MichCon Storage & Transportation Services
Extensive Infrastructure. Innovative Solutions.
We offer an extensive network of pipelines to serve midstream customers - gathering natural gas from processing plants and transporting it to major pipeline interconnections throughout the Midwest and the Northeast.
MichCon holds access to some of the best gas storage geology in North America. We own and operate four large natural gas storage fields. With over 124 Bcf of working storage, we can design a customized storage plan to meet your business needs.
Our central location offers unsurpassed access and transportation options for large-volume shippers who need to deliver gas beyond the MichCon system.
And we offer additional, customizable services including loans, exchanges, balancing and title transfers.
IMPORTANT UPDATES
Management of EUT Sotrage Balances (posted 07-23-08)
If you do not serve End User Transportation (EUT) customers, please disregard this notice. EUT customers are reminded to maintain storage balances within 10% of their Annual Contract Quantity (ACQ). If a customer exceeds this limit, MichCon is authorized to charge the customer a load balancing fee of $0.246/MMBtu, plus gas in kind, for any month end storage balance volumes that exceed 10% of ACQ. In addition, MichCon is authorized to refuse nominated gas deliveries for a customer's account that is in an excess storage position. Thank you for your cooperation.
August 2008 System-Wide Btu Factor (posted 07-22-08)
The August 2008 system-wide Btu factor used for August's end-user consumption conversion will be 1.013. If you have any questions, please contact Sheryl Maloney at 313.235.1038
August 2008 MichCon GCR Factor (posted 07-22-08)
The GCR Factor for August 2008 will remain at $10.7900 per mcf.
June 2008 Dry Cash-Out Trading (posted 07-09-08)
At 9:00am est Friday morning, July 11th, eNominator will email your "pre" cashout June 2008 volumes available for trading. For more detail on dry cash-out positions, run the ALR 94 report starting July 10th under CAW NOMINATIONS. The dry cashout trading window will open at 9:30am est on Friday July 11th and Imbalances will be posted at that time. The trading window will remain open until 5pm est, Monday July 14th. If trading occurs, eNominator will email you a trade confirmation. On Monday July 14th, you will receive the "post trading invoices" at approximately 5:30pm est. Final dry cashout invoices will continue to mailed out by Gas Accounting
Actual System-Wide BTU Factor - Effective September 2008 Business (posted 07-07-08)
On November 8, 2007 in Case No. U-15430, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved MichCon's request to eliminate the monthly posting of the estimated System-Wide BTU factor. Currently, MichCon posts an estimated BTU factor for the upcoming business month approximately one week prior to month-end. MichCon will eliminate this practice effective with the business month of September 2008. As such, the estimated BTU factor for September 2008 will not be posted at the end of August.
In lieu of pre-posting the estimated BTU factor, the MPSC approved MichCon's request to post the actual System-Wide BTU factor at the conclusion of each business month. MichCon will post the actual BTU factor for the previous month on or around the 4th business day of each month. Thus, on or around October 6, 2008, MichCon will post the actual BTU factor for the month of September 2008.
For purposes of converting End User Transportation (EUT) ccf consumption volumes to a thermal basis, MichCon will apply the actual BTU factor to the EUT customers' bills, as opposed to the pre-posted estimated BTU factor.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sheryl Maloney at 313-235-1038 or Kelly Naragon at 313-235-1036.
MCGC Citygate Price - June 2008 (posted 07-03-08)
The average MichCon Citygate price for June 2008 is $12.803/MMBtu. This price will be used to determine final dry point cashout positions. If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Coleman at 313.235.1039
Dry Allocations Due July 9, 2008 @ NOON E.S.T. (posted 07-02-08)
June 2008 Dry actual volumes for Dry Receipt Point operators are now available in eNominator. Operators, please enter your Allocations by July 9, 2008 by noon e.s.t. in eNominator. The Petoskey Service is effective from April 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008 for Dry Points (Jordan 4, Chestonia and Mancelona). When allocating for these 3 dry points, allocate to the Petoskey Service contract first to match the nomination and allocate the reaminder to the dry pooling contract. Reminder: Change the Allocated Method to "Operator Provided Value" (OPV) or refer to the Dry Cashout section of your training manuals. If you have any questions please call Stephanie Coleman at 313.235.1039
Annual ACQ/MDQ Review (posted 05-23-08)
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES NOT SERVE END USER TRANSPORTATION (EUT) ACCOUNTS, PLEASE DISREGARD THIS MESSAGE.
Dear EUT Brokers:
Last week, MichCon sent letters to all of its EUT customers stating that we had completed our annual review of each customer's Annual Contract Quantity (ACQ) and Maximum Daily Quantity (MDQ). The revised quantities are set forth in the letter, along with the specific tariff-approved methodology used to calculate the results. The revised ACQs and MDQs will become effective on July 1, 2008. The new quantities will be loaded into eNominator and available by June 23.
In the letter, MichCon advised customers to immediately communicate the changes to their brokers and/or energy managers. Customers were also advised to contact their MichCon Account Managers by June 6, 2008 with any questions or concerns about the revised quantities. If you have not yet been contacted by your customers concerning these changes, we encourage you to contact them right away.
We suggest that customers and their brokers/energy managers closely monitor storage balances in order to arrange for any storage transfers that may be necessitated as a result of the revised quantities. The customary $25 storage transfer fee will apply to these transactions.
Should you have any questions, please contact your customers' Account Managers. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in managing your customers' accounts.
2008 Monthly EUT Meter Read Schedule (posted 01-04-08)
The following schedule sets forth the dates on which MichCon’s EUT accounts are scheduled to be read and billed for the year 2008.|
Consumption |
Planned 1st Bill Date |
Planned Last Bill Date |
| Jan-08 | 01/30/08 | 01/31/08 |
| Feb-08 | 02/28/08 | 02/29/08 |
| Mar-08 | 03/28/08 | 03/31/08 |
| Apr-08 | 04/29/08 | 04/30/08 |
| May-08 | 05/29/08 | 05/30/08 |
| Jun-08 | 06/27/08 | 06/30/08 |
| Jul-08 | 07/30/08 | 07/31/08 |
| Aug-08 | 08/28/08 | 08/29/08 |
| Sep-08 | 09/29/08 | 09/30/08 |
| Oct-08 | 10/30/08 | 10/31/08 |
| Nov-08 | 11/25/08 | 11/26/08 |
| Dec-08 | 12/29/08 | 12/30/08 |
Where can I see the total of my Buys, the parties I purchased gas from, and the location?Where can I see the total of what I sold, to whom and where I sold it?
There are a couple of ways to get the total of your Buy and/or Sell transactions: 1) to get ALL of the information, run the NN08 "Daily Activity Grouped by Service Requestor." Report NN08 shows submitted nominations grouped by Buys, Paths, and Sells. Buys will be sorted by Alphabetical Up Name, and sells will sorted by Alphabetical Dn Name. 2) From the Activity Summary Screen, click on the location summary tab. To copy the data to Excel, click in the uppermost square of the grid to select the entire grid, then right click and select "copy", then paste into Excel.
How can I get a report into Excel so that I can manipulate the data?To get a report into an Excel spreadsheet, find "Report Export File Type" in the lower half of the reporting screen and change it to "Excel Data Only." You may then sort and use the data according to your preferences. In the future, all reports will be able to be directly downloaded as an Excel worksheet.
Why doesn't the Total K Rec Qty on the Path Summary add up to the total of my buys?
That total is not the total of your Buys. The Path Summary is a listing of all of your Pathed nominations and therefore will not include any transactions which do not have a Path (e.g., Buys that you did not transport; gas that you "Bought" and then immediately "Sold," otherwise known as Title Transfers.
I need a report like the Nom 48 in ConQuest. What report can I use to get that information?
There are a number of reports in the system to satisfy your request. For instance, the NN08 report. The NN08 report does not include Adjusted volumes. Any adjustments to your submitted nominations are available on the NN20 "Nom Change History" which will be automatically emailed to you any time a change is made by MichCon. Please refer to the online version of our eNominatorSM User Guidebook, Section 2.2 where you will find a list of the most commonly used reports, along with a description of the reports.
My eNominatorSM Screen is Too Small. How can I adjust it?
To make your eNominatorSM screen size larger, you need to set the Window Size in the Citrix Interface Settings. To do this, go to the Citrix Application page. The Citrix Application page has the EBB and eNominator-CAW icons on it. On the Application page banner line, you will see four icons, one of which is a "?" question mark. Click on the icon to the left of the "?" icon, which is the "customize user interface settings" icon.
On the "Settings" page, set the Window Size in the Connection Preferences to either "Standard - Full Screen" or select "Percent of screen" and enter a percentage.
Click "OK" to close the "Settings" window, and then re-open eNominatorSM.
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