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Chehalis Notice of Recall and OFO and Potential Deficiency

SEV 4/5Operational Alert0.180 Bcf/dUntil further notice
Summary
Northwest Pipeline has issued an OFO Recall Advisory and Operational Flow Order at the Chehalis compressor effective Gas Day September 24, 2026, and until further notice. Southbound operationally available capacity is constrained to 492,000 Dth/d (0.492 Bcf/d) versus design capacity of 672,000 Dth/d (0.672 Bcf/d), a reduction of approximately 0.180 Bcf/d. Live capacity data confirms the Chehalis Compressor DECREASING point is flagged OVER at 132.9% utilization (0.654 Bcf/d scheduled against 0.492 Bcf/d operating capacity), corroborating the constraint in real time.
Trading note
NWP OFO at Chehalis reduces southbound operationally available capacity by 0.180 Bcf/d (to 0.492 Bcf/d) until further notice, with the point already oversubscribed at 132.9% utilization per current EBB data; expect bullish pressure at Sumas basis, which has already softened to -0.425 vs Henry Hub most recently (5-day average -0.234), and tightening in Pacific Northwest gas markets as deficiency cuts are enforced during evening scheduling.
Reroute potential
Limited: Ruby Pipeline provides partial Rockies egress alternative but does not serve the same Pacific Northwest downstream markets; no pipeline directly replaces NWP southbound capacity into Washington and Oregon markets.

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Pipeline: Northwest Pipeline
Notice: Chehalis Notice of Recall and OFO and Potential Deficiency
Notice ID: 33045

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Northwest Pipeline LLC

NOTICE # 26-193

Chehalis Notice of Recall and OFO and Potential Deficiency

 posted on
 
Sep 22 2026 3:33PM

TSP Name: Northwest Pipeline LLC TSP: 67977322

Critical: Y
Notice Stat Desc: INITIATE
Notice Type Desc: OPERATIONAL FLOW ORDER
Post D/T: 09/22/2026 3:28 PM MCT
Notice Eff D/T: 09/22/2026 3:28 PM MCT
Notice End D/T: 
Reqrd Rsp Desc: No response required
Rsp D/T: 

Notice ID: 26-193
Prior Notice: 
Subject: Chehalis Notice of Recall and OFO and Potential Deficiency

Notice Text:

Effective Gas Day Thursday, September 24, 2026, and until 
further notice, Northwest is issuing an OFO Recall Advisory and 
Operational Flow Order (OFO) through the Chehalis compressor 
pursuant to Section 14.15(d) of its Tariff. 
Under the OFO Recall Advisory, Shippers are required to: (1) 
recall capacity that is subject to an OFO recall provision; or 
(2) take other action that is acceptable to Northwest, to 
satisfy its OFO obligation.
If the southbound scheduled quantities exceed the greater of 
Northwest’s design capacity of 672,000 Dth/d at Chehalis or the 
operationally available capacity at that location on that day, 
Northwest will provide Shippers with their specific OFO 
obligations by 4:00 p.m. MST. Shippers must comply with their 
OFO obligations no later than the Evening nomination deadline 
(5:00 p.m. MST).
If an OFO is necessary for a given Gas Day, Northwest will wait 
until the Evening scheduling process to provide notice of a 
Declared Deficiency period and will make deficiency cuts to 
bring the nomination requests at the Chehalis compressor from 
the southbound design capacity of 672,000 Dth/d to the 
operationally available capacity of 492,000 Dth/d. If an OFO is 
not necessary, but a deficiency period is, Northwest will 
provide notice of a Declared Deficiency period and will make 
deficiency cuts in the Timely scheduling process to bring the 
nomination requests at the Chehalis compressor to the 
operationally available capacity of 492,000 Dth/d (or whatever 
NWP cannot mitigate during any day of the maintenance period), 
all pursuant to Sections 10.2 and 10.3 of Rate Schedule TF-1 in 
Northwest's Tariff. The deficiency period will continue until 
the work is completed.
Shippers can monitor throughput quantities and obtain a copy of 
Northwest’s OFO procedures on Northwest’s website at 
www.northwest.williams.com.  
If you have any questions, please contact your Commercial 
Services Representative or the hotline at 713-215-6301.
ID: NWP-33045  |  Rev. 2  |  Posted: 2026-09-23 23:32  |  Direction: Bullish All Northwest Pipeline notices  ·  page generated 2026-09-26 06:44 UTC