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Canadian Mainline Summer 2012 Open Season For STFT and ST-SN

Revised February 2, 2012

TransCanada's Canadian Mainline is currently posting the following firm transportation services in this Short Term Capacity Open Season (the "Open Season") for service in the 2012 Summer season. This represents capacities remaining from the January 29, 2012 Summer Short Term Open Season. The available capacity has been adjusted for subsequent firm transportation sales.  

The Open Season has been adjusted to reflect recent firm transportation bids received on February 2, 2012.

Table 1: Available Short Term Capacity (GJ/d) - Summer 2012(1)

Posted System Segments for STFT and ST-SN(2)

  

April 1, 2012 - October 31, 2012 (GJ/d)

Empress to (Domestic)

  
 South Saskatchewan Delivery Area (SSDA)  

5,400,000

 Manitoba Delivery Area (MDA)  

5,400,000

 Western Delivery Area (WDA)  

1,675,000

 Northern Delivery Area (NDA)  

1,675,000

 North Bay Junction  

1,675,000

 Central Delivery Area (CDA)  

1,675,000

 Eastern Delivery Area (EDA)(3)  

1,080,000

 Eastern Delivery Area (GMi EDA)  

366,900

 Sault Ste Marie Delivery Area (SSMDA)  

48,407

 Southwest Delivery Area (SWDA)  

729,230

   

 

Empress to (Export)

  

 

 Emerson 1  

753,750

 Emerson 2  

2,466,900

 Kirkwall  

612,230

 Niagara  

612,230

 Chippawa  

247,500

 Iroquois  

524,250

 Napierville  

126,000

 Philipsburg  

34,120

 East Hereford(4)  

157,500

     
 

Emerson 2 to

    
 Manitoba Delivery Area (MDA)  

 425,250

 Western Delivery Area (WDA)  

  425,250

 Northern Delivery Area (NDA)  

   425,250

 North Bay Junction  

   425,250

 Central Delivery Area (CDA)  

   425,250

 Eastern Delivery Area (EDA)(3)  

   425,250

 Eastern Delivery Area (GMi EDA)  

   366,900

 Sault Ste Marie Delivery Area (SSMDA)  

48,407

 Southwest Delivery Area (SWDA)  

  425,250

 Kirkwall  

  425,250

 Niagara  

  425,250

 Chippawa  

  247,500

 Iroquois  

  425,250

 Napierville  

  126,000

 Philipsburg  

  34,120

 East Hereford(4)  

 157,500

   

 

 

North Bay Junction to

  

 

Central Delivery Area (CDA)  

2,050,500

   

 

Kirkwall to

  

 

 Niagara

  

783,370

 Chippawa

  

247,500

   

 

St. Clair to

  

 

 Union SWDA  

990,800

   

 

Dawn to

  

 

 Kirkwall  

612,230

 Niagara  

612,230

 Chippawa  

247,500

   

 

Parkway Belt to

  

 

Union CDA  

404,000

All Other Points(5)  

174,000

   

 

ST-SN Metering Capacity (Subject to Segment Capacity)

  

 

Empress to  

 

 Goreway CDA  

61,230

 Victoria Square #2 CDA  

50,250

 Thorold CDA  

85,500

 Schomberg #2 CDA  

17,250


1 TransCanada is not accepting bids from export points unless otherwise listed in the table above.
2 May not be available on all paths. Please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager if you are interesting in bidding on this service.
3 Capacity available to Enbridge EDA, Union EDA, and Cornwall only.
4 Shippers and prospective shippers should be aware that TransCanada has posted firm capacity to East Hereford that is in excess of the downstream firm take-away capacity on PNGTS. PNGTS may have interruptible capacity available on certain days, depending on operating conditions. When insufficient interruptible take-away capacity is available on PNGTS, those FT shippers on TransCanada that are unable to flow their gas downstream of East Hereford may instead nominate diversions to alternate Delivery Points or, if applicable, obtain FT-RAM credits for use elsewhere on the TransCanada system.
5 Includes all points listed in Table 1. Is subject to each delivery points' available capacity listed. 

Open Season & Bidding Procedure Highlights
  • Bids must be received by TransCanada no later than 8:00 a.m. Calgary time each business day
  • Term:
    • April to October capacity is available for a minimum one (1) month term.
    • Bids must end on the last day of a month.
    • No bids will be accepted for partial months or with a term ending after October 31, 2012.
  • System Segment Capacity:
    • Some posted segments share common capacity.  A successful bid on one system segment may reduce the capacity on another system segment.
    • Any bids that pertain to common capacity will be evaluated together for allocation purposes.
    • Each capacity segment requested must be on an individual bid form
  • Conditional Bidding: STFT bids can be conditioned on another STFT bid
    • If an STFT bid is conditional on another STFT bid, if either STFT bid requires a reduction to the maximum daily quantity, the maximum daily quantity for the other STFT bid will be reduced by the same percentage.
    • Please submit each set of conditional bids in a separate fax, to provide clarity on which bids are related.
  • Min Acceptable Quantity: May be specified by bidder in the event that prorating capacity is necessary
  • There are no Diversions, Alternate Receipt Points, FT-RAM or Renewal Rights with any STFT service
  • Transportation sales in the Daily Existing Capacity Open Season will affect the available capacity in this STFT Open Season

How to Bid

Service applicants must submit a binding Short Term Transportation Contract, Exhibit "A" Addendum, Paper Version or Electronic Version, to TransCanada's Mainline Contracting Department at (403) 920-2343 and must be received by 8:00 a.m. Calgary time each business day.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager.

Calgary

Gordon Betts
Phone: 1.403.920.6834
Email: gordon_betts@transcanada.com

Michael Mazier
Phone: 1.403.920.2651
Email: mike_mazier@transcanada.com


Toronto

Amelia Cheung
Phone: 1.416.869.2115
Email: amelia_cheung@transcanada.com

Lisa DeAbreu
Phone: 1.416.869.2171
Email: lisa_deabreu@transcanada.com

Reena Mistry
Phone: 1.416.869.2159
Email: reena_mistry@transcanada.com

 

Appendix

LINKS to Additional Information:

GST Procedures for STFT - FOR EXPORT POINTS ONLY

TransCanada is required to charge the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), whichever is applicable, on transportation of gas that is consumed in Canada.  The GST is set at 5% while HST is set at 13% in Ontario. 

Shippers may provide a Declaration which notifies TransCanada that the Shipper's STFT contract is intended to serve an export market and should be charged 0% GST or 0% HST, on any Unutilized Demand Charges (UDC).

The Declaration Form is available at the following link:

STFT GST/HST Declaration

Shippers may also zero-rate GST or HST on the associated transportation demand, commodity and pressure charges by making a Declaration on the nomination line in NrG Highway.

Please note:

  • Declarations may only take effect on the first day of a month.
  • A Declaration cannot be applied retroactively.
  • A Declaration supersedes previous Contract Declarations.
  • A single Declaration form is used for all of a shipper's firm export contracts eligible for zero-rating of UDC.   
  • If a Shipper zero-rates their nomination but does not execute a Declaration the Shipper will be charged 0% GST or 0% HST on their nomination but all associated UDCs will be charged the current applicable GST or HST rate.

Please refer to the following website for additional information on GST/HST regulations and rebates.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/gst-tps/gnrl/txbl/trnsprttn/menu-eng.html

For more information on TransCanada's GST/HST practices, contact Mainline_Contracting@transcanada.com.