Notice of Strained Operating Condition (SOC)
Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. (CIG) is declaring an SOC due to low liepack caused by increased demand in our market areas and Spring Storage Field Maintenance (Notice ID 121598). Receipt point operators supplying gas into CIG's pipeline should monitor their flow rates to ensure natural gas flows do not fall short of scheduled quantities. Delivery point operators taking deliveries from CIG's pipeline should monitor their flow rates to ensure natural gas flows do not exceed scheduled quantities.
Pursuant to CIG FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, (Tariff), General Terms and Conditions (GT&C) Section 11.2(a), CIG is declaring a Strained Operation Condition (SOC) for the transmission system to be effective for INTRADAY 3 Cycle, Gas Day 4/18/2024, to remain in effect until further notice.
Accordingly, CIG will take the following actions:
1. NNT overrun withdrawal requests will be allocated to zero (0) dth.
2. Interruptible withdrawals will not be available.
3. Payback onto the system will be accepted; payback off the system will not be approved, absent other capacity concerns. Interruptible services may be impacted.
4. Pursuant to Part III: Rate Schedules - Rate Schedule SS-1, Section 2, Interruptible Swing Service will be available only to the extent that quantities delivered are below daily scheduled quantities.
5. Pursuant to GT&C Section 6.2 (k) of CIG's Tariff, Exemptions from CIG's Confirmation Balancing Exception Process (APAL) will be suspended during the SOC.
6. Storage customers should adjust flowing supplies to maintain storage withdrawals at or below their Available Daily Withdrawal Quantity (ADWQ).
CIG will post an update to this notice as system conditions change.
Imbalance Management Procedures
CIG expects operators to continuously manage their confirmations on a cycle to cycle basis to match actual flow rates. During the period addressed by this notice, non-performance caps may be implemented for the upcoming Gas Day or even in the intra-day cycles for the current Gas Day, based on current pipeline operating conditions. As always, CIG will strive to give shippers and operators as much advance notice as possible before implementing non-performance caps. CIG will apply non-performance caps on a shorter time schedule and/or on weekends if operating conditions on the pipeline require such action.
To help avoid operational issues related to underperformance, CIG encourages all shippers to actively work with their suppliers and markets to ensure that all parties are aware of the importance of matching their actual flow rates with their confirmed scheduled flow rates.
Scheduling questions or concerns
Pipeline Scheduling Hotline (800) 238-3764 option 2.
or email CIGSched
Operational issues or concerns Cheryl Bauer at (719) 520-4423 or Vic Villalva at (719) 520-4251.
Contractual issues or concerns
Contact your marketing representative.
Rich Aten, Manager – Pipeline Scheduling
Transportation and Storage Services
Kinder Morgan Rockies Pipelines
(719) 667-7527 or (719) 648-5253
richard_aten@kindermorgan.com