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FT - Daily

Canadian Mainline Daily Existing Capacity Open Season For FT, FT-NR, FT-SN, STS, MFP, EMB

April 13, 2018

TransCanada's Canadian Mainline is currently posting this Open Season for the following firm transportation services: Firm Transportation Service ("FT"), Non-Renewable Firm Transportation Service ("FT-NR") and Short Notice Firm Transportation ("FT-SN").(8) TransCanada will only accept bids for service from receipt points specified in Tables 1 through 3. Available capacity may vary in the future, please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager for details.

TransCanada's Mainline will accept bids with future start dates up to and including November 2021 as outlined in recent NGTL Open Seasons. For further information please contact your Customer Account Manager.

As per section 8 of the Mainline tariff, renewal provisions require contract holders to provide TransCanada with two years' notice of their intention to renew and a renewal term of one or more full years. Accordingly, any contract with an expiry less than two years away at any time will be considered as having been non-renewed.

Please note that on December 19, 2017 the NEB issued Order TGI-003-2017, approving TransCanada's 2018 Mainline Interim Tolls and Abandonment Surcharges for January 1, 2018.

All Existing Capacity available is located in Tables 1 through 3 below. This Open Season has been amended as of April 13, 2018 to reflect firm sales.

Table 1: Available Capacity(1)(2)

Posted System Segments

FT Capacity(7)
Starting April 2018 (GJ/d)

FT Capacity(7)
Starting November 2018 (GJ/d)

Empress(3) to (Domestic)(4)

    
South Saskatchewan Delivery Area (SSDA) 127,565 1,021,248
 Manitoba Delivery Area (MDA) 127,565 1,021,248
 Western Delivery Area (WDA) 127,565 908,739
 Northern Delivery Area (NDA) 127,565 908,739
Enbridge CDA 34,235 34,235
Enbridge CDA (FT-NR) 50,159 41,260
Union ECDA 34,235 34,235
Union ECDA (FT-NR) 50,159 41,260
 Eastern Delivery Area (EDA)(6) 127,565 351,489
 Eastern Delivery Area (GMi EDA) 111,354(11) 111,354(11)
 Southwest Delivery Area (SWDA) 41,260(10) 41,260(10)
 

Empress(3) to (Export)(4)

    
 Emerson 1 127,565 690,497
 Emerson 2 127,565 1,021,248

 Kirkwall

 0 0

 Cornwall

 34,689 35,955

 Iroquois

 127,565 351,489
 Napierville 68,964 68,964
 Philipsburg 0 0
 East Hereford 0 0

 

Table 2: Available Capacity(1)(2)

 

   

Dawn to

  
 Kirkwall

97,402
   

Parkway to

  
 Southwest Delivery Area (SWDA)

0
 

 
   

Sault Ste. Marie to

  
 Union SSMDA

0
   

St. Clair to

  
 Union SWDA

***9
   

Kirkwall to

  
 Union SWDA

0

Posted System Segments

 FT Capacity Starting April 2018 (GJ/d)

 

 

Table 3: Available Capacity(1)(2)

Posted Delivery Points for FT-SN(5) Capacity Starting April 2018 (GJ/d)

FT-SN Metering Capacity (Subject to Segment Capacity)

  

 

  
 Goreway CDA

51,250
 Victoria Square #2 CDA

43,750
 Thorold CDA

63,000
 Schomberg #2 CDA

13,596

 

1TransCanada is not accepting bids for firm service from export points unless otherwise listed in the tables above.  
2Earlier start dates may be accommodated. Please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager.
3Shippers and prospective shippers should be aware that TransCanada has posted firm capacity from Empress that may be in excess of the upstream delivery capacity on Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL). It is the responsibility of shippers to ensure upstream capacity is available.
4Bayhurst 1, Herbert, Liebenthal, Richmound, Shackleton, Steelman, Suffield 2, and Welwyn are also valid receipt points for the delivery points listed in Table 1.
5May not be available on all paths. Please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager if you are interested in bidding on this service. SNB service could be contracted with FT-SN. If you are interested in SNB, please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager for more information.
6Capacity available to Enbridge EDA, Union EDA, and KPUC only.
7For available capacity with a term of less than two years shippers may bid for either FT or FT-NR, since FT, less than two years, has no renewal right.
8For services not listed (STS,MFP & EMB) please contact your Mainline Customer Account Manager.
9The St. Clair - Dawn path is also available with Great Lakes Canada. For available Mainline service start dates and capacity please contact your customer account manager.
10FT-NR capacity with an end date of October 31, 2019.
11As a result of recent Mainline New Capacity Open Seasons, the Canadian Mainline is offering existing capacity that will be affected by these expansion requests as Non-Renewable Firm Transportation (“FT-NR”). Customers can contract for FT-NR for a minimum term of one year that does not exceed October 31, 2019.

 

Open Season & Bidding Procedure Highlights

  • Bids must be received by TransCanada no later than 8:00 a.m. MST (Calgary time) each business day
  • Term: As directed by Section 4.2 of the TAPs
  • Toll: The posted capacity will be at the NEB Approved Mainline Toll
  • 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: Mainline capacity bids can be conditioned on another Mainline capacity bid
    • If a Daily Existing Capacity Open Season ("DECOS") bid is conditional on another DECOS bid, if either DECOS bid requires a reduction to the maximum daily quantity, the maximum daily quantity for the other DECOS 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
  • Please refer to the TAPs: Transportation Access Procedures for more information
  • Please refer to the TAPs for information on bid deposit requirements

 

How to Bid

Service applicants must submit a binding bid via the Paper Version or Electronic Version to TransCanada's Mainline Contracting Department by email at [email protected] by fax at 1.403.920.2343 and must be received by 8:00 a.m. MST (Calgary time) each business day. All bids received each day will be evaluated together for allocation purposes and contracts will then be issued to successful Service Applicants who will then have one banking day to return the signed contract to TransCanada.

Questions

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

 

Calgary

Gordon Betts
Phone: 1.403.920.6834
Email: [email protected]

Michael Mazier
Phone: 1.403.920.2651
Email: [email protected]

Toronto

Amelia Cheung
Phone: 1.416.869.2115
Email: [email protected]

Reena Mistry
Phone: 1.416.869.2159
Email: [email protected]

 

 

Appendix

LINKS to Additional Information:

 

GST Procedures for FT, FT-SN, FT-NR - 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 FT 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:

FT 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/gsthst/

For more information on TransCanada's GST/HST practices, contact [email protected].