QUESTLINE NOMINATION / GAS FLOW TIMELINES / PROCESSING RULES



Nomination Cycles

Cycle Process

Flow Time

Hours of Flow

Timely Nominations

10:30 am to 3:30 pm
Prior to Gas Day

8:00 am to 8:00 am

24 hrs

Evening Nominations

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Prior to Gas Day

8:00 am to 8:00 am

24 hrs

Intraday I

9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Day of Flow

4:00 pm to 8:00 am

16 hrs

Intraday II

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Day of Flow

8:00 pm to 8:00 am

12 hrs

Guidelines on Nomination Bumping and Elapsed-Prorated-Schedule-Quantity

The term "bumping" refers to the rights of firm customers to supersede the rights of interruptible scheduled customers to flow. The term "Elapsed-Prorated-Schedule-Quantity" means that portion of the scheduled quantity that would have theoretically flowed up to the effective time of the Intraday nominations being confirmed (see below).

Cycle

Mainline Transportation

Clay Basin Storage Injections*

Timely Nominations

• No bumping

• No elapsed prorata restrictions
(quantity can go to zero)

• No bumping

• No elapsed prorata restrictions (quantity can go to zero)

Evening Nominations

• If capacity constraints exist, OVR and IT are bumped by FIRM

• NEW IT cannot bump scheduled IT received in Timely Cycle

• If capacity constraints exist, ISS is bumped by FSS

• FSS is allocated by MDQ if it exceeds available capacity

• ISS is allocated prorata if capacity is available after FSS needs are met

• NEW ISS cannot bump scheduled ISS received in Timely Cycle

Intraday I Nominations

If capacity constraints exist:

• OVR is bumped by FIRM

• Scheduled IT is bumped by FIRM but not below 1/3 of scheduled quantity

• Scheduled FIRM cannot go below 1/3 of scheduled quantity

• NEW IT cannot bump scheduled IT received Timely Cycle

• Scheduled ISS is bumped by FSS but not below 1/3 of Scheduled quantity

• Scheduled FSS cannot go below 1/3 of scheduled quantity

• NEW FSS cannot bump scheduled FSS received in Timely Cycle

Intraday II Nominations

• No bumping

• Any scheduled quantity received in Timely Cycle or Evening Cycle cannot be cut below ½ in this Cycle ID II).

• Any scheduled quantity received in Intraday I cannot be cut below 1/6 in this Cycle (ID II).

• No bumping

 * Note: These guidelines do not apply to withdrawal because all withdrawals are firm, therefore, there is no bumping. The elapsed prorated calculation would still apply to nominations being reduced by the storage holder.

Revised: 4/05/01 DF