Finding Friday’s customer-specific OFO (see Daily GPI, Sept. 22) insufficient to keep itsprojected linepack from rising well above target levels over theweekend, Pacific Gas & Electric expanded it to a systemwide Stage3 high-linepack OFO for Saturday. The order carried $5/Dth penaltiesfor positive daily imbalances exceeding a 2% tolerance.

Due to significant market area demand, Florida Gas Transmissionissued an an Overage Alert Day alert Friday, effective untilfurther notice. It carries a 5% tolerance for negative dailyimbalances.

Because of an ongoing NOVA hydrotest of its NPS 20 Peace RiverMainline, all receipt IT service at the Tangent and Tangent B MeterStations is unavailable. The hydrotest is expected to be completedOctober 2.

El Paso’s Gresham Station will be down for maintenance Sept. 27,reducing capacity from Waha westward by 80 MMcf/d.

Kinder Morgan said the sale of the Buffalo Wallow portion of itsinterstate transmission system in Oklahoma to subsidiaries of OneokInc. will become effective Oct. 1, requiring that Buffalo Wallowshippers make their nominations for October business to Oneok. CallButch Cheatham at (918) 588-7876 for information on transportationservice; for nomination questions, call Sharon Park at (918)588-7507.

Williams has scheduled maintenance for Oct. 2-6 at its Otis (KS)Compressor Station on Line Segment 490, reducing available stationcapacity by about 10,000 MMBtu/d.

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