Northern has scheduled the planned service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of September through November 2019. Please review the Planned Service Outage Summary for detailed information related to each outage.

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 ITE (POI 61667)

Location: Pierz, Minnesota compressor station

Project Description: In-line inspections between the North Branch, Minnesota compressor station and Cambridge, Minnesota

Month(s): September 2019                         

Direction of Flow: Receipt

Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted as Northern will not allocate Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) to the extent there is available capacity for Northern to physically flow net receipts at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983). Primary firm 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).

Revision: Updated capacity impact for Gas Days September 17-19 to indicate Northern does not anticipate firm service will be impacted.

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.

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