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CGT Firm Transport Capacity Release

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

As part of facilitating the Core Gas Aggregation Program and as a service to Core Transport Agents (CTAs), Pacific Gas and Electric Company's California Gas Transmission is offering a capacity release of firm transportation, which is the CTAs’ rejected allocated core pipeline capacity.

The capacity release auction process will begin at 7:00 AM, February 7, 2023 and will close at 8:00 AM Pacific Time on February 9, 2023 to coordinate with the timeline on the interstate pipelines.

The capacity release includes Firm Transportation on the following pipelines:

Pipeline Maximum Daily Quantity
March
2023		 April
2023		 May
2023		 June
2023
Foothills Pipe Lines (Canada) 17,612 GJ/d 17,612 GJ/d 17,612 GJ/d 17,612 GJ/d
NOVA Gas Transmission (Canada) 17,794 GJ/d 17,794 GJ/d 17,794 GJ/d 17,794 GJ/d
Gas Transmission Northwest 15,970 Dth/d 15,970 Dth/d 15,970 Dth/d 15,970 Dth/d
Ruby Pipeline 20,151 Dth/d 20,151 Dth/d 20,151 Dth/d 20,151 Dth/d
Ruby 2 Pipeline 5,036 Dth/d 5,036 Dth/d 5,036 Dth/d 5,036 Dth/d
PG&E Redwood On-System AFT (Core-MFV) 10,321 Dth/d 10,321 Dth/d 10,321 Dth/d 10,321 Dth/d
PG&E Redwood On-System SFT (Core-MFV) 2,110 Dth/d 0 Dth/d 0 Dth/d 0 Dth/d
El Paso Natural Gas 13,685 Dth/d 0 Dth/d 0 Dth/d 0 Dth/d

All offered transport will be for a single month contract, available for the specified quantity in the months of March – June 2023.

By February 6, 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 925.357.7571.