welcome to nicor gas evening cycle nominations training

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Welcome to Nicor Gas Evening Cycle Nominations Training

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Agenda

● Webinar Basics● Nomination Cycle Information● Timely Cycle Pool Summary Reports● Available Gas Volume● Evening Cycle Nominations and Pool Summary Reports● Volume Adjustment Process● Pool Summary Report – Multiple Days● Pool Summary Report – All Pipelines● Service Summary Reports● Hub Imbalance Contract Nominations● Next Steps● Survey


Webinar Basics

● On the right hand corner of your page is an Attendee Control Pane

● To minimize or maximize the pane, click the arrows icon

● To ask a question, type it in the Questions Log and click Send

● Issues with accessing the webinar – Call 888-259-8414


Nomination Cycle Information

● As part of the recent Rate Case, Nicor Gas is adding an Evening Cycle.● Two nomination cycles will now be available; Timely and

Evening.● The Evening Cycle is voluntary; you can choose to only

nominate on the Timely Cycle.

● You must continue to balance Timely Cycle nominations by 11:30 a.m. CST on the day before the Gas Day.

● The deadline for fax nominations will continue to be 8:00 a.m. CST.

● The deadline for the Evening Cycle nominations to Nicor and the pipelines is 3:00 p.m. CST on the business day before the Gas Day.


Job Aid Referenced

● Evening Cycle Nominations● Hub Imbalance Contract Nominations


Timely Cycle

● You must continue to balance Timely Cycle nominations by 11:30 a.m. CST.

● The Timely Cycle nomination process (including Batch nominations) has not changed.


Pool Summary Report Filter - Timely Cycle


Prior to Schedule & Allocation - Balanced

View the Nominated Column to determine if you are in balance.


Timely Cycle – Schedule and Allocate

The Nicor Noms Administrator will schedule and allocate at 11:30 a.m. CST.


After Schedule & Allocation - Balanced

View the Scheduled and Allocated columns to determine if you are in balance.


Additional Gas Volume

● Additional volume for incremental physical deliveries will be posted by 1:00 p.m. CST.● The volume posted is the total amount available

across all suppliers and all pipelines for the Evening Cycle.

● When you are nominating on multiple days, the capacity for all days will display. The amounts can be the same or different.

● New nominations or changes to existing nominations that do not include a change to the physical deliveries will not be included in the Additional Gas Volume amount.


Additional Gas Volume Link


Additional Gas Volume – Prior to 1:00 PM

20,000 is the total amount available for all suppliers across all Pipelines for incremental physical deliveries in the Evening Cycle.


Additional Gas Volume – Prior to 1:00 PM


Evening Cycle

● Any physical delivery that comes in after the 11:30 a.m. CST Timely Cycle deadline will be part of the Evening Cycle.

● The deadline for the Evening Cycle nominations to Nicor and the Pipelines will be 3:00 p.m. CST.● The Nicor Noms Administrator will confirm the

pipelines as soon as practical after the 3:00 p.m. CST deadline.


Evening Cycle Nominations

Nominations can be completed via batch and on-line.


Batch Nominations on the Evening Cycle

● Upload a batch file nominating 0 (zero) for all of your Timely Cycle nominations. This will “zero out” your Timely Cycle nominations, so you do not receive a false MDCQ error message for end users.


Batch Nominations on the Evening Cycle

● Upload a second batch file with all the cumulative amounts of your Timely Cycle and Evening Cycle nominations. ● Ex: You nominated 75 to an end user in the Timely

Cycle, but want to increase that nomination to 600 in the Evening Cycle. Your batch file will have a nomination for the full 600 in the Evening Cycle.


On-line Nominations on the Evening Cycle

● Enter the cumulative amount of the Timely and Evening nominations. ● Ex: You nominated 50 to an end user in the Timely

Cycle, but want to increase that nomination to 400 in the Evening Cycle. You will nominate the full 400 on the Evening Cycle.


Pool Summary Report Filter - Evening Cycle


Evening Cycle Nominations

● Three Evening Cycle Nomination Scenarios● Updates to nominations that were completed during

the Timely Cycle only.● Nominations on paths that were not utilized during

the Timely Cycle only.● A combination of nominations on paths that were not

utilized during the Timely Cycle and updates to nominations that were completed during the Timely Cycle.


Evening Cycle Nominations – Scenario 1

● Updates to Nominations that were completed during the Timely Cycle● All current Timely Cycle nominations and updates to

Timely Cycle nominations will display in the Timely Cycle section.


Prior to Schedule & Allocation – Updates to Existing Nominations Only



Evening Cycle Nominations – Scenarios 2 & 3

● Nominations on paths that were not utilized during the Timely Cycle only.● All current Timely Cycle nominations will be copied to a section

entitled “Current Nomination Not Scheduled/Allocated.”

● Evening Cycle nominations on paths that were not utilized during the Timely Cycle will also display in this section.

● A combination of nominations on paths that were not utilized during the Timely Cycle and updates to nominations that were completed during the Timely Cycle.● All current Timely Cycle nominations will be copied to a section

entitled “Current Nomination Not Scheduled/Allocated.”

● Updates to the Timely Cycle nominations and nominations on paths that were not utilized during the Timely Cycle will display in this section.


Prior to Schedule & Allocation – Nominations on New Paths



Evening Cycle – Schedule and Allocate

The Nicor Noms Administrator will schedule and allocate at 3:00 p.m. CST.


After Schedule & Allocation - Balanced

View the Scheduled & Allocated Column to determine if you are in balance.


Volume Adjustment Process

● If the nominated amount of physical deliveries exceeds the additional volume posted, volume adjustments will be required.

● If volume adjustments are required:● The Nicor Noms Administrator will send an e-mail to

the “General” e-mail group after 3pm.● Everyone who nominated additional physical

deliveries on the Evening Cycle will need to lower their volumes.

● Pull your Pool Summary Report on the Evening Cycle to determine the volume adjustments.


Pool Summary Report – After Volume Adjustments

View the Scheduled & Allocated columns to view the adjustments.


Volume Adjustment Process

Change your nominations to correct the pool imbalances.


Pool Summary Report – Updates to Existing Nominations Only

View the Nominated column to determine if you are in balance.


Pool Summary Report – Nomination on a New Path



Pool Summary Report – Multiple Days


Pool Summary Report - Timely Cycle


Prior to Schedule and Allocation - Balanced

View the Nominated column of the Gas Day Subtotals to determine if you are in balance.


After Schedule and Allocation - Balanced

View the Scheduled & Allocated columns of the Gas Day Subtotals to determine if you are in balance.


Pool Summary Report - Evening Cycle


Prior to Schedule and Allocation – Nominations on New Paths



Prior to Schedule and Allocation – Updates on Existing Paths only



After Schedule and Allocation – Balanced

View the Scheduled & Allocated columns of the Evening Cycle Gas Day Subtotals to determine if you are in balance.


Pool Summary Report – All Pipelines


Pool Summary Report - Timely Cycle


Prior to Schedule and Allocation - Not Balanced




View the Scheduled & Allocated columns to determine if you are in balance.


Pool Summary Report - Evening Cycle


Prior to Schedule and Allocation - Not Balanced



Prior to Schedule and Allocation - Balanced




View the Scheduled & Allocated column to determine if you are in balance.


Service Summary Reports


Service Summary Report – Timely Cycle


Service Summary Report


Service Summary Report – Evening Cycle


Service Summary Report


Changes to Hub Nominations

● Rolling nominations will no longer be allowed on Hub Imbalance contract nominations.

● If you are updating a nomination on any Hub Injection or Withdrawal path:● Zero out the current nomination, so you do not

receive a false MDCQ error message.● Enter the new nomination.


Next Steps

● Beginning 6/9, you will see the Evening Cycle upgrade information in the Gas Nomination system.

● Beginning 6/10, you can nominate for the Evening Cycle for Gas Day 6/11.

● Questions? ● Reference job aid● E-mail: [email protected]● Telephone: 630-983-4040 option 2

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