
Looking to develop and market a storage
facility inside Union Gas’ franchise area?
This bi-directional transportation service
provides third party, natural gas storage pool operators with transport
between their storage pool and Union Gas' Dawn Hub. The transport service
allows the storage operator to offer their customers Dawn based storage
services.
The service is contingent on the storage
operator building facilities to connect to Union Gas' pipeline network of
distribution, transmission or storage pipelines and typically relies, at
least partially, on displacement to effectuate service.
The service is available on a firm or
interruptible basis, subject to system capacity and local market size or
requirements at the point of interconnection. Firm service may
require system upgrades which the Shipper is responsible for via an “aid to
construct” payment.
Given
the unique nature of each storage pool and the options for connection to
Union Gas' system, each M16 contract is unique in regards to the specifics
of pressure, flow rates, costs to connect and specific facilities
required. Potential M16 Shippers are encouraged to contact Union
Gas to discuss their options, given their specific project.
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SERVICE INFORMATION |
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Service
Highlights |
- Provides transportation between the storage location and the
Dawn Hub
- Available as a Firm or Interruptible service
- Firm service available only on nominations made on the
Timely NAESB nomination window
- Right to increase nomination on an IT basis on
subsequent nomination windows
- Overrun and IT service available (subject to
Priority
of Service)
- Shippers pay a monthly connection charge, a demand charge
(for any firm portion of service), commodity and/or fuel
charges based on transport direction and usage level
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Receipt and Delivery Points |
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Pricing and
Fuel |
- Regulated rate service as per
M16 Rate Schedule
- Demand charge for Firm Contract Demand
is different for “east of Dawn” or “west of Dawn”. East of
Dawn applies if Union Gas' Dawn to Parkway system is required
to provide the M16 service.
- All values listed as Canadian currency
- Regulated variable charges, based on
direction of transport as per M16 Rate Schedule
- Shippers can make a one time
decision, at the time of contracting, to provide “Union
Supplied Fuel” or “Customer Supplied Fuel”.
- CSF is not subject to true up, USF is subject to
intra-period WACOG adjustments
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Contract |
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Contract Term |
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Service Eligibility |
- Available to any Shipper with an Interruptible HUB Contract
- Sold via direct negotiations
between Union Gas and Shipper. Potential Shippers should
contact their Union Gas Account Manager or the Director of
Business Development to initiate discussions
- Maximum credit requirement - 12 months demand charge plus initial credit to cover any “aid to construct costs”
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Complementary Services |
- Balancing Service – Basic M16 service
requires the Shipper to hold a standard
Interruptible HUB contract. The standard M16 contract uses
the basic HUB contract Park and Loan service to provide the
balancing between the nominated flow and the actual flow to
or from the pool in any day. Union Gas has an optional,
unregulated M16 balancing service available that will
provide more flexibility at a similar cost.
- F24-T -
Upgrades M16 service to Firm
all day. Provides access to 13 nomination windows
- Union Gas
Storage - Provides the
option for additional
balancing and supplemental flexibility to complement
the Shipper’s own storage facility.
- M12 and
C1
Transportation Services – if the Shipper wants to be able to
move gas between Dawn and Union Gas' downstream or upstream
interconnects, M12 or C1 transportation would complement
their own storage and the M16 service.
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How to Request Service |
- Please contact
your
Account Manager or the Director of Business Development
to initiate a review of your
connection and parameter options.
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Other |
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Regulatory Notes |
- The M16 Service was
subject to a generic proceeding to review the cost structure
of the rate and access issues. Potential Shippers are
encouraged to review the EB-2004-0542 proceeding.
- M16 service has
also been the subject of the OEB's proposed Storage and
Transportation Access Rule EB-2008-0052 and potential
Shippers should also review that proceeding.
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Services
HUB Contract Application Form. See your account
manager for more information.
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