Northern has scheduled the planned service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of May through October 2019. Please review the Planned Service Outage Summary for detailed information related to each outage.
Northern will be conducting station maintenance at the Pierz, Minnesota compressor station, which will affect capacity June 10, 2019 through June 14, 2019. During this time the operating capacity of the point will be zero; however, Northern will schedule primary volumes at Viking Pierz (POI 61667) to the extent that available capacity exists for Northern to physically flow receipt and delivery volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983). Primary volumes at Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) will be scheduled prior to alternate volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983).
A brief description of the most recent change(s) to the Planned Service Outage Summary follows.
Market Area
Central Mainline
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Viking/NNG Pierz Interconnect (POI 61667)
Location: Pierz, Minnesota compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Pierz, Minnesota compressor station
Month(s): June 2019
Direction of Flow: Delivery and receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted
The dates indicated are the anticipated days for the maintenance and modifications to be performed and completed. Please continue to monitor Northern’s website for updates.
Please see Operationally Available Capacity on Northern’s website for current flow information and the Field Area Group Allocation Maps and Market Area Group Allocation Maps for a list of impacted points.
If you have any questions, contact your customer service or marketing representative.
