Columbia Gas Transmission Notice 25922051

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TSP Name

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC

TSP

054748041

Date

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Notice ID

25922051

Notice Type Description: Operational Alert
Notice Stat Desc: Initiate
Prior Notice:
Critical: Y
Reqrd Rsp Desc: No Response Required

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Notice Effective
Notice End

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12/10/24
12/10/24
01/10/25



8:53:11 AM
12:00:00 AM
12:00:00 AM



Subject: Operational Alert: Potential Critical Days, Effective December 12, 2024

Author: Tyler King

Notice Text

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (TCO) notifies customers of the potential need to issue Transport Critical Days for deliveries to all Market Areas within Operating Areas 1 and 2, as well as Storage Critical Days for withdrawals to all Market Areas within Operating Areas 1 and 2 as early as Gas Day Thursday, December 12, 2024, and continuing until further notice. This potential issuance is due to forecasted colder temperatures and increased market demand in the impacted areas.  TCO will post the Critical Day notices, if warranted, as early as Wednesday, December 11, 2024.    TRANSPORT CRITICAL DAY:  If a Transport Critical Day is issued for Thursday, December 12, 2024, the following daily Transport Critical Day penalty will apply:      Applicable Penalty:  TFE - If Shipper's takes on any Day exceed the greater of 103 percent of or 1,000 Dths more than its Total Firm Entitlement (TFE), Shipper shall be assessed and pay a penalty based on the higher of: (i) a price per Dth equal to three times the midpoint of the range of prices reported for "Columbia Gas, Appalachia" as published in Platts Gas Daily price survey for all such quantities in excess of its TFE, or (ii) a price per Dth equal to 150 percent of the highest midpoint posting for either: Mich Con City-gate, Transco, Zone 6 Non-N.Y., or Texas Eastern, M-2 Receipts as published in Platts Gas Daily price survey for all such quantities in excess of its TFE.  Section 19.1(ii) penalties will only be assessed on days in which the daily spot price of gas exceeds three times the midpoint of the range of prices reported for “Columbia Gas, Appalachia.”    NOTE:  Takes in excess of Total Firm Entitlements (“TFE”) are penalized on Critical Days based on takes exceeding the aggregate daily amount of gas that TCO is obligated to deliver to a shipper under the shipper’s applicable rate schedule.  Each applicable rate schedule outlines this delivery obligation and, consequently, a shipper’s TFE.       STORAGE CRITICAL DAY:  If a Storage Critical day is issued for Thursday, December 12, 2024, all firm storage services will be fully available.  Interruptible storage withdrawals (SIT, ISS, and FSS/ FSS-M with zero MDSQ), excess FSS withdrawals, and PAL loans/ unparks will not be available if delivered in the impacted Operating Area.      Applicable Penalties:      - FSS MDWQ- Withdrawn quantities in excess of 103% of the applicable contract MDWQ will be assessed a penalty based on a price per Dth equal to three times the midpoint rate for “Columbia Gas, Appalachia,” posted in Gas Daily.     - FSS SCQ - If withdrawals from storage result in the FSS contract having a negative SCQ balance, a penalty of $5 per Dth will be assessed.   -FSS MMWQ - Monthly Withdrawal Quantities that exceed 40% (December Limit) of SCQ will be assessed a penalty of $5 per Dth.  Please contact your Customer Services Representative with any questions.