to last through the end of February 2000.

Due to anticipated colder weather in its Florida market area, Florida Gas Transmission has canceled the replacement of 120 feet of 36-inch pipe under Highway 331 between Stations 12 and 13 in the Florida Panhandle. The work had been scheduled for Christmas Day; a new date will be posted when available.

Mechanical problems at the Bear Creek (LA) Storage Field prompted Sonat to declare a force majeure. Repairs are projected to be complete by the start of today’s gas day. Currently there is no reduction in the DWQ (Daily Withdrawal Quantity) of CSS customers, Sonat said, but may become necessary if the repairs take longer than expected.

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