Pacific Gas & Electric is allowing zero tolerance for positive imbalances in a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO declared for Thursday. Penalties are $1/Dth.

Citing “unforeseen circumstances,” Transco delayed additional maintenance on the McMullen Lateral in South Texas that was scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday of this week (see Daily GPI, Oct. 16) until further notice.

Gulf South has scheduled maintenance on Index 266 (a 24-inch line from Carthage, TX to Sterlington, LA) for Nov. 5-8, lasting about 14-16 hours per day. The maintenance will be from Carthage to Keatchie, LA. Capacity out of East Texas (Capacity Allocation Area 8) will be reduced by approximately 165,000 Dth/d during the work.

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