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CGT Firm Transport Capacity Release

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Pacific Gas and Electric Company's California Gas Transmission is pleased to announce an upcoming capacity release of a portion of PG&E Core Gas Supply's firm transportation holdings. The capacity release process will take place from February 7, 2017 through February 9, 2017.

The capacity release includes Firm Transportation on the following pipelines:

Pipeline Maximum Daily Quantity
March 2017 April
2017		 May
2017		 June
2017
Foothills Pipe Lines (Canada) 79,996 GJ/d 79,996 GJ/d 79,996 GJ/d 79,996 GJ/d
NOVA Gas Transmission (Canada) 80,818 GJ/d 80,818 GJ/d 80,818 GJ/d 80,818 GJ/d
Gas Transmission Northwest 73,905 Dth/d 73,905 Dth/d 73,905 Dth/d 73,905 Dth/d
Ruby Pipeline 54,430 Dth/d 54,430 Dth/d 54,430 Dth/d 54,430 Dth/d
PG&E Redwood On-System AFT (Core-MFV) 7,463 Dth/d 7,030 Dth/d 8,018 Dth/d 8,118 Dth/d
PG&E Baja On-System AFT (Core-MFV) 21,285 Dth/d 18,267 Dth/d 18,267 Dth/d 18,267 Dth/d
PG&E Baja On-System SFT (Core-MFV) 22,080 Dth/d 0
Dth/d		 0
Dth/d		 0
Dth/d
El Paso Pipeline 5,332 Dth/d 5,332 Dth/d 5,332 Dth/d 5,332 Dth/d
Transwestern Pipeline 38,390 Dth/d 10,664 Dth/d 10,664 Dth/d 10,664 Dth/d

All offered transport will be for a single month contract, available for the specified quantity for the months of March through June 2017. For GTN and Nova, there are two separate contracts for each of those pipelines. Multiple contracts on a pipeline and contracts for multiple pipelines or multiple months will not be bundled.

Please note that effective April 1, 2016, the Capacity Release Timelines have changed due to the implementation of FERC Order 809 and NAESB 3.0 Standards. Accordingly, the capacity release auction process will begin at 7:00 a.m., February 7, 2017 and will close at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time on February 9, 2017, to coordinate with this timeline change on the interstate pipelines.

By February 7, CGT will send the information packet via e-mail to all parties who currently hold a Gas Transmission Service Agreement (GTSA) with CGT and have the "Trader" role in the INSIDEtracc System. The information packet will include details on the offerings available and how to participate in the capacity release process.

If you would like to be included on the distribution list to receive the information packet or have questions, please e-mail cgtcoretransport@pge.com or contact Terri Seto at 925.244.3523.