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TMS-Nominations User Manual

1. gt 8 Click the desired nomination type icon Pat Res or bel The appropriate fields for the nomination type selected display 9 Enter the appropriate data for the nomination type you selected The instructions below explain how to populate each field starting with the Receipt fields See the Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help section on Page 33 for field definitions h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 18 Receipt Data Input Fields 1 Type the receipt location in the Receipt Loc Prop field or right click in the Loc Prop field to invoke the Search function If you are relying on the search function in this instance you will want to select Receipt Locations Valid for Contract menu item This will narrow your search considerably by taking you directly to a list of receipt locations that are valid for the selected contract only See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for detailed instructions on performing a search 2 Press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Receipt Up K field cP Type the upstream contract number in the Receipt Up K field and press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Receipt Up JD field 4 Click the down arrow in the Receipt Up ID field and select the appropriate DUNS Number for the upstream contract Di Press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Receipt Quantity field 6 Type the receipt quantity in the Receipt Quantity
2. IDD P N R Contract Balance Screen Field Help Field Name Balance The quantity the balance has been altered by adjustment or Adjustment transfer from or to the account Daily Max Inject The maximum quantity service requester can nominate and schedule to be injected for the day Daily Max With The maximum quantity service requester can nominate and schedule to be withdrawn for the day Daily Min Inject The minimum quantity service requester can nominate and schedule to be injected for the day Daily Min With The minimum quantity service requester can nominate and schedule to be withdrawn for the day Date Date of corresponding activity Firm Balance The portion of the Total Balance that utilized firm transportation service to deliver inject or receive withdraw Int Balance Denotes the portion of the Total Balance that utilized Interruptible interruptible transportation service to deliver inject or Balance receive withdraw Storage location where the corresponding activity occurred Monthly Max The total quantity service requester has agreed to inject Inject during the month Monthly Max With The total quantity service requester has agreed to withdraw during the month Monthly Min Inject The minimum quantity service requester has agreed to inject during the month Monthly Min With The minimum quantity service requester has agreed to withdraw during the month Nominated The quantity nominated for injection into storage Inject
3. Alt S Saves all current updates to TMS database if all validation criteria are met If an error message appears changes will not be saved All error messages must be adjusted and corrected before the nomination can be saved Alt Z Sorts all applied data fields available in the Selection View screen ascending or descending order based on the selection criteria the user selects h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 2 Search Facility Option Four basic search options are available to you in the TMS system QO Search 73 m Location Search 73 m Receipt Delivery Locations Valid for Contract 77 O Location Detail Information 78 The type of search you can perform depends upon the field from which you invoke the search option For example the Svc Reg K field invokes the Search option The Loc Prop field invokes the Location Search Location Detail Information and Receipt Locations Valid for Contract options NOTE Once you have performed a search and have retrieved a list of data you can sort that data in various ways See the Sort section beginning on Page 79 for detailed instructions Search and Location Search Options The Search and Location Search menu options work similarly thus both operations are explained in this section 1 Right click in either a location type field Loc Prop or a contract type field k Wo ee on the screen you are currently viewing The sear
4. J erdee Requester O i O Figure 3 GISB 1 4 Changes h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 8 TMS Overview Nomination Services The TMS system is the medium customers use to request specific pipeline services Following are the service types provided by the Nomination system QO Firm Transportation l l Transportation from primary receipt points to primary delivery points under a rate schedule that is performed on a firm basis QO Interruptible Transportation Gas transported under this rate schedule is on an interruptible basis when capacity exists on the Transporter s system O Pooling This service allows for the aggregation of receipts to logical point s or the disaggregation of a logical point s to multiple delivery points O Storage Park N Ride P N R This service provides flexibility to Service Service Requesters whose gas Supplies are either long Park or Short Ride on an interruptible basis In order to request one of the service types you must first execute a contract with NNG Currently each service type requires a separate contract to be in place You may have several valid contracts in place simultaneously with each contract authorizing a different service type A contract identifies the customer effective dates valid receipt and delivery points valid alternate receipt and delivery points and maximum daily quantities available at the point and contract level alo
5. This report also displays month to date totals for your contract 1 Select Reporting Storage Contract Storage Balance By Day Report from the TMS Main Menu The Contract Storage Balance By Day Report screen appears Figure 30 2 Contract Storage Balance By Day Report 2 ol si Tools Options Cancel e Al Fuiew Cancel Swe Reg K Gas Day 12 4 2002 Figure 30 Contract Storage Balance By Day Report 2 The TSP field will default to Northern Natural Gas Company Type the storage contract number in the Svc Reg K field 4 Type the gas day in the Gas Date field 5 Click Pen on the title bar to view the report The Report screen appears Figure 31 It displays the nominated and scheduled storage quantity information for withdrawals and injections by location along with the month to date quantities 6 Click the right and left arrow buttons located on the title bar to scroll through the pages of contracts and location detail h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 61 Report IR T of 1 Total 134 100 AoW ae Pipeline Company Stomge Jr ertotz Japasement System Cmt Balance bey Suppers Contract Report Corgract Hambeer 12345 Serre Type FI Shipper Hame yanhoe Broadsword Gas Co Date AECH UEIAEGH EWECH IECH 09051999 Ooe Tog OOF Tog UCI IECH 04710 1999 0971171999 ooflas Tagg 0971371999 Oe 1909 09715 1999 Ole Tog O17 Tao OorLe Tagg 04719 199
6. scheduled totals by day 7 Click Po Alt P or select Tools Print Detail from the menu bar to print the screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 53 10 Click Puen Alt V or select Tools Print Preview to preview the data on the screen The screen populates and you may print from the preview or close the preview option Click _Expert AIt E or select Tools Export Detail to export the data into a tab delimited text file You can then save the data to your PC 24 Click E Alt Z or select Tools Sort Table to sort or change the order of the columns in the screen You can change the sort order of individual columns by clicking the arrow in the column heading box Ascending Order Descending Order sas Day Gas Day Om 9 9 29799 deich 926799 973799 927799 g9 deet 000 9725799 2600 O2d00 Afl 11 Click Senge Alt X to exit this screen You will return to the TMS Main Menu screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 54 Scheduled Quantities by Contract and Location Screen Field Help TSP Name of the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Transportation Service Provider The service requester transportation number assigned to a particular contract Loc Prop Location Proprietary Code or DRN number assigned by the pipeline for a specific location where the quantity will be scheduled Totals The total amount of gas nominated and scheduled at
7. 40 000 40 530 40 530 40 000 40 000 5000 Totals 364 770 Figure 24 Scheduled Quantity By Contract Screen 2 The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Tab to or click in the Svc Reg K field and type the appropriate contract number or Right mouse click in the Svc Reg K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on performing a search 4 Type the begin and end dates in the Beg End fields ae 5 Click Been Alt R The Scheduled Quantity By Contract screen populates with the nominated Receipt and Delivery contract totals by day and the Schedule Receipt and Delivery contract totals by day 6 To view contract quantity detail data for a specified gas day highlight the desired gas day on the Scheduled Quantity By Contract screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 49 7 Click Detail The Contract Quantity Detail List screen opens and is populated with the nominated and scheduled quantity totals by location listed in ascending order Figure 25 2 Contract Quantity Detail List File Tools Options Cancel TSP MORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY 7841 5621 4 Svc Reg K StartiEnd 56 2000 5 5 2000 7 Co Dn MOJAVE DESERT 50265 20 265 T a ROU MOH E NJO DAR O 20 255 0 265 A 0002 CALCIFUGE on o 15000 715000 Totals 40 S30 40 530 AU 000 40 000 Figure
8. 58649 161446109 22085 7 700 MUD PIT 0 Timely 0601 2000 06 30 2000 58649 095220638 22666 16 000 i RICHYRICH 0 Timely 0641 2000 06 30 2000 58649 095220638 22666 10 000 1 FREDFROG 0 Timely 06 01 2000 06730 2000 58649 947436333 21926 900 1 E o Timely 06 01 2000 06 30 2000 58649 361439698 22637 2 000 1 ONY 0 Timely 06401 2000 06 30 2000 58649 161446109 22085 10 000 1 GER DP 0 Timely 06401 2000 06 0 2000 S500000 111111111 20000 7700 1 NNN ZZZ 0 Timely 06 01 2000 06 0 2000 S00000 444111111 20000 10 000 1 POT ATO 0 Timely 06 01 2000 06 0000 299001 444444444 20000 16 000 1 RE D BARN 0 Timely 06 01 2000 06 30 2000 BOS 111111111 sae 900 1 Weer 0 Timely 0601 2000 06 30 2000 spgqpq 111111111 0000 2 000 1 AFT INOON 0 Timely 06 01 2000 06 30 2000 soooog 111111111 20009 10 000 41 ZEROIONE 0 gt Gas Date 63 2000 Totals Receipt Qty 46 600 Delivery Gty 46 600 Fuel Qty 0 Figure 9 Nomination Maintenance Screen Pool Nominations 8 If desired you can select a different pool than the one you selected on the Open Copy Nomination screen To accomplish this click the down arrow in the Pool field on the Nomination Maintenance screen and select appropriately The system will default to the receipt side data fields 9 Type the date range in the Receipt Beg End date fields Beg date you want the gas to start flowing End date you want the gas to stop flowing 10 Type the valid location number for that pool in the Receipt Loc Prop field 11 Type th
9. By Day Report screen will be available to view and print throughout the day For Timely Scheduled Quantities this screen will be available to view and print on line at 4 30 p m CCT one day prior to gas flow and after each Intraday cycle Please keep in mind that the quantity shown is based on the scheduled quantities in place at the time you retrieve the report and is subject to change as each batch process is completed or as Intraday nominations are scheduled h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 62 Storage Park N Ride This section covers the FDD Contract Balance screen and the IDD P N R Contract Balance screen FDD Contract Balance Screen The purpose of the FDD Contract Balance screen is to display real time nomination and scheduling activity on a selected contract and how such activity has affected the service requester s firm storage balance Due to the volume of information provided you must use the scroll bar in the Matrix area of the screen to view all available parameters NOTE See the FDD Contract Balance Screen Field Help section on Page 64 for a definition of each of the column headings 1 Select Storage FDD Contract Balance on the TMS Main Menu The FDD Contract Balance screen appears Figure 32 FDD Contract Balance oy x Ele Tools Ontions Cancel EEGEN a g amp m ai a 7 z A Sot Pret Poew Poem Export eben Cancel FOFDD 1 lvan the Terrible
10. Figure 20 Scheduled Quantities Screen If you want to investigate the reason why a path was cut you can use the Path Detective tool You can access the Path Detective tool from the Scheduled Quantities screen Path Detective The Purpose of the Path Detective tool is to assist service requesters in reviewing scheduled quantity cuts An asterisk in the Reduction Reason column on the Scheduled Quantities screen means that a path has had multiple cuts The Path Detective provides a breakdown of quantities cut along with the associated reason codes and the upstream or downstream direction in which the cut originated The Path Detective is available for all cycles Follow the instructions shown below to use the Path Detective de Open the Scheduled Quantities screen as explained on Page 43 Steps 1 through 6 2 Highlight a path that has been cut by clicking on it Figure 21 A reduction code appears under the Reduction Reason column identifying all paths that have been cut NOTE An x identifies that the path has multiple codes for the reduction reason h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 44 PIPELINE NAME Scheduled Quantities File Selection Toole Lookup Views Options Cancel Za G le RR Te 4 8 4 k gINlIxIal a Open Detect Rates RTotal O Total EPSG Fath He Sort Print Puiew Export Submit Delete Retieu Cancel Sve Req 123123123 F TF TS 1 Ivan The Terrible Slippery Fish
11. For Contract screen appears and displays all valid locations for your contract Figure 39 2 Click on the desired location in the Matrix area of the screen The screen from which you initiated the search will populate with the selected point h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page Location Detail Information Display The Location Detail Information Display search screen can only be invoked from the Nomination Maintenance screen It displays specific information related to the point that you entered in either the Location field or the Loc Prop field depending upon your pipeline view Location Detail Information Display File Selection Tools Options Cancel EA k a x 3 fl d t Print Puiew Export Submit Delete Retrieu C l Loc Prop Date 8 3 2000 Type POL POOLING POINT Data Reference Number MID MID 16 B Meter 0 FieldMarket Both Direction of Primary Flow Both In Out Operator NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY Operator Contact MS Rep Figure 40 Location Detail Information Display NNG 1 Enter a location number in either the Location field or the Loc Prop field depending upon your pipeline view 2 Right click in either the Location field or the Loc Prop field Select Location Detail Information from the drop down menu that appears The Location Detail Information Display screen appears It displays information related to the location
12. From Date field and press the Tab key 6 Type the start and end date that you want to copy the nomination to in the To Start and End fields 7 click LOSE The Nomination Maintenance screen opens The newly copied nomination line item s any line items containing the new date s you specified and any line items existing for the remaining days of the month populate the Matrix area of the screen Figure 7 See the Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help section on Page 33 for a definition of each of the column headings NOTE Once the current gas day processes have started you cannot copy that day s nomination K 8 Click Lsukmt to save the new nomination The Update Successful dialog box appears to notify you that the Nomination copy you made has been saved to the system 9 cic LOK The Update Successful dialog box closes You can now perform operations on the newly copied nominations Open Copy Nomination Screen Field Help TSP Transportation Service Provider Name of the pipeline Transportation Northern Natural Gas Service Provider Service Requester Contract number The service requester transportation number assigned to a particular contract Copy Nomination A check box that enables you to specify that you want to make h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 15 C Ta cop oF an existing nomination OOO End The date you want the nomination copy to end The DUNS nu
13. Wammated VS Donic Glenniies Figure 5 Nomination Drop Down Menu The Nomination Maintenance screen appears and is overlaid by the Open Copy Nomination screen Figure 6 You will gain access to the Nomination Maintenance screen via the Open Copy Nomination screen See the Open Copy Nomination Screen Field Help section on Page 15 fora definition of each of the field names h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 12 Open Copy Nomination NI TSP Pipeline Mame E Copy Nomination sve Reg K From Date B 2f2000 Mominator Gas Date 6 2 2000 To Start 652000 End 6r i2000 Cancel Figure 6 Open Copy Nomination Screen The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Figure 6 Tab to or click in the Svc Reg K field and type the appropriate contract number or right mouse click in the Svc Reg K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on performing a search The Nominator field populates with related data based on the contract number you entered in the Svc Reg K field 4 Tab to or click in the Gas Date field and type the start date of the nomination s you want to open Use the mmddyyyy format 5 Press the Enter key or click x The Nomination Maintenance screen opens It is populated with any preexisting nominations for the contract and gas date you selected Figure 7 You are now ready
14. edits such as duplicate paths valid locations and valid dates When you use the Add button the system checks for duplicates for the date range you entered It compares the new nomination with the existing nominations If a duplicate nomination exists an error message displays If you use the Add button to add new nominations prior to the Nomination Cycle deadline and then save after the deadline the system displays an error message stating that the deadline has passed You must re retrieve the data and make changes again for the next nomination timeline cycle i 10 Click Sub to save the new nomination A dialog box appears to notify you that the update was successful See the Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help section beginning on Page 33 for a detailed description of each field h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 21 Create a New Nomination by Using an Existing Nomination as a Template To save time you can use an existing nomination as a template for creating a new nomination Once you have existing nomination data you can modify it as needed for your new nomination The existing nomination that you used as a template is not changed The instructions below explain how to accomplish this task 1 Click on the nomination line item in the Matrix area that you want to use as a template to highlight it The data from that nomination populates the Form area 2 Change the data in any of th
15. field and press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Receipt Rank field NOTE Leave the Receipt Quantity field blank if you want the fuel and receipt quantity calculated based on the delivery quantity 7 Type the receipt rank in the Receipt Rank field NOTE If you leave the Receipt Rank field blank the system will automatically assign a rank of 500 8 Click if you are creating a one sided nonpathed receipt transaction oa If you are creating a full pathed transaction do not click L continue with the Delivery Data Input Fields steps shown below The new nomination is added to the Matrix area if it passes the system validation edits such as duplicate paths valid locations and valid dates h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 19 Delivery Data Input Fields 1 Type the delivery location in the Delivery Loc Prop field or right click in the Loc Prop field to invoke the Search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on performing a search If you are relying on the search function in this instance you will want to select Delivery Locations Valid for Contract menu item This will narrow your search considerably by taking you directly to a list of delivery locations that are valid for the selected contract only See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for detailed instructions on performing a search 2 Press the Tab key The curs
16. of the search scenarios Name Begins With Name Begins With searches on company name a Type the first letter or the first few letters that you know of the contract name in the Name Begins With field b Click Seier The display area populates with all contracts available to your logon ID beginning with the letter s you typed C Single click on the contract in the scroll list that you want to retrieve You are returned to the screen from where you initiated the search Its fields are now populated with related data d You are now ready to perform operations on the contract you invoked Name Contains Name Contains searches on company name h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 4 a Type any portion of the contract name that you know in the Name Contains field ae b Click Fee The display area populates with all contracts available to your logon ID that contains the letter s you typed Es Single click on the contract in the scroll list that you want to retrieve You are returned to the screen from where you initiated the search Its fields are now populated with related data d You are now ready to perform operations on the contract you invoked Svc Req K Svc Req K searches on contract number a Type a range of contract numbers N to N on which you want to perform a search in the Number field gl b Click Peien The display area populates with all contracts available to your logo
17. ready to perform operations on the contract you invoked h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 6 Receipt Delivery Locations Valid for Contract The Receipt Delivery Locations Valid for Contract search screens Figure 39 can only be invoked from the Nomination Maintenance screen It displays only those locations that are valid for the contract you have invoked when nominating operator imbalance gas The instructions below explain how to use the Receipt Delivery Locations Valid for Contract search screens Receipt Locations Vaild For Contract Delivery Locations Yaild For Contract Iof xi Fie Tools Options Cancel Fie Tools Options Cancel amp R SI Print Puiew Export afl Cancel amp a H rt Print Puiew Expo Cancel FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY 006924518 FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY 006924518 3247 FTFTS 1 FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY Location Capacity Total Location Name i Location Type Type Quantity 5269 ITASSP FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY Secondary 0 Primary 0 Secondary 0 Primary 0 Figure 39 Receipt and Delivery Locations Valid for a Contract 1 On the Nomination Maintenance screen right click in either the Location field or the Loc Prop field depending upon your pipeline view and select Receipt Locations Valid for Contract from the drop down menu that appears The Receipt Delivery Locations Valid
18. the receipt and delivery locations for the date range entered h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 55 Batch Schedule Status The purpose of the Batch Schedule Status screen is to provide the customer a view of the processing cycles for a given gas day This screen displays three successive gas days current prior and next day The cycles identify which process is completed or currently processing Once a cycle has completely processed the scheduled quantities are available to view through the various scheduled quantities screens such as Scheduled Quantities by Contract and Scheduled Quantities by Contract by Point 1 Select Scheduling Batch Schedule Status from the TMS Main Menu The Batch Schedule Status screen opens Figure 27 gt Batch Schedule Status Fie Tools Cancel 2 TEF MORTHERN MATURAL GAS COMPANY Fd See 4 Date 12 4 2002 Gas Day 12 3 2002 Intraday 1 Process Cycle started Balancing Success Allocation Analysis Success storage Mot Allocated Contirmation amp Scheduling Success Cycle completed Intraday 2 Process Cycle started Balancing Success Allocation Analysis Success storage Mot Allocated Confirmation amp Scheduling Success Cycle completed Final AM Process Gas Day 1242002 Timely Process Fuel Revalidation finished Cycle started Balancing Success Allocation Analysis Success Contirmation amp Scheduling Success Cycle comple
19. to enter your nomination See the Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help section on Page 33 for a definition of each of the column headings NOTE If desired click _ Sanca to close the Open Copy Nomination screen and return to the Nomination Maintenance screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 13 TSP NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY 784158214 Nomination File Selection Toole Lookup Views Options Cancel Sve Reg Gas Date 7 6 2000 Add tree Mominator Create Replace Sve Reg K Pool r Dates Receipt Deg rie Me os T oA UI Loc Prop engl FS 2000 sie ID H Package ID oh I 0 Mom Trk ID Quantity Rank ID Fuel tty 0 Beg Ene Rec Up Rec Rec Del Dn Del Del Package Cyel Ty Up ID Dn ID Rank Rank ID Gas Date A6000 Totals Receipt aty O Delivery aty 0 Fuel aty 0 Figure 7 Nomination Maintenance Screen NOTE As shown in Figure 7 screens are organized into two main areas the Form Area where you enter data and the Matrix Area where you view data Copy a Contract s Nominations for a Specified Date The purpose of the copy function is to save you time when entering new nominations for a particular contract Rather than having to re key data that will remain constant over the course of the contract you can copy a contract s nominations for a specified date range The instructions below explain how to copy a c
20. you selected Figure 40 afl 4 Click ene to close the Location Detail Information Display screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 78 Sort Sorts are performed in basically the same manner on all screens The various sort options are explained below Data Sorts 1 Click anywhere in the path area of the screen 24 Z 2 Click sett press the Alt Z keys or Select Tools Sort Table from the menu bar at the top of the screen The Sort Criteria View screen appears Figure 41 NOTE You can also invoke the sort option by right clicking in the Matrix area of the screen When the Sort button appears left click on it and the Sort Criteria View screen will display Sort Criteria Yiew ES Available Selected eguate m ascending Cycle Fue l ty ascending De LLog Recit y ascending De LOru HomTrk ID Fackage ID ReceiptT ime RecLoc Hechank Source IO TT Up Io Sort Ascending Descending Close Figure 41 Sort Criteria View 3 Click on a field name in the Available area of the screen on which you want to perform a search A check mark appears to the left of it Select other field names if desired 4 Click to transfer the field name s to the Selected area of the screen Descending Click either or depending on the direction that you want to sort 6 If you change your mind and do not want to sort on one of the variables you have sele
21. 25 Contract Quantity Detail List Screen 8 Click P to print the screen Alt P te 9 Click Pen to preview the data on the screen Alt V 10 Click _Exrert to export screen data to a tab delimited text file AIt E at 11 Click t in the menu bar or click the arrows in the column headings to sort or change the order of the columns in the screen Alt Z Su 12 Click Senge to exit this screen Alt X You are returned to the Scheduled by Quantities Contract screen Scheduled Quantity By Contract Screen Field Help h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 50 TSP Name of the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Transportation Service Provider The service requester transportation number assigned to a particular contract The start date of the nomination Nom Delivery The quantity nominated at a delivery location h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 51 Contract Quantity Detail Screen Field Help TSP Name of the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Transportation Service Provider The service requester transportation number assigned to a ee TT oT aa contract Start End The nomination The nomination beginning and ending date range and eo date range Totals The total amount of gas nominated and scheduled at the receipt and delivery locations for the date range entered h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_ma
22. 3 25 2003 Northern Natural Gas A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY TMS Nomination User Manual Page Contents Click on page number to jump to that page ICONS AND CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL ccccececuccececucuacucuavesunvarenuavavenuneanennanes 5 PS eng te LN 6 EIT OD Lengt e NEE 7 ho a L YO ee 7 DRN and Point Number Mode 7 JUNG 1 2000 REICASCS setaisnsintadacdexsasistessasiessaatieeerGapsateadsebnbeewetiveensionstageseds 8 T VERVE EE 9 IORI ATION SCV e 9 PATHED NOMINATION wscccccncnncuenenneneneneneeeeneeenn neem nee 10 NONPATHED NOMINATION wssscccnncnceneneneenenenenenneeenene ee E A KEREN ER E KEREN ER KR KEREN Ke LO RN EE 11 NOMINATION NEE 12 Open Copy Nomination SCC EE 12 OPEN AN EXISTING NOMINATION ssssnnnnnnuu222222222222222u22222222u2uuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 12 Copy A CONTRACT S NOMINATIONS FOR A SPECIFIED DATE ass kk KK NN KK kk 14 OPEN COPY NOMINATION SCREEN FIELD HELP wen vun vn KKK KN KN KEEN KEE KK RV 15 Nomination Maintenance Creen 17 CREATE A NEW NOMINATION USING THE ADD BUTTON nnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 17 REPLACE AN EXISTING NOMINATION USING THE CHANGE BUTTON une en kk kk kk Ke 22 POOL NOMINATIONS escssiceciccscsciscesicecunesstccterssacetectuasGecedusuwessuasseescesusees 24 NOMINATION MAINTENANCE SCREEN DROP DOWN MENUS AND HOT KEYs 27 NOMINATION MAINTENANCE SCREEN FIELD HELP acscscscucucucucucneueueueueueueueuauen 33 Nomination Reconciliation Screen 35 NOMINATION RECONCIL
23. 9 USA 09211999 04r2a 1909 Het lbeated Uu Allocated Date Ooo 11999 U9 L2 L n MENTETEK ood 1999 Dos L n Oo 61999 Oooo OOS 1999 Ooo Fa kainin 047107199 097117199 UL 27 L8n 097137199 09rl4r199 09715 1999 Oo ley 1999 04717 7199 097157199 09719 7199 eu UO 11999 0922199 scheduled Horned Scheduled 25 153 35 138 239 297 29 113 29 167 ar fos 25 838 25 392 24 7506 25 185 28 287 30833 30 626 28 685 26 158 26 537 28207 31 086 25 250 EECH BIERG 25 098 Horminaed 25 125 35 138 239 297 29 113 29 167 2776s 25 037 25 382 24786 25 185 28257 30 833 30 626 28 655 26 155 26587 28287 31 086 25 256 23 705 25 225 25 888 Balance E Leben LD netin LO Withdiewal Dth WathdrewalDth Adir tment Dk East ith CO OO OO Oh OO OO OO OO ON OO OH Oh OO OC CO OO OO ON OO OO OO OO OH OO OO OO Ch OCH CO OO Oh OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO Ch OH CO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO Oh OCH CO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO Oh OCH 28 290 28290 1 155 939 1 155 935 097371999 Osa 19g 1 167 108 L167 108 Figure 31 Contract Balance by Service Requester Contract Report 7 Click on the title bar to print the report 8 Click to zoom in or zoom out the view on the screen Click the Si button in the top right corner of the screen Afl 9 Click kenge on the Contract Storage Balance By Day Report screen to return to the TMS Main Menu The Contract Storage Balance
24. Cancel Svc Reqgk 11111 Package Id SOU25960 Cycle Intraday 2 sl P Receipt EE m Delivery EE Ee In Type ae Receipt Cty Delivery Cty Loc 868666 Loc S6865335333 TT 01 Nom Upk 44444 Dn K BEGBE Cap Type FF cched 19957 19907 Original Scheduled Original Scheduled aty Receipt aty Receipt aty Delivery Gty Delivery Gty Cut 20 000 16 589 19 950 16 546 3 402 POD Balancing Cut D 33333 Rothschild Willoughby Gat Day 5 25 2000 Total Gty Curt 3 402 Figure 22 Path Detective Quantity Cuts Screen 4 Click the down arrow in the Cycle field FIER Intraday 1 3 and select the cycle for the path cut you want to view 5 Highlight the particular cut quantity for which you want to view total cuts Figure 22 6 Click jobs on the Path Detective screen Figure 22 The TMS Scheduled Quantity Cuts View dialog box displays the total quantity by reason code for the cut quantity you selected on the Path Detective screen Figure 23 Schd olumeCuts iew A Total volume Cut 25 PBR Balancing Cut at HOI 49994 Figure 23 TMS Scheduled Quantity Cuts View Dialog Box NOTE If cuts were made under more than one Reduction Reason code the total quantity cut under each code will be displayed h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 46 Scheduled Quantities Screen Field Help Identifies the capacity type for the nomination The capacity types only appear in the Scheduled Maintenance
25. EARCH OPTIONS ss 73 RECEIPT DELIVERY LOCATIONS VALID FOR CONTRACT xx Kn KKK KN KN KEE K Kn 77 LOCATION DETAIL INFORMATION DISPLAY een KEE EEN KEE KEE EE RE E KEE Ken 78 DOE EEN 79 RI Re TA CN 79 ei VE CN 80 et EE 80 h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page iii h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page iv 3 25 2003 Icons and Conventions Used in this Manual NOTE A note is used to draw your special attention GOOD IDEA A good idea is a strong recommendation REMEMBER A reminder Menu Names Menu names display like this Field Names Field names display in Italics SCREEN NAMES SCREEN titles display like this DIALOG Box NAMES DIALOG Box titles display like this Select Multiple Options Select File New from the main menu Drop down box H arrow 23 Click on the arrow and a selection list displays Buttons J Buttons are displayed graphically Page 5 Assumptions It is assumed that you already have the proper security set up for your ID to perform the operations described in this manual It is assumed that you know how to access the Throughput Management System TMS h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 6 Introduction Screen Layout The TMS system is used by Northern Natural Gas NNG pipeline and has been designed to Save customers time by allowing them to c
26. Gas Company Gas Date 5 25 2000 Ghana Mominator f 231231233 Ivan The Terrible Slippery Fish Gas Company Contract MDG 200 000 Create Replace ave Req K 555555555 RR EPM Receipt Delivery TT Tou F D z Loc Prop EEEEE Loc Prop 33333 Rothachild Willoughby Package ID oocssg Up ID 555555555 Dn ID 1231231233 Indigo CN Unk pk 66666 SE SR EE Cap Type FF Gusti 19 957 fuantity 19 907 Rank 2 Rank 2 Mom Trk ID 12345676910 Fuel Gy a0 Rec Up Rec Del Dn Del Del Package Cap Cycl 3 Up it Dn D ft eae Ee Seas ea Final gagga 555555555 44444 19957 2 33333 1231231233 66666 19 907 2 paGeeg EPM PP D Final 56565 123456789 66655 54640 2 33333 1231231233 66666 84 428 2 boGeeg EFM FPP D D sas Date 5 25 2000 Totals Receipt aty 104 597 Delivery aty 104 335 Fuel tty 496 Mote indicates multiple codes for Reduction Reason Figure 21 Scheduled Quantities Screen Highlight a Path Click bebe on the Scheduled Quantity screen or Right mouse click on the highlighted path and select Path Detective from the pop up menu that appears The Path Detective Quantity Cuts screen appears Figure 22 It displays all cuts associated with the contract and path you selected on the Scheduled Quantities screen Path Detective Yolume Cuts COMPANY NAME Tools Exit oh rer mi aS F 141111 WM an le amp e ei F _ GE Totals Trace Origins Print Puiew P om Export
27. IATION SCREEN FIELD HELP wunnen kk kk KK KN KN KN KN KR kk Ke 36 EDI Nom QUICK RESPONSE View Zcreen nee n een n enn e eee n nee n enn n HAD EEE EEE BEES 39 EDI NOM QUICK RESPONSE SCREEN FIELD HELP ees eer k ek KKK KKK EK E KKK un 40 SC He DIEING ex ouvee couse EE 42 h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page ii Scheduled TE e el E 43 SCHEDULED QUANTITIES SCREEN FIELD HELP sssssnsssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 47 Scheduled Quantity DY Contract oeisccccccnsnccccuncessnneeneeeenneenneesseneeuneensnneesnaeaaas 49 SCHEDULED QUANTITY BY CONTRACT SCREEN FIELD HELP senn sek Kee e 50 CONTRACT QUANTITY DETAIL SCREEN FIELD HELP enne ek KKK KKK KREE EEN 52 Scheduled Quantities by Contract and Location 53 SCHEDULED QUANTITIES BY CONTRACT AND LOCATION SCREEN FIELD HELP 55 Balto SCHCOUIC EE 56 De e TE 58 Scheduled Quantities Reports EE 58 TMS Contract Storage Balance By Day Report 61 STORAGE PARK N RIDE EE 63 FDD Contract Balance Screen sssssssssssssssrrrrsrsrsrrsrrrrrsnssssnnnnnsnsnnsnrnrrsnssnnnnn 63 FDD CONTRACT BALANCE SCREEN FIELD HELP sees re KKK E KENE KENE EK un 64 IDD P N R Contract Balance Gcreen 66 IDD P N R CONTRACT BALANCE SCREEN FIELD HELP sun ven KKK KK KK uk 67 ai EE 69 XCF ETM O APPLICATION E 70 TMS GENERIC SCREEN FUNCTIONS sinececausnanncucrosuseqsamesosnscaseeransecinnnetencecueeese cans erate 71 EE TOO Bar ICONS tavsccicycana nen nade racers EE 71 ENEE 73 SEARCH AND LOCATION S
28. Location Date field using the right mouse button to access a location wizard search function or use Lookup Views h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 47 from the menu bar A list of valid delivery locations for that contract along with other location detail information will display Rec Qty The amount of gas that the service requester will receive from or Del Qty deliver to the market Quantity Rec Rank The receipt delivery priority 1 to 999 assigned by the service Del Rank requester to identify the order of which gas should be scheduled by the pipeline The higher the rank number the greater the risk of Rank being cut For example gas assigned a rank of 99 will be cut before gas assigned a rank of 1 If no rank is entered the system will default to 500 Receipt Time The nomination timestamp for transactions It is system generated at the time of input and save RR Reduction Reason Identifies the types of cuts made by the pipeline when scheduling the contract Each type of cut is assigned a specific code Reduction Reason The way in which the nominated transactions were entered in other words on line or EDI EDM The source ID is system generated TT Identifies the transaction type of the nomination Transaction Type The upstream contract party s Duns It is populated automatically when a TMS contract number is entered in the Receipt Contract field The s
29. Nom Quick Response View Screen The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company based on your TMS security setup The Trading Partner field defaults to your company The security will not allow you to view quick response information outside your legal entity The Submit Date field defaults to the current calendar day 2 Click in the Submit Date field and type the desired date in mmddyyyy format Click the down arrow in the Trading Partner field and select a specific trading partner from the drop down menu that appears Or allow the field to default to an asterisk to invoke all trading partners h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 39 A Click Retieu The menu lists the status of nominations submitted via EDI EDM 5 Click on the quick response line for which you want to view the warning or error messages Messages display in the area positioned below the Matrix area The information available on this screen is systematically sent back to the service requester or agent in an EDI EDM transmission Sort 6 Right click anywhere in the path area of the screen to invoke the EA button Sort 7 Left click on _ sot The Sort Criteria View screen appears You can sort on variables such as trading partner service requester ID begin date end date and status For a detailed explanation of the sort option see Sort on Page 79 8 Click enge to close the EDI Nom Q
30. Slippery Fish Gas Company Beg End Date bech e0000 Mom Yiithidra val aon D al ke S Hla GO P CH 4615 6 6 00 44 557 Bag 44125 0 BH 7 00 D 44 557 TEF 44 125 0 o 0 0 Baia 14 44 557 KS 44125 0 NM i 0 BA S700 11 44 557 ke 44 125 LU U A 6 20 00 11 44 557 Ke 44 725 oO oO DU g E 00 dh 44 557 Ke 44 125 D oO T 0 Bra i 44 557 ia 441425 0 LU 0 Zani 14 44 557 ase 441425 0 OU E EN 11 44 557 K 44 125 0 E T oO 6 25 00 11 44557 432 44 125 i a o 5 y mi B7306 6526 666490 A8 an HE o J Figure 32 FDD Contract Balance Screen 2 Tab to or click in the Svc Req K field and type the appropriate contract number or right mouse click in the Svc Req K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on performing a search 3 Tab to or click in the Beg End Date field and type the begin and end date of the nomination s you want to open Use the mmddyyyy format h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 63 ZZ 4 Click Peien The Matrix area populates with related data Afl 5 Click engl to exit this screen You are returned to the TMS Main Menu FDD Contract Balance Screen Field Help Date Denotes the date of corresponding activity Location Denotes the storage location where the corresponding activity occurred Nom Injection The quantity nominated for injection into storage Net Nom The
31. a h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 30 Lookup Views Click the Lookup Views option in the menu bar to access the functions shown in Figure 14 or use the hot keys Lookup Views Hot Keys Function Deiren Len mendres locion inonsan oaeee Location Information Delivery Locations Valid For Contract Receipt Location Information Receipt Locations Valid For Contract Options eee options Exit Receipt Location Information Alt a Receipt Locations Walid For Contract Alt n Delivery Location Information Alte yy Delivery Locations Walid For Contract Alto Figure 14 Lookup Views Option and Subfunctions The Delivery Location Information screen provides the following information location name location number location type DRN number meter number information zone and area location for the delivery location and operator name and contact phone number The TMS Market Services representative assigned to the location will also display The Delivery Locations Valid For Contract screen provides a list of valid delivery locations on the contract as well as the location type and location capacity for a specific contract The Receipt Location Information screen provides the following information location name location number location type DRN number meter number zone and area location and operator name and contact phone number The TMS Market Services representative assign
32. appears to notify you that the update was successful h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 23 Pool Nominations Pool nominations consist of three types of transactions QO Nonpathed one sided receipt transactions Page 24 O Nonpathed one sided delivery transactions Page 27 A pooling nomination serves as an aggregation function whereby the service requester can nominate many receipts in an area into a logical pooling location in the same area No gas is transported Following are the instructions for entering the supply pool nominations Receipt Transactions de Select Nomination Nomination Maintenance on the Hot Tap Main Menu The Nomination Maintenance screen appears and is overlaid by the Open Copy Nomination screen You will gain access to the Nomination Maintenance screen via the Open Copy Nomination screen NOTE If you already have the Nomination Maintenance screen open click the Open icon Alt O to invoke the Open Copy Nomination screen 2 The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Tab to or click in the appropriate Contract Number for the new nomination you want to create If necessary right mouse click in the Svc Reg K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on how to perform a search 4 Tab to or click in the Gas Date field and type the appropriate date you want the nomination to s
33. are going to enter in Path the data fields For transportation contracts the system Path defaults to a path transaction that requires both receipt and delivery information to be entered in the data field A Enables service requesters to view scheduled quantity cuts made by the pipeline for the each cycle Path Detectiv Alt V Previews the entire nomination detail for the contract that you have open Alt P Prints the entire nomination detail for the contract that you have open regardless if all paths have been saved Alt T Commodity Path rate information can be viewed for the contract nomination path detail line that you have highlighted in the data display area This rate is based on the information available at the time of nomination and is subject to change Rcpt Icon the system removes the delivery input data fields and defaults the Transaction Type to code 03 which is None Identifies only the receipt side of the data fields Use this for receipt makeup only transactions on a contract such as Rept pooling storage makeup or P N R When you select the imbalance payback to the pipe z Alt R Retrieves pre existing data for the gas day selected Re Retieu retrieves the contract you already have open Retrieve Alt E Receipt Total Sums all applied receipt location totals in POI number order for the gas day of the path highlighted in the Data Display area Displays location number location name and total POI quantity
34. ata that have been input Figure 1 Screen Layout DRN and Point Number Mode In the Nomination Maintenance module NNG displays the POI number However the option is available to use the DRN mode The DRN is the GISB defined method for identifying location As shown in Figure 2 the button title changes depending upon which mode you select h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page Lookup views iis Cancel Lookup Views aie Cancel ve DRM Mode DRM Mode Py nt Number Mode lt Point Number Mode TPS GPM GAS COMPANY LLC MPS J GPM GAS COMPA GPM GAS COMPANY LLC GPM GAS COMPANY LLC Pool Receipt Receipt rm Loc Prop DEN Mode Invokes the Faint Number Mode Invokes Location field the Loc Prop field Figure 2 DRN and Point Number Modes June 1 2000 Release Several enhancements were made to the TMS system and released June 1 2000 The changes are reflected in Figure 3 below GISB 1 4 Changes OP x Afl Frint Cantel Processing Functions Label Hame Changes The table below shows the Throughput Management System button field and header name changes that will be in effect as of June 1 2000 Hew TMS Label Old TMS Label Description Add reste kel Cancel Et Change Replace submit Save Il Submit Confirm Te O submit Confirm o Capacity Type Indicator Cont Rea Confirmation Requester O Loc Prop Location Proprietary Code O RRO Reduction ID ebe
35. ats Vall Ploy Gas Company 700000000 0 Fale Vl Play Gas Company Figure 42 Confirmation Maintenance Screen 1 Highlight the contract that you want to export 2 Click la The Name file to be Exported screen appears Figure 43 h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 81 Hame file to be Exported Look in a L ae verte SE i host ners SS _ hpfonts e Side SS JKischt SA Leam File name Files of type Figure 43 Name File to be Exported Screen The File name field by default populates with the name of the screen you have open and company you have accessed 3 Click in the File name field and change the file name if necessary and add the extension for the file type you want to use For example xIls for an Excel file 4 The Files of type field is not active 5 Click All data related to the selected contract is exported to the specified directory NOTE To ensure that you have access to your exported files after disconnecting you must download them to your local PC Cancel Afl Click Sanel to exit a screen Alt X You will return to the TMS Main Menu screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 82
36. ccepted with no errors or warnings and has been loaded into the nomination system Tracking Number The tracking number is created and submitted by the service requester in the EDI EDM nomination file The tracking number is sent back in the EDI EDM quick response to help the service requester locate the warning s or error s in their nomination file Warning Error This code is the EDI EDM warning or error code It is Code generated as a result of TMS processing the service requester or agent submitted EDI EDM nomination file Warning Error The warning error message is the text definition of the Message EDI EDM warning or error code h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 41 Scheduling Scheduling is the process TMS uses to determine the amount of gas to flow through the pipeline on a particular gas date This scheduled amount of gas is based on nominations submitted by service requesters Service requesters the receipt and delivery links in the gas flow chain may nominate conflicting gas quantities for example a service requester may nominate to deliver more gas than another service requester has nominated to receive from him These discrepancies are rectified during the Scheduling process which the pipeline uses to determine how much gas to flow from one specified location to another and how much transportation each service requester will be charged with on that Gas date Scheduling is comprised of th
37. ch drop down menu appears Figure 35 and Figure 36 Open Copy Nomination _ TSP MORTHERM NATURAL GA Recept _____ o Delivery Svc Reg K Loc Prop Location Search Mominator B Up ID Location Detail Information Gas Date Man undo L K I T Receipt Locations Walid tor Contract copy Figure 35 Location Search Drop Figure 36 Search Drop Down Menu Down Menus NOTE On some screens you can either right click in the field or click a location type EL or a contract type ek Enk button to invoke the search engine h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 3 2 Select Location Search or Search from the respective drop down menu Figure 35 and Figure 36 The related Search Facility screen appears Figures 37 and 38 Location of Interest Search Facility Fie Tools Cancel e R amp Print Puiew PSem Export Name Begins With i C Name Contains File Tools Cancel C Loc Prop to et Sort Beien Cancel Print it ed ool A Location 0 to D Sve Req Name Begins With Location Name y Loc Prop Location Type C Sve Req Name Contains C SvcRegkK to l F Rate Figure 37 Contract Search Screen Figure 38 Location Search Screen 3 Click the radio button to the left of the desired search method so that it turns black Figures 37 and 38 Follow the individualized instructions below for each
38. cheduled Quantities are not final until end of gas day Figure 17 Nomination Reconciliation Screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 35 2 The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Type the gas date you want to view in the Gas Date field using the mmddyyyy format 4 Click the down arrow in the Cycle field and select the cycle process that you want to view If you make no selection the system defaults to the current cycle when you retrieve 3 Click the down arrow in the View field and select All Nom Conf Exceptions or Schedule Exceptions 5 All Nominations shows all items both matched and unmatched for all nominations belonging to your legal entity 6 Nom Conf Exceptions shows the difference between the quantity you have nominated and the quantity the operator has confirmed 7 Schedule Exceptions shows the line items that have differences between nominated quantities and scheduled quantities at both physical and logical locations This scheduled quantity is only available after the scheduling process is complete 4 Click Peer after making your report selection The Nomination Reconciliation screen populates with all related data for the date and report selection type you selected To further filter this data follow the steps shown below 5 Click the down arrow in the Svc Reg K field to make a selection to filter the data to a specific contract The d
39. ct or ID and type the appropriate corresponding number The ID number is your Legal Entity number 7 Click Pen on the title bar to view the report The Report screen appears Figure 29 It displays the nominated and scheduled quantity information for the receipt and delivery locations along with the month to date quantities 8 Click the right and left arrow buttons located on the title bar to scroll through the pages of contracts and location detail e HotT ap Report Viewer ld 1of3 H Se PIPELINE NAME Scheduled Quantities by Location amp Path Report Gas Day 6 14 7000 Svc Req Name SLIPPERY FISH EHERGY ID BEE Svc Reg E 25605 Contract Type Fim Trirespertation lt Receipt Delivery gt Receipt Rank Upsteam Upxteam Wom Sched MTD MTD emery Rank Downstream Dovnstrea Nom oc Locate Contract ID OY OY Nom Sched Location Contract m Ot G 500293 U 4444 0 S066 S066 516 555555555 0 RUGEY BUGBY 1 111111111 WELDON amp PRIN GS 16 DEL Sera ora S00 293 44444 S066 65658 10 132 516 555555555 S000 RUGEY BUGBY 1 111111111 WELDON 3 PRINGS 16 DEL eine Subtotal for Delivery Location 006 o U O94 15 198 Som 500293 44444 4560 63640 13 680 500154 U G t 4500 RUGBY BUGBY 1 111111111 SAFARI WELLS TETTETETT Figure 29 Scheduled Quantities Report Screen 9 Click on the title bar to print the report 10 Click to zoom in or zoom out the view on the screen 11 Click the Si button in the top right corner
40. cted click on the variable you no longer want in the Selected area A check mark will appear beside it 7 Click fee to return the variable to the Available area h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 9 8 Click on 9 You are returned to the screen from where you initiated the sort The fields are sorted as you had directed Column Sorts You can perform a sort on a specific data column The explanation follows 1 Use your left mouse button to click on a column header For example Type as shown in the picture below The sort option on these columns is a toggle 2 Click once and it sorts in ascending direction 3 Click again and the system toggles to sort in the descending direction Print Click Print or select Tools Print Detail from the menu bar to print the screen Alt P Preview Click Pen or select Tools Print Preview to preview the data on the screen Alt V The screen will populate and you may print from the preview or close the preview option h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 80 Export You can export a file from any TMS screen that has the Export icon oh for example the Confirmation Maintenance screen Figure 42 Confirmation Maintenance Sticky Wicket Gas Company Cat s Aanpg Gas Company Rats wi Pley Gas Company s00000000 house Trap Gas Company Anger Zip Ges Company GOOD R
41. d The DUNS number assigned to the service requester h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 3 7 a nominating gas on the pipeline Identifies the transaction type of the nomination h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 38 EDI Nom Quick Response View Screen The purpose of the EDI Nom Quick Response View screen is to provide on line capability for viewing error messages and the status of the EDI EDM files that you sent via the Internet Four status codes are used AE E Acknowledge with errors AE W Acknowledge with warnings AT Accepted RD Rejected Following are the instructions for using EDI Nom Quick Response View screen 1 Select Nomination EDI EDM Quick Response on the TMS Main Menu The EDI Nom Quick Response View screen opens Figure 18 EDI Nom Quick Response View OF Ei Al Cancel 24 Prete I Sart TEF Trading Partner Submit Date Pezo Trading Trading Submit Deg End Svc Req ID Sve Req K Status b e weils Pan Foren Fcm Ezpor Remet tite E b ara Appr Gas Co 669555545 tatit B 21 2000 2 25 PM 6 21 2000 6 21 2000 123123123 Skippy Gas Co 456456456 12345 212000 2 28 PM 6 21 2000 6 21 2000 AE 444555666 Yippie Gas Co IT fsss999 Trag B212000 225 PM 6 21 2000 6 21 2000 AE Tracking Warning Error Warning Error Message Number Code 49 EEERA333 D aivery location invalid for contract Figure 18 EDI
42. e fields as needed The begin date of the new nomination you are creating from the template must be the current gas day or a later date The system will not create a new nomination if the begin date is earlier than the current date If the begin date is the same as the current gas date or equal to the upcoming gas date and the deadline time has passed for the upcoming gas date you must make the new nomination effective for one date only 3 Click after you have changed all the desired fields The new nomination is added to the data display area if it passes the system validation edits such as duplicate paths valid locations and valid dates i 4 Click ubmiti to save the new nomination A dialog box appears to notify you that the update was successful Replace an Existing Nomination Using the Change Button The purpose of the _Shange button is to allow you to replace a nomination line item for a specific date range with a new nomination once gas has been scheduled for that day The system may split the existing nomination into different date ranges depending on the start and end dates of the original nomination when compared with the date ranges of the new nomination The new nomination s start end date must fall within the original dates Following are instructions for replacing a nomination For detailed field information see the Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help section on page 33 1 Click once on the existing n
43. e receipt upstream contract number in the Receipt Up K field 12 Type the ID code in the Up ID field or click the down arrow and make a selection 13 Type the quantity of gas DTH you want to nominate in the Receipt Quantity field 14 Type the rank in the Receipt Rank field 15 Type the Package ID in the Package ID field if needed This is an optional field 16 Click either or _ Change after each nomination See Create a New Nomination Using the Add Button on Page 17 and Replace an Existing Nomination Using the Change Button on Page 22 NOTE Transaction Type for Pools will default to Pooling OS h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 25 17 Repeat Steps 9 through Error Reference source not found above to add additional receipt quantities and receipt paths for the selected pool 18 Click Lsukmt to save the new nomination A dialog box appears to notify you that the update was successful h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 26 Delivery Transactions ch 1 Click the El icon in the menu bar to enter deliveries The pool delivery location for the associated pool in the Delivery Location field will default Type the pool delivery downstream contract in the Delivery Dn K field Je Type the pool ID code in the Down ID field Type the pool quantity in the Delivery Quantity field Type the pool rank in the Delivery Rank field Click or _ Change a
44. ed to the location will also display The Receipt Locations Valid For Contract screen provides a list of valid receipt locations on the contract as well as the location type and location capacity Click Options in the menu bar to access the functions shown in Figure 15 For more information see the DRN and Point Number Mode section on Page 7 Options DRN Mode Selected Selected Options Point Number Mode h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 31 ee Cancel ee Cancel DRM Mode Point Number Mode _ Point Number Mode Figure 15 Options Menu Item and Subfunctions DRN GEN Mode None DRN Data Reference Number AGISB None DRN Data Reference Number A GISB defined generic location number The DRN Mode enables the user to view and input information via the DRN code values Selecting DRN Mode from the Options menu invokes the Location button Point Number Mode Point Number Pipeline Proprietary Location Number The Point Number Mode enables the user to view and input information via the POI code values Selecting Point Number Mode from the Options menu invokes the ec Prop button Cancel Click the Cancel option in the menu bar to exit the Nomination Maintenance screen as shown in Figure 16 or use the hot keys Figure 16 Exit Option for the Nomination Maintenance Screen Exit Hot Keys Hot Keys Cancel Alt X Exits you from the Nomination Maintenance scree
45. efault is to view all contracts 6 Click the down arrow in the Location field to make a selection to filter the data to a specific location The default is to view all locations Nominations that were not fulfilled in a nomination cycle will be re evaluated during the subsequent nomination cycle This applies to all cycles except the final 8 00 AM and nongrid cycles Only the party that caused the mismatch must re nominate in the next cycle A service requester not wanting Timely or Intraday nominations to be included in the batch process must submit a change to original nomination The only cycle that requires everyone in the chain to re nominate is the final 8 00 AM and nongrid cycles Nomination Reconciliation Screen Field Help TSP Transportation Service Provider Name of the pipeline Transportation Northern Natural Gas Service Provider The gas date you want to view The nomination cycle associated with the nomination time h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 36 a stamp that is generated at the time of save View A filter for viewing nominations O All Nominations Displays all items both matched and unmatched for all nominations belonging to your legal entity Nom Conf Exceptions Shows the difference between the quantity you have nominated and the quantity the operator has confirmed Sched Exceptions Shows the line items that have differences between nominated quanti
46. el Ei Momination Confirmation Scheduling Reporting Storage Administration Signon Help Exit Figure 4 TMS Main Menu h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 11 Nomination This section explains how to use the various nomination screens to enter nominations based on the pathed GISB model Following are the screens documented O Open Copy Nomination Screen Page 12 O Nomination Maintenance Screen Page 17 O Nomination Reconciliation Screen Page 35 EDI Nom Quick Response View Screen Page 39 Open Copy Nomination Screen The purpose of the Open Copy Nomination screen is twofold O To open an existing nomination or begin a new nomination for a specific contract Page 12 O To copy a contract s nomination s for a specified date Page 14 Open an Existing Nomination TO Open an existing nomination s or begin a new nomination for a particular gas date you must specify the contract to which this nomination belongs You can then view change update or add a new nomination for that contract The instructions below explain how to open a contract and access an existing nomination for a particular gas date 1 Select Nomination Nomination Maintenance on the Hot Tap Main Menu Figure 5 THS 172 30 200 232 Of x Emake Contirmation Scheduling Reporting Storage Administration Signon Help Exit Nomination Maintenance Momination Reconciliation EDVEDM Quick Response Wagmostic Taas
47. fter each nomination The Location field associated with the pool automatically populates when you select the pool 2 ee a ae 8 Steps 2 through 7 may be repeated for other pools S 9 Click ubmit to save the new nomination A dialog box appears to notify you that the update was successful Other Nonpathed One sided Transactions Storage Makeup Park N Ride Other one sided nominations consist of the following m Storage m Makeup m Park N Ride The nonpathed nomination transactions are used to enter either receipts or deliveries associated to these one sided transactions Nomination Maintenance Screen Drop Down Menus and Hot Keys The Nomination Maintenance screen provides a menu bar from which you can select options to aid you in navigating the system This menu bar is generic to all screens throughout the system Figure 10 See the System Tool Bar Icons section on Page 71 for a detailed description of each of the icons on the menu bar TSP HOATHERN HATURAL GAS COMPANY 784158714 Homination Fle Selection Tote Lockup Yiews Oplions Cancel g oa RR D H jllg amp 4G K Ceg Ster Krop Diop ERS Fah Re Dal So Fein Pap Se el ree lee Cares Figure 10 Nomination Maintenance Screen Tool Bar If you want to avoid using the mouse and drop down menus you can use hot keys instead To activate a hot key you must hold down the Alt key and simultaneously press the key designated for a specific function For e
48. ice Requester Contract number The service requester transportation number assigned to a particular contract uy aici Identifies the transaction type of the nomination ype The upstream contract party s Duns It is populated automatically when a TMS contract number is entered in the Receipt Contract field The system will validate that the DUNS number is a nine digit numeric Up K Identifies the upstream downstream contract at the respective Dn K receipt delivery location The TMS contract number is required for all storage Park N Ride and pool locations The system will Contract validate the TMS contract entered and display the correct DUNS number in the JD Code field after you leave this field A Non TMS Contract number is required at all physical locations This field can be an alphanumeric field The DUNS number must be manually entered in the ID Code field when entering a Non TMS contract h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 34 Nomination Reconciliation Screen The purpose of the Nomination Reconciliation screen is to identify mismatches between upstream and downstream contracts enabling you to correct nominations prior to the nomination deadline It is a view only screen that accesses the following information O Nomination quantities by cycle QO Confirmation of nominated quantities in comparison to quantities at physical locations O Scheduled quantities by cycle O Comparison of u
49. ion Nominated The quantity nominated for withdrawal into storage Withdrawal Scheduled The quantity confirmed and scheduled for injection into Injection storage h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 67 Field Name Scheduled The quantity confirmed and scheduled for withdrawal out of Withdrawal storage Total Balance The total balance of the account after the scheduled injection withdrawal and adjustment for the date The Total Balance is the sum of the Firm and Interruptible Balances h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 68 Help Help displays the GISB 1 4 required changes h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 69 Exit the TMS Application Select Exit Exit Application on the TMS Main Menu to exit TMS Figure 34 Exit Application Figure 34 Exit Main Menu h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 70 TMS Generic Screen Functions Following are detailed instructions for using the basic screen functions that are generic to the TMS program The other sections of this manual reference these instructions System Tool Bar Icons Page 71 Search Facility Option Page 73 Sort Page 79 Print Page 80 Preview Page 80 0 O0 oO O0 O O Export Page 81 Each of the above mentioned functions is explained in detail below System Tool Bar Icons The following tool bar icons are used gene
50. ipt and Delivery You can create a new nomination for the following scenarios O Create a New Nomination by Entering New Data in All the Nomination Data Fields Page 17 O Create a New Nomination by Using an Existing Nomination as a Template Page 22 Create a New Nomination by Entering New Data in All the Nomination Data Fields 1 Select Nomination Nomination Maintenance on the TMS Main Menu Figure 4 2 The Nomination Maintenance screen appears and is overlaid by the Open Copy Nomination screen oF The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 17 4 Tab to or click in the Svc Reg K field and type the appropriate Contract Number for the new nomination that you want to create 5 Press the Enter key or click The Nomination Maintenance screen Matrix area populates with any pre existing nominations for the contract and gas date you selected 6 Ensure that no nomination path is selected or highlighted in the Matrix area of the Nomination Maintenance screen If one is selected click on it to deselect it 7 Type the desired start and end dates in the Beg and End fields Figure 7 The Beg field defaults to the start date entered on the Open Copy Nomination screen The End field defaults to the end of that month The TT field populates based on the contract that was invoked All other fields are either blank or contain a zero
51. mber assigned to the service requester nominating gas on the pipeline The date you want the nomination copy to start Cancel Cancels the data you entered on the Open Copy Nomination screen and closes it Accepts the data you entered on the Open Copy Nomination screen and closes it This data now populates the Nomination Maintenance screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 16 Nomination Maintenance Screen After either opening or copying a contract s nomination s you are now ready to navigate the Nomination Maintenance screen where you can perform the following tasks O Create a new nomination using the Add button O Replace an existing nomination using the Change button See the Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help section on Page 33 for a definition of each of the column headings Create a New Nomination Using the Add Button Three nomination scenarios exist O Pathed _fath_ Both a receipt and a delivery location O Receipt Pe QOne sided nonpathed There is no delivery location QO Delivery Del One sided nonpathed There is no receipt location Pathed Delivery Loc Prop Receipt Loc Prop Wep We d Up K jo st K o Quantity o0 Guanti O Fank o Fank o Receipt Delivery Receipt Delivers SL oc Prop Loc Prop nb A sin d sp K Jo Dn K 0 Quantity fC Guantity o0 Fank Rank poo Figure 8 Nomination Types Pathed Rece
52. n h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 32 Nomination Maintenance Screen Field Help Field Name Creates new paths change fo Replaces an existing path Beg End Dates The start and end dates are entered for every nomination on the contract and can be adjusted separately for each nomination The start date is the date the gas will begin flowing The end date is the date the gas will stop flowing The end date defaults to the corresponding end of the month The service requester s end date can be up to the termination date of the contract Contract MDQ Contract Maximum Daily Quantity Cycle The nomination cycle associated with the nomination time stamp that is generated at the time of save The downstream contract party s Duns It is populated automatically when a TMS contract number is entered in the Delivery Contract field The system will validate that the DUNS number is a nine digit numeric Fuel Qty The amount of fuel calculated for the path Fuel Quantity The date that you entered on the Open Copy Nomination screen Nom Trk ID The number used to track the nomination line item to the quick response and scheduled quantities Applies only to nominations sent via EDI EDM The nomination originator creates the tracking number The DUNS number assigned to the service requester nominating gas on the pipeline Package ID A service requestor assigned identifier used to differentiate be
53. n ID within the range of contract numbers you typed Gi Single click on the contract in the scroll list that you want to retrieve You are returned to the screen from where you initiated the search Its fields are now populated with related data d You are now ready to perform operations on the contract you invoked Loc Prop Loc Prop searches on location numbers a Type a range of Location numbers N to N on which you want to perform a search in the Loc Prop field E b Click Pestien The display area populates with all contracts available to your logon ID within the range of location numbers you typed C Single click on the contract in the scroll list that you want to retrieve You are returned to the screen from where you initiated the search Its fields are now populated with related data d You are now ready to perform operations on the contract you invoked Location Location searches on DRN numbers a Type a range of DRN numbers N to N on which you want to perform a search in the Location Number field h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 5 e b Click Peien The display area populates with all contracts available to your logon ID within the range of DRN numbers you typed C Single click on the contract in the scroll list that you want to retrieve You are returned to the screen from where you initiated the search Its fields are now populated with related data d You are now
54. n the data display area Deletes the nomination line item selected in the data display area Only nominations that have not been scheduled can be deleted Zei Displays the total delivery quantity for the D Total selected delivery location Delivery Volume Totals Displays the transportation rate for the selected nomination line item Transportation Rate ei Displays the total receipt quantity for the R Total selected receipt Receipt Volume Totals Change Alt U Applies nomination changes made to an existing line item Tools Click the Tools option in the menu bar to access the functions shown in Figure 13 or use the hot keys h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 29 Tools Hot Keys Function Frint Print Detail Print Preview Print Screen Snapshot S Export Table Sort Table lee Lookup Views Option Cal ZS Print Detail ee Print Previewy At EG Print Screen Snapshot Alt h Si Export Table SH Sort Table Figure 13 Tools Option and Subfunctions Prints the entire nomination detail for the contract that you have open Displays the entire nomination detail for the contract that you have open Prints only the data that currently appears on the active screen Exports data on the active screen to a Tab Delimited file You can then customize the data into your own file as needed Sorts data according to selected criteri
55. ng with specific rates associated with the contract Once the contract is in place you can then make any number of nominations to this contract A nomination is a specific request for service that is tied to one and only one contract It specifies the date range for which the service is being requested receipt and delivery points quantities to be transported path priorities third party upstream and downstream entity quantity and ranking In other words a nomination clearly identifies the amount of gas a service requester expects to transport on the pipeline subject to the terms and conditions of the contract under which the service is being requested TMS uses the following nomination model types to enable current business practices of each pipeline QO Pathed QO Nonpathed Each nomination model type varies by its structure and type of data required for identifying the specifics of the service being nominated h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 9 Pathed Nomination Pathed nomination describes the transportation of a specific quantity of gas from one receipt point to a delivery point The nomination also identifies the upstream and downstream contracts and or parties ranking and receipt delivery point priorities on a path Based on the path being nominated and tariff fuel rates the system calculates the fuel needed to transport the gas The delivery quantity always equals the receipt quantity less f
56. nual_040103 doc Page 52 Scheduled Quantities by Contract and Location 1 Select Scheduling Scheduled Quantities by by Contract and Location The Scheduled Quantities by Contract Location screen appears Figure 26 Scheduled Quantities By Contract Location OF EX Fie Toole Options Cancel SIE bh e ls 2 Sart Pano FPulew FSem Eskor Reme Cancel TSP MORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY 76415821 4 Svc Req K 55555 FTFTS 1 slippery Fish Gas Company Loc Prop 939999 Beg End Date 5A2000 62000 z Wor Sche Nom sched Gas Day EC eceip Delivery Delivery 06 01 00 o o 257 986 94 117 06 02 00 o o 257 986 92 048 06 03 00 o o 257 986 92 048 06 04 00 o o 257 986 71 964 06 05 00 D 0 257 986 71 964 06 06 00 o o 257 986 25 420 Totals 0 0 1 547 916 447 SEI Figure 26 Scheduled Quantities by Contract Location Screen 2 The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Tab to or click in the Svc Req K field and type the appropriate transportation contract number or Right mouse click in the Svc Req K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on how to perform a search 4 Tab to or click in the Loc Prop field and type the appropriate location for the contract 5 Type the start and end dates in the Beg End fields gl 6 Click Feier AIt R The Scheduled Quantities by Contract Location screen populates with the nominated and
57. of the screen You are returned to the Scheduled Quantities Reports screen 12 Click El to export the report See the Export section of this document on Page 81 for detailed instructions Afl 13 Click zone on the Scheduled Quantities Reports screen to return to the Nominations and Scheduling Main Menu The Scheduled Quantities Reports screen will be available to view and print throughout the day For Timely Scheduled Quantities this screen will be available to view and print on line at 4 30 p m CCT one day prior to gas flow and after each Intraday cycle Please keep in mind that the quantity shown is based on the scheduled quantities in place at the time you retrieve the report and is subject to change as each batch process is completed or as Intraday nominations are scheduled h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 59 You may scroll through the previous historical dates by selecting a new date and contract or legal entity Then click view Reports will be available on line for the prior six months However reports prior to 11 1 98 will be available in the previous TMS nomination system for the time period of 5 1 98 to 10 31 98 h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 60 TMS Contract Storage Balance By Day Report The TMS Contract Storage Balance By Day Report displays your nominated and scheduled quantities for a particular storage contract and gas day
58. omination line item that you want to replace The data from that nomination appears in the data entry area 2 Update any data field item including dates locations quantities receipt and delivery contracts ID codes transaction types ranks or package IDs 3 Click change to update that existing nomination with these changes in the data display area h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 22 The system checks for duplicate lines and displays an error message if a nomination already exists for the new date range If no duplicate exists the system inserts the new nomination within the original nomination s start and end dates and splits the original nomination if necessary If you use the _Shange button to update a nomination prior to the nomination deadline and save after the deadline the system will display an error message stating that the deadline has passed You must then re retrieve the data and make changes again for the next nomination cycle If you use the _Shange button after the timely deadline and the original nomination has already been scheduled the system inserts replaces the new nomination within the original nomination The system splits the original nomination if necessary and creates an Intraday nomination from the original nomination The original nomination is given a quantity of zero or its EPSQ value S J Click ubmiti to save the new nomination A dialog box
59. onduct business on multiple pipelines via one application This merger has required modifications to some of the screens in order to meet all requirements Thus you may see some additional fields that were not in the previous version of TMS Also some of the fields may be positioned differently on the screen However all screens in the TMS system have the same basic layout the Form area where you enter data and the Matrix area where you view data The column headings at the top of the Matrix area reflect the field titles in the Form area Figure 1 Pipeline Name Appears Here Nomination Fie Selection Tools Lookup Views Options Cancel G aggre t 4 6 R Ha x d Open Rates_R Total DTotl_ EPSA Path Rec Dei Sort Print Puiew Export Submit Delete Retiev Cance G Svc Req Gas Date 67272000 Ghange d Ben Nominator S Contract MDQ Create Replace Ben ei Svc Req K et Dates Receipt Delivery TT or Deg 6 2 2000 Loc Prop i Loc Prop i l d End 6 30 2000 Up ID 4 Dn ID Package ID up k fo nK fo 6 LL Quantity 0 Quantity 0 Nom Trk ID LL Rank Rank o Fuel Qty 0 Cycle Beg _ End Rec Up Rec Rec Del Del Del Package Date Date Loc K Qty Rank Loc Qty Rank ID hi A ge E Heading The Column Headings correspond to the fields in the Form area of the screen Matrix Area The Matrix area displays the line items of d
60. ontract s nominations for a specified date This copy feature works for all nomination contract types such as pooling storage transportation and P N R The copy process will copy only paths with valid upstream and downstream contract numbers on the pipeline d NOTE If the upstream or downstream contracts are no longer valid you must update using valid contracts prior to saving See the Create a New Nomination Using the Add Button section beginning on Page 17 i Select Nomination Nomination Maintenance on the TMS Main Menu Figure 5 The Nomination Maintenance screen Figure 7 appears and is overlaid by the Open Copy Nomination screen Figure 6 You will gain access to the Nomination h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 14 Maintenance screen via the Open Copy Nomination screen See the Open Copy Nomination Screen Field Help section on Page 15 fora definition of each of the field names The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Tab to or click in the Svc Reg K field and type the appropriate Contract Number or right mouse click in the Svc Reg K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on how to perform a search 4 Click the box to the left of Copy Nomination so that a check mark appears there M Copy Nomination 5 Type the date of the specific nomination s that you want to copy in the
61. ontract Balance screen appears Figure 33 IDB Contract Balance OF x File Toole Exit e Retieu Print Paten Export at if Sgt Exit Contract Starviend el Lacta Hominated Scheduled MHominated Scheduled Balance Tatal Fi Date Injection Injection Withdrawal j Withdrawal Adjustment Balance DH Figure 33 IDD P N R Contract Balance Screen 2 Tab to or click in the Contract field and type the appropriate contract number or right mouse click in the Contract field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on performing a search 3 Tab to or click in the Start End Date field and type the start and end date of the nomination s you want to open Use the mmddyyyy format 4 Click Pie The screen displays the data fields shown in the Field Help below h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 66 Afl 5 Click zeng to exit this screen You are returned to the TMS Main Menu The IDD P N R Contract Balance screen displays the activity nominated and scheduled by storage location to the selected base storage contract or packet agreement for a range of dates within a calendar month The numerous columns displayed reflect the possible parameters that may define a packet agreement If the column contains a zero it may be assumed that there is no activity on that date or the column heading does not apply
62. or jumps to the Delivery Dn K field 3 Type the downstream contract number in the Delivery Dn K field and press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Delivery Dn ID field 4 Click the down arrow in the Dn ID field and select the appropriate DUNS number for the downstream contract and press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Delivery Quantity field 5 Type the delivery quantity in the Delivery Quantity field and press the Tab key The cursor jumps to the Delivery Rank field NOTE Leave the Delivery Quantity field blank if you want it calculated on the receipt quantity less fuel 6 Type the delivery rank in the Delivery Rank field NOTE If you leave the Delivery Rank field blank the system will automatically assign a rank of 500 7 Type the package ID in the Package ID field if applicable to your business requirements This is a service requester optional field h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 20 The system assigns a default transaction type based on the contract type and the nomination type If needed you can change the transaction type To accomplish this click the down arrow ie in the TT field and select the type that is appropriate for your nomination 8 For applicable locations click the box to the left of Proc Right so that a check mark appears there 9 Click Land The new nomination is added to the Matrix area if it passes the system validation
63. pacity that an FDD shipper has purchased for the season h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 64 Max Daily The maximum quantity service requester can nominate and Injection schedule to be injected for the day Max Daily The maximum quantity service requester can nominate and Withdraw schedule to be withdrawn for the day Monthly Min The minimum quantity service requester must inject injection period or withdraw withdrawal period Service Option Withdrawal option of agreement per Tariff e 3 Step 4 Step or Gas in Place Min Bal Feb The minimum account balance Step option service requesters must have on February ist Max Bal Mar 1 The maximum account balance Step option service requesters may have on March ist h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 65 IDD P N R Contract Balance Screen The purpose of the IDD P N R Contract Balance screen is to display the activity nominated and scheduled on the selected contract and how such activity has affected service requesters interruptible storage balance In addition to providing service requesters with real time account status additional contract parameters are displayed by scrolling to the right NOTE See the IDD P N R Contract Balance Screen Field Help section on Page 67 for a definition of each of the column headings 1 Select Storage IDD P N R Contract Balance on the Hot Tap Main Menu The IDD P N R C
64. pstream vs downstream nominations at logical points NOTE See the Nomination Reconciliation Screen Field Help section on Page 36 for a definition of each of the Nomination Reconciliation screen column headings The View field provides views of exceptions based on your nomination and the confirmation with the upstream or downstream party and between your nomination and your scheduled quantities You can view nomination reconciliation exceptions prior to any cycle deadline In addition the Nomination Confirmation screen is available prior to each cycle This allows time to adjust nominations or request confirmation changes prior to the Intraday nomination timelines We encourage you to use the Nomination Reconciliation screen as a tool to identify mismatches Whereas nomination confirmation mismatches are available prior to and during each process scheduled exceptions can be viewed at the end of each process The following instructions explain how to view data via the Nomination Reconciliation screen 1 Select Nomination Nomination Reconciliation on the TMS Main Menu The Nomination Reconciliation screen appears Figure 17 Nomination Reconciliation Mi File Tools Options Cancel Gas Date e Sood Cycle intraday 1 p View Nom Cont Exceptions sl Swe Reg K a Contracts sl Lor a Locations sl Req _ Morn n Upon RecDel Mom Rec Del Cont ached ched BEE Loc Name Gi Cty E Morn Ditt Cont Ditt aty Diff Hote S
65. quantity nominated for injection into storage less the Injection quantity retained for fuel Net Sched The quantity confirmed and scheduled for injection into Injection Storage less the quantity retained for fuel The quantity of fuel that will be retained as a percentage of nominated injections into storage Sched Injection The quantity confirmed and scheduled for injection into storage The quantity of fuel that will be retained as a percentage of scheduled injection into storage Nom Withdrawal The quantity nominated for withdrawal into storage Sched Withdrawal The quantity confirmed and scheduled for withdrawal out of storage Balance The quantity to be added or subtracted from the total balance Adjustment by adjustment or transfer from or to the account Total Balance The total balance of the account after the scheduled injection withdrawal and adjustment for the date The Total Balance is the sum of the Firm and Interruptible Balances Firm Balance Denotes the portion of the Total Balance that utilized firm transportation service to deliver inject or receive withdraw gas to or from the account respectively Int Balance Denotes the portion of the Total Balance that utilized interruptible transportation service to deliver inject or receive withdraw gas to or from the account respectively Exceed Daily Max Displays X on days where scheduled activity exceeds daily maximum quantity Cycle Quantity The amount of ca
66. ree major steps Balancing Allocation and Confirmation The amount of gas scheduled may differ from the nomination amount due to any of these three steps This section details the screens that are available for viewing scheduled information for contracts O Scheduled Quantities Page 43 O Scheduled Quantity by Contract Page 49 O Scheduled Quantity by Contract and Location Page 53 O Batch Schedule Status Page 56 h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 42 Scheduled Quantities The purpose of the Scheduled Quantities screen is to view scheduled quantities for a gas day 1 Select Scheduling Scheduled Quantities from the TMS Main Menu The Scheduled Quantities screen appears and is overlaid by the Open Scheduled Quantities screen Figure 19 You will gain access to the Scheduled Quantities screen via the Open Scheduled Quantities screen Open Scheduled Quantities TSP PIPELINE MAMIE Svc Reg K Mominator Gas Date D I 32000 Cancel Figure 19 Open Scheduled Quantities Screen The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Figure 19 Tab to or click in the Svc Reg K field and type the appropriate contract number or Right mouse click in the Svc Reg K field to invoke the contract search function See the Search Facility Option section on Page 73 for instructions on performing a search 4 Press the Tab key The Nominator field populates with rela
67. rically throughout the TMS program Icon Hot Key Alt D Deletes selected information at a line item level aa e Only paths that have not been scheduled can be deleted Delete Identifies only the delivery side of the data fields Use this for delivery makeup only transactions on a contract such as pooling storage makeup or P N R When you click Gel the system removes the receipt input data fields and defaults the Transaction Type to code 04 which is imbalance payback from the pipe AIt L Delivery Total Sums all applied delivery location totals in POI number order Displays location number location name and total POI quantity Elapsed Pro rata Scheduled Quantity EPSQ Displays the EPSQ calculation for the highlighted path thus allowing you to see the reason why your nominated quantity is less than the actual scheduled quantity Closes the active screen and returns you to the main menu Exports data on the active screen to a tab delimited file You can then customize the data into your own file as needed Opens the Contract screen where you can enter and select the company contract number and gas day you want to retrieve The Contract screen also provides a copy function that allows h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 1 Icon Hot Notes Key you to copy the entire nomination from one gas date to a new gas date range None Identifies the type of transaction that you
68. screen The valid Capacity capacity types for firm contracts follow Type D PP Primary to Primary a PS Primary to Secondary a SP Secondary to Primary D SS Secondary to Secondary The scheduling cycle associated with the nomination It is system generated at the time of save The valid cycles follow Timely Evening Non Grid AM Intraday 1 Intraday 2 Final AM The downstream contract party s DUNS It is populated automatically when a TMS contract number is entered in the Delivery Contract field The system will validate that the DUNS number is a nine digit numeric Fuel Qty The amount of fuel calculated for the path The date the gas is scheduled to flow Nom Trk ID The number used to track the nomination line item to the quick response and scheduled quantities Applies only to nominations Tracking Number sent via EDI EDM The nomination originator creates the tracking number The DUNS number assigned to the service requester nominating gas on the pipeline Package ID An optional field that may be used to describe the nomination at a lower level Processing This field is for designating which type of processing affidavit rights Rights pertains to a receipt location on Northern Natural Gas Company being routed to a plant inlet If not applicable leave this field blank Rec Loc Represents the receipt delivery location for your nomination on Del Loc your contract Location Click the
69. tart NOTE The Pool field appears as you tab onto the Gas Date field This only happens when you are in a pooling nomination 6 Click the drop down arrow in the Pool field and select the appropriate pool 7 click LIST The Nomination Maintenance screen populates with the pre existing nominations for the contract and gas date you selected Figure 9 Each pool must be balanced on both the receipt and delivery side before you can save or select a new pool Field fuel will be computed on field area receipt locations therefore the sum of the receipts less the field fuel must equal the deliveries See Copy a Contract s Nominations for a Specified Date on Page 14 h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 24 Pipeline Name Appears Here Nomination Fie Selection Tools Lookup Views Options Cancel G w SS ia e gt a SI z Open Rates Aloe Die EPSG Path Res Del Sort 5 Puiew Export ee DE a Retieu Cancel Svc Req 123456789 xx xx 1 Cavalier Attitude Gas Company Gas Date 64132000 Change Nominator J Cavalier Attitude Gas Company Create Replace Svc Req K Pool xYZ66067 X Dates Receipt S dl A Beg E Loc Prop os E End 6 30 2000 Up ID SI Package ID Up K fo Quantity OO Norm Trk ID Rank Fuel Gty OO Rec Rec Rec Del Del Del Package Fuel Loc Qty Rank Loc Qty 7 ID Qty 0601 2000 06 30 2000
70. ted Evening Process Cycle started Balancing Success Allocation Analysis Success Storage Mot Allocated Contirmation amp Scheduling Success Cycle completed Hon Grid AM Process Cycle started Mote Schedule quantities are not final until end of gas day amp In mi weil az Afl zt eo Pom Sial size Gas Day Figure 27 Batch Schedule Status Screen If one or more of the gas days has no data to display a dialog box overlays the Batch Schedule Status screen to notify you of this 122002 Click OK to close the dialog box and access the Batch Schedule Status screen h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 56 The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company 3 Type the gas date in the Date field z A Click een Alt R The data will be displayed when the balancing and or the confirmation and scheduling processes are completed for the three daily cycles current prior and next day fl 5 Clic to exit this screen See the System Tool Bar Icons section on Page 71 for a detailed description of each of the icons on the menu bar h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 5 Reporting The reporting feature allows you to view on line or print hard copies of your service requester Scheduled Quantities report You can view two reports TMS Scheduled Quantities Report and TMS Contract Storage Balance By Da
71. ted data 5 Type the gas date in the Gas Date field 6 Click or press the Enter key The Scheduled Quantities screen populates with the scheduled quantities for the selected gas date along with the GISB reduction reason RR codes for all nominations that have been scheduled down by the pipeline Figure 20 See the System Tool Bar Icons section on Page 71 for a detailed description of each of the icons on the menu bar h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 43 TSP NOATHERN HATURAL GAS COMPANY 7R41582714 Scheduled Quantities Fie Selection Tods Loska Views Quliong Cancel E L S Ele c All g bai HlISIa di Mp ett ET pte er te l Sod d Prik Felen Erpe Seti Dre enn anand Sic Pap 173173123 FIFTS 71 Wan The Terrible Slippery Fisi Gas Compar Gas Daie L opropg Leo sde FA ra FE ivan The Terriale Slippery Fish Gas Company Conrad MV 40 000 Gremie Replace Svc Benk Ee RR Recent u Deier xf fo d H eps oc Prop f er pt ep SL CES FR US Cop Type 55 gt Guertit 9 puert E l Rank Rank o Mam Top Fus aty 0 W 10030 1111111 freee 5056 1 30003 60006 414444 5000 1 DEFIANT Final 10004 4774444 trite 16199 4 iia 20105 Qagdas 16000 1 DEFIANT KA H op 417111797 TITI 70265 1 50005 PDP S933 0000 4 DEFIANT pP IN Got Baie MANAPA Totals Recaptaty 40 550 Delivery Sty 40000 Fie Gi 330 Mott indicates mur codes for Reduction Reason
72. ties and scheduled quantities at both physical and logical locations This scheduled quantity is only available after the scheduling process is complete A filter for viewing service requester transportation contract numbers You can either view all available contracts or select a specific contract Loc A filter for viewing the location where the quantity will be scheduled You can either view all available locations or select a specific location Loc Name Name of the location Nom Qty Nomination Quantity The quantity of gas nominated Shows whether the gas flow at the location is a receipt or a delivery Up Dn K The upstream or downstream contract number Up Down Id The DUNS number of the party that is either receiving up or delivering down the gas Rec Del Nom The gas quantity nominated by the corresponding service requester at logical locations such as pooling points and title transfer points The difference between the upstream and downstream Shippers gas nominated at pool and zone points Rec Del Conf The quantity confirmed by operators at physical locations Confirmation Difference The amount of gas the operator actually confirms as opposed to what the service requester actually nominated Sched Qty The quantity of gas scheduled by the pipeline after balancing allocation and confirmation The amount of gas actually scheduled by the pipeline as opposed to what the service requester actually nominate
73. tween discreet business transactions Tracking Number Proc Right This field is for designating which type of processing affidavit rights pertains to a receipt location on Northern Natural Gas Company being routed to a plant inlet If not applicable leave this field blank Rec Loc The GISB defined method for identifying location Represents the receipt delivery location for your nomination on your Process Rights Del Loc contract Rec Quantity The amount of gas that the service requester will receive from or deliver to the market Del Quantity Rec Rank The receipt delivery priority 1 to 999 assigned by the service requester to identify the order of which gas should be scheduled DELRaNK by the pipeline The higher the rank number the greater the risk of being cut for example gas assigned a rank of 99 will be h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 33 Field Name cut before gas assigned a rank of 1 If no rank is entered the system will default to 500 Receipt Loc Location Proprietary Code or DRN number assigned by the Prop pipeline for a specific location Delivery Loc Prop Receipt Time The nomination timestamp for transactions It is system generated at the time of input and save The way in which the nominated transactions were entered in other words on line or EDI EDM The source ID is system generated SvcReq Shipper name and DUNS number Serv
74. uel Nonpathed Nomination The nonpathed nomination is a transaction at a receipt location or a delivery location The nomination line item depicts a single request for a receipt or delivery quantity of gas fora specific location and date The one sided nonpathed nomination is used to request makeup storage or Park N Ride transactions There is no direct correlation between receipts and deliveries of gas The nonpathed model is also used to aggregate receipt quantities to a specific pool location and may be used in some pipelines to disaggregate from a pool location to multiple markets h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 10 TMS System The TMS system is used to perform the following tasks QO Enter and view nominations O Enter and view operator confirmations O View operator and service requester scheduled quantities The TMS Operator confirmation manual covers Confirmation Scheduling and Reporting This TMS Nomination User manual covers only the menu options and screen functions shown below Nomination Page 12 Scheduling Page 42 Reporting Page 58 Storage P N R Page 63 Help Page 69 Exit the TMS Application Page 70 O TMS Generic Screen Functions Page 71 Oovovovo OO The TMS Nominations and Scheduling system is comprised of a series of menus and screens that aid you in submitting your nominations You access the system via the TMS Main Menu Figure 4 THS 172 30 200 232 Mi
75. uick Response screen EDI Nom Quick Response Screen Field Help Supmiepsie tee Date The date the EDI EDM nominations were submitted Transportation Service Provider The pipeline providing the service For EDI transactions this is the pipeline DUNS Transportation Buber Service Provider Trading Partner The DUNS Number of the service requester or agent trading DUNS partner submitting the EDI nominations Trading Partner The name of the service requester or agent trading partner submitting the EDI nominations Service Requester Contract number The service requester transportation number assigned to a particular contract Svc Req ID The DUNS number associated with the service requester contract Beg End Date The nomination beginning and ending date range Transaction status codes Rejected RD The nomination is rejected and the nomination was not loaded into the nomination system AE E There were errors in the file and if an EDI EDM customer is a replace customer the nomination did not load into the nomination system If the EDI EDM customer is a change customer the parts of the nomination that are valid will load to the system and the part of the nomination with errors will not load to the system h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 40 AE W The EDI EDM nomination submitted has warnings but the nomination was loaded to the system AT The nomination was a
76. xample instead of clicking File and then selecting Open Nomination from the drop down menu press Alt O Note that the hot keys are not h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 27 case sensitive In this document hot keys appear in parentheses next to their related menu commands The menu options and hot keys are described below File Click the File option in the menu bar to access the functions shown in Figure 11 or use the hot keys SIN Selection Tools Open EI Submit Z Retrieve Figure 11 File Option and Subfunctions File Hot Keys Function Hot Notes Keys Open Nomination Alt O Opens the Contract screen where you can enter and select the company contract number and gas date you want to retrieve Retrieve Alt R Retrieves pre existing nomination data for the Nomination gas date selected Submit Nomination Alt S Saves the nomination to the TMS database h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 28 Selection Click the Selection option in the menu bar to access the functions shown in Figure 12 or use the hot keys Tools Lookup Views Of AS Delete Alt D Add Alt Change Au Transportation Rate Alt T Zei Receipt volume Totals Alt e Zei Delivery Volume Totals Alt l Figure 12 Selection Option and Subfunctions Selection Hot Keys Function Hot Keys Notes Corresponding Icon Alt C Displays the new nomination line item i
77. y Report The instructions for viewing these reports are shown below Scheduled Quantities Reports The Scheduled Quantities Report displays your nominated and scheduled quantities for a particular contract and gas day This report also displays month to date totals for your contract 1 Select Reporting Reports Scheduled Quantities Report from the Nominations and Scheduling Main Menu The Scheduled Quantities Reports screen appears Figure 28 You will select different variables on this screen to filter down to the specific data you want to view Ss Scheduled Quantities Reports Toole Options Cancel E Al Fujew Cancel TSP NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY 784158214 Gaz Die 12 4002 scheduled Quantity For Svc Req Sot By Receipt Location Scheduled Quantity For Operator Ce Delivery Location Meter Bounce Activity Note Schedule Quantities are not final until end of gas day Figure 28 Scheduled Quantities Report Selection Screen Service Requester View 2 The TSP field defaults to the pipeline Northern Natural Gas Company Type the gas day in the Gas Day field 4 Click the radio button to the left of either Scheduled Quantity for Svc Reg or Scheduled Quantity for Operator 5 Click the radio button to the left of either Receipt Location or Delivery Location in the Sort By field h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 58 6 Click the radio button to the left of either Contra
78. ystem will validate that the DUNS number is a nine digit numeric Up K Identifies the upstream downstream contract at the respective Dn K receipt delivery location The TMS contract number is required for all storage Park N Ride and pool locations The system will Contract validate the TMS contract entered and display the correct DUNS number in the JD Code field after you leave this field A Non TMS Contract number is required at all physical locations This field can be an alphanumeric field The DUNS number must be manually entered in the ID Code field when entering a Non TMS contract h postings nng admin web_access_manuals nom_manual_040103 doc Page 48 Scheduled Quantity by Contract The purpose of the Scheduled Quantity by Contract screen is to view all scheduled paths for a particular contract by date range 1 Select Scheduling Schedule Quantities by by Contract on the TMS Main Menu The Scheduled Quantity By Contract screen appears Figure 24 Scheduled Quantity By Contract Mal Ea Fie Toole Cancel TSP NORTHERN NATURA GAS COMPANY 07641 5621 4 sve Reg K 55555 BegiEnd Date of2f2000 BA 0 2000 Sched Delivery 5 2 00 40 530 40 5 40 000 DI 40 530 40530 40 000 40 000 5 4 00 40 530 40 530 40 000 40 000 6 5 00 40 530 40 530 40 000 40 000 5 6 00 40 530 40530 40 000 40 000 DI UU 40 530 40 530 40 000 40 000 5 8 00 40 530 40 530 40 000 40 000 5 9 00 40 530 40 530 40 000

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