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Alberta
System Aligns Commodity and Demand
With
TransCanada developing a new gas management system and implementing
numerous process improvements, customers were provided with
an opportunity to align the commodity and demand for invoicing
and reporting purposes. With the current process, an invoice
dated the 20th of a month contains demand charges from the
previous month and commodity charges from the month previous
to the demand month.
In order
to accomplish the alignment, industry had to adopt a new calendar
that establishes timelines for the reporting of data. At the
July 10, 2001 Tolls, Tariff & Procedures Committee (TTP) meeting,
customers agreed to implement a new industry calendar for:
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the distribution of Alberta System month end receipt measurement
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the reporting of Common Stream Operator (CSO) month end
receipt allocations
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the distribution of Alberta System gas balances
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the distribution of Alberta System invoices
The
new industry calendar
works backward from the industry pay day and contains the
following guidelines:
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Distributes invoices two and half work days prior to industry
pay day
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Provides TransCanada two work days to prepare and distribute
invoices after finalizing monthly gas balances
- Provides
TransCanada two work days to prepare and distribute monthly
gas balances after receiving month end receipt allocations
from CSO's
- Continues
to provide CSO's adequate time to complete and report month
end receipt allocations
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Distributes receipt measurement on the fifth work day of
each month
"Customers
have requested that the commodity and demand be invoiced for
the same month, but the current industry calendar and information
systems did not support the alignment. The new industry calendar
and systems will allow for TransCanada to invoice for a month's
commodity and demand on the same invoice, making it more convenient
for the customer," said Grant Gilbert, Senior Analyst with
TransCanada.
The
commodity and demand alignment as well as the new industry
calendar are targeted for a January 2003 implementation, conditional
on TransCanada having the required information systems available.
In
future years, TransCanada will work with industry representatives,
as it has in the past, to finalize the annual industry calendar
using the guidelines from the approved resolution.
For
information on the commodity and demand alignment or industry
calendar, please contact Grant
Gilbert at (403) 920-5395. For
information on the TTP process, please contact Dave
Hands at (403) 920-5838.
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