As part of the 2001 and 2002 Alberta System Rate Settlement, a new Point to Point (P2P) Service was developed by industry and approved by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) for a two year period ending December 31, 2002. The intent was to evaluate the Service during this initial period and evaluate whether the Service should continue, be modified or discontinued during the negotiations for the next Rate Settlement. Although industry discussions of an Alberta short haul service are ongoing, there is a possibility that industry agreement may not be reached in a timely manner or that the EUB may not approve a service filing for implementation by January 1, 2003.

In order to ensure that parties contracting P2P Service prior to December 31, 2002 have continued access to the Service, the Tolls, Tariff, and Procedures Committee (TTP) approved an extension of this service until approval of a subsequent Alberta System short haul service. In June 2002, the TTP gave its approval to an extension of the P2P Service until December 31, 2003.

"The extension of P2P Service provides the extra time required by industry to consider a successor short haul service to the current P2P. We are confident that a service that meets the needs of intra-Alberta Stakeholders will be filed with the EUB by the end of 2002 and in place in 2003," says Trudy Roome, Senior Specialist, Western Pricing Design. "The extension provides an assurance to those customers presently using P2P Service that it will continue to be available after December this year."

There are currently two P2P contracts for a total contracted volume of 102 million cubic feet per day (2873 e3m3/d).

For information on the Point to Point Service, contact your Alberta System Customer Representative. For information on the TTP process, contact Dave Hands at (403) 920-583.