Daily Capacity Desk
News & Capacity Update
Please check this page daily for interpretations of tables and notices posted elsewhere on our site.
Welcome to Empire Pipeline’s Daily Capacity Narrative.
We are dedicated to responding to your needs while keeping costs down. Empire has the flexibility to be market sensitive in its contracts for firm service and is willing to consider discounts for all other transportation services.
Questions related to the content of this Narrative can be directed to Benjamin Touma at (716) 857-6954.
- Section 1: Current Interruptible Rates and Monthly Fuel Rate
- Section 2: Operationally Available Capacity
- Section 3: Firm Capacity Offerings & Open Seasons
- Section 4: System Operations & Maintenance
- Section 5: E-mail Subscriptions to This Narrative
Available Capacity is subject to change with each new nomination cycle and changes in weather or unexpected operational changes. For up-to-the-minute capacity information, please contact our T&E Department (phone: (716) 857-6960, email: NFGSCscheduling@natfuel.com).
Thanks,
Benjamin Touma
Empire Pipeline, Inc.
Daily Capacity Desk:
Phone: (716) 857-6954
Interruptible Opportunities:
Benjamin Touma
toumab@natfuel.com
716-857-6954
Instant Messaging (ICE): btouma
Primary Transportation & Storage:
Anthony Limina
liminaa@natfuel.com
716-857-7924
Instant Messaging (ICE): alimina
Christian Hollfelder
hollfelderc@natfuel.com
716-857-7428
Instant Messaging (ICE): chollfelder
Mickey Zablonski
zablonskim@natfuel.com
716-857-7618
Instant Messaging (ICE): mzablonski
Notice Regarding Empire Fuel Retention Rates:
The new Empire Existing Shipper Fuel Retention, Empire North Compressor Fuel Retention, and Other Gas for Transporter’s Use (OGFTU) rates will be effective April 1, 2023 will be as follows:
- Existing Shipper Fuel Retention will be 0.16%
- Empire North Fuel Retention will be 1.43%
- Other Gas For Transporter’s Use will be 0.20%.
Please call Empire Pipeline, Inc. Interstate Marketing if there are any questions.
Section 1: Current Interruptible Rates and Monthly Fuel Rate
Please refer to our IT Rates Postings page for information on our current rates, which are posted on the 25th of each month for business the following month. Please note that these posted rates are subject to change during the flow month due to market conditions. If you are interested in discussing a rate that is different from that which is posted on our website for IT service, please fill out the Interruptible Service Discount Request Form below and email it to us at Marketing@NatFuel.com.
Section 2: Operationally Available Capacity
Operationally Available Capacity is subject to change with each new nomination cycle and changes in weather or unexpected operational changes. Please refer to today’s Operationally Available Capacity Table for available capacity at specific points.
Section 3: Firm Capacity Offerings & Open Seasons
Open Seasons and/or Capacity Offerings currently posted or anticipated are listed in the table below. You may also reference our Open Seasons Index page to view the details of current and historical Open Seasons.
| STATUS | OS ID | TERM | DESCRIPTION | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERMINATED | 25 | 3/17/2023 to 3/27/2023 | Long Term contractual primary receipt and delivery point changes for shippers currently holding eligible transportation capacity under its Firm Transportation (“FT” and “FT-EN”) and/or Firm Transportation No-Notice (“FTNN”) rate schedules. | Empire has terminated this offering effective 3/24/23 and will not be awarding capacity in OS25. |
| CLOSED | 24 | 3/9/2022 to 3/16/2022 | Long Term Firm Transportation (“FT”) Capacity from TransCanada Pipeline at Chippawa to NFGSC Pendleton | 3/16/2022: No bids were received. Capacity remains available on a post Open Season basis, please contact your Marketing Representative for details. |
| CLOSED | 23 | 7/27/2021 to 8/3/2021 | Long Term Firm Transportation (“FT”) and/or Firm Transportation No-Notice (“FTNN”) Capacity from TransCanada Pipeline at Chippawa to Various System Delivery Points | 8/3/2021: No bids were received. Capacity remains available on a post Open Season basis, please contact your Marketing Representative for details. |
| CLOSED | 22 | 10/26/2020 to 11/2/2020 | Long Term Firm Transportation Capacity from TransCanada at Chippawa to Phoenix Line 63 - Sithe. | 12/16/2020: No bids were received. Capacity remains available on a post Open Season basis, please contact your Marketing Representative for details. |
Empire has long-term capacity available for various paths. At certain times, this capacity may not be available due to short-term sales, pending sales or maintenance. Please refer to our Unsubscribed Capacity page or call Benjamin Touma at (716) 857-6954 for information on firm capacity that remains available.
Shipper Opportunities : To either solicit interest in buying capacity from another shipper, inform regular visitors of our website that you have idle capacity you are willing to sell, or to simply post a non-capacity related notice, we welcome you to use the Shipper Opportunities section on our Informational Postings page. If you would like to place an opportunity on our website, please email the exact language that you would like posted to toumab@Natfuel.com.
Section 4: System Operations & Maintenance
Click here to view all Critical Notice Postings.2
CRITICAL NOTICE EMAIL UPDATES – If you would like to automatically receive an email as critical notices are posted to the Informational Postings area of our website, please email toumab@Natfuel.com from the address wishing to be added to this service, with “Critical Notice” as the subject.
Section 5: Email Subscriptions
Sign up to receive a link to each day’s daily capacity via e-mail.