Union Gas Storage & Transportation Services is holding anopen season on long-term firm transportation for upstream,downstream and bundled options through Sept. 1. With the openseason results, Union Gas plans to request an expansion of itsoperations to the Ontario Energy Board later this year. All bidsand/or requests for services have to be received by 5 p.m. Sept. 1.Contact Scott Hubert at (519) 358-4012 for information.

Pacific Gas & Electric is reverting to a systemwide high-inventory OFO today after having narrowed a previous one to a customer-specific OFO Thursday (see Daily GPI, July 6). Today’s Stage 2 order carries penalties of $1/dth for positive daily imbalances exceeding a 1% tolerance. As of Thursday the utility was projecting that linepack would soar to much above its target operating limit Sunday.

Trunkline reported being notified by ANR that the Patterson IIProcessing Plant in southeast Louisiana will suspend operations forseven days starting Monday due to scheduled maintenance. Trunklinesaid its offshore T25 compressor platform was shut in Wednesday forunexpected maintenance.

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