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
eNominator Outage Sunday September 7, 2008 (posted 09-05-08)
eNominator will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance this Sunday, September 7th, from 7:00am until 9:00am ET. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank You,
MichCon's Gas Nomination Services
MCGC Citygate Price - August 2008 (posted 09-04-08)
The average MichCon Citygate price for August 2008 is $8.409/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
August 2008 Dry Allocations Due Spetember 9, 2008 @ NOON E.S.T. (posted 09-03-08)
August 2008 Dry actual volumes for Dry Receipt Point operators are now available in eNominator. Operators, please enter your Allocations by September 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
September 2008 MichCon GCR Factor (posted 08-26-08)
The GCR Factor for September 2008 will change to $11.3600 per mcf.
September 2008 System-Wide BTU Factor (posted 08-26-08)
As reminder, effective with September 2008 Business, MichCon no longer pre-posts the monthly System-Wide BTU Factor. For the details, please see the following note that was posted by MichCon on 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 6th business day of each month. Thus, on or around October 8, 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.
July 2008 Average BTU Factors Available (posted 08-12-08)See Non-Critical Notices for July 2008 BTU Factors.
July 2008 Dry Cash-Out Trading (posted 08-11-08)
At 9:00am est Tuesday morning, August 12th, eNominator will email your "pre" cashout July 2008 volumes available for trading. For more detail on dry cash-out positions, run the ALR 94 report starting August 11th under CAW NOMINATIONS. The dry cashout trading window will open at 9:30am est on Tuesday August 12th and Imbalances will be posted at that time. The trading window will remain open until 5pm est, Wednesday August 13th. If trading occurs, eNominator will email you a trade confirmation. On Wednesday August 13th, you will receive the "post trading invoices" at approximately 5:30pm est. Final dry cashout invoices will continue to mailed out by Gas Accounting
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES NOT SERVE END USER TRANSPORTATION (EUT) ACCOUNTS, PLEASE DISREGARD THIS MESSAGE. (posted 08-08-08)
Dear EUT Brokers:
September and October MDQ Reductions for EUTs will be recalculated for the months of September and October based on 3-year actual historical consumption in those respective months plus a daily allotment for storage injections (1.43% x ACQ / # days in month). The recalculated MDQs for customers will not be posted. Please contact Jerry DeRuiter 313.235.1042 or Doug Lowney 313.235.1403 to obtain the recalculated MDQs. MichCon will only allow MDQ increases if the customer provides demonstrated usage greater than the recalculated September and October MDQs. In these cases, the broker or customer should contact their MichCon Account Manager. Also, please take note that per MichCon's tariff, any monthly injections greater than 1.43% of a customer's ACQ will be subject to an Excess Storage Charge of $0.246 per MMBtu plus 1.42% gas-in-kind retention (this will be in addition to any gas in a customer's storage account greater than 10% of ACQ).
Management of EUT Storage 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.
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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