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CGT Firm Transport Capacity Release

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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 6, 2018 through February 8, 2018.

The capacity release includes Firm Transportation on the following pipelines:

Pipeline Maximum Daily Quantity
March
2018		 April
2018		 May
2018		 June
2018
Foothills Pipe Lines (Canada) 57,257 GJ/d 57,257 GJ/d 57,257 GJ/d 57,257 GJ/d
NOVA Gas Transmission (Canada) 57,847 GJ/d 57,847 GJ/d 57,847 GJ/d 57,847 GJ/d
Gas Transmission Northwest 52,870 Dth/d 52,870 Dth/d 52,870 Dth/d 52,870 Dth/d
Ruby Pipeline 51,827 Dth/d 51,827 Dth/d 51,827 Dth/d 51,827 Dth/d
PG&E Redwood On-System AFT (Core-MFV) 19,497 Dth/d 17,521 Dth/d 18,704 Dth/d 18,924 Dth/d
PG&E Baja On-System AFT (Core-MFV) 19,700 Dth/d 19,852 Dth/d 19,852 Dth/d 19,852 Dth/d
PG&E Baja On-System SFT (Core-MFV) 28,290 Dth/d Not Available Not Available Not Available
El Paso Pipeline 5,020 Dth/d Not Available Not Available Not Available
Transwestern Pipeline 35,971 Dth/d 4,619 Dth/d 4,619 Dth/d 4,619 Dth/d

All offered transport will be for a single month contract, available for the specified quantity for the months of March through June 2018. 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 6, 2018 and will close at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time on February 8, 2018, to coordinate with this timeline change on the interstate pipelines.

By February 6, 2018, 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.