Storage Balances Accounting View

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The Storage Balances Accounting View screen allows users to view storage balances for a given accounting period, including PPAs and AutoBalancing details.

Contents

[edit] View Balances

Using a respective tab, users have an option of viewing Shipper-level, contract-level and daily contract balances, as well as PPA details.

[edit] By Contract

Shipper's storage balances are grouped by contract.

[edit] By Date: Summary View

Contract-level storage balances are displayed for the entire accounting period.

[edit] By Date: PPA Detail View

Details of prior period adjustment are displayed for the entry selected on the Summary tab.

[edit] By Date: Activity View

Activities (nominations) are displayed for the contract and date selected on the Summary tab.

To view balances:

  • To view balances on all shipper's storage contracts, enter the shipper's name in the Service Requester field and click image:retrieve.jpg.
  • To view daily balances on a specific storage contract, select a contract from the list retrieved on the By Contract tab and navigate to the By Date >> Summary tab, or
  • Navigate to the By Date >> Summary tab, enter contract in the Svc Req K field and click image:retrieve.jpg.
  • Select a PPA entry on the Summary tab and navigate to the PPA Detail tab to view Prior Period Adjustment details.
  • Select a non-PPA entry on the Summary tab and navigate to the Activity tab to view nominations for the selected date.



[edit] View AutoBalancing Details

Using a respective tab, users have an option of viewing AutoBalancing details, such as nominations, changes, and allocation schemes.

[edit] By Date: Adjustment Analyzer

The upper portion of the tab displays AutoBalancing summary.

[edit] Adjustment Analyzer: AutoBal Noms

The left side of the tab displays the transport side of AutoBalancing activity.
The right side of the tab displays the storage side of AutoBalancing activity.

[edit] Adjustment Analyzer: AutoBal Changes

Displays the reasons for AutoBalancing activity.

[edit] Adjustment Analyzer: Alloc Scheme Changes

Displays changes to allocation schemes.

To view AutoBalancing Details:

  • Select Service Requester and Accounting period and click image:retrieve.jpg, or
  • Navigate to the By Date tab, select contract and accounting period and click image:retrieve.jpg.
  • To view all AutoBalancing activity for accounting period, navigate to the Adj Analyzer tab.
  • To view AutoBalancing activity for a date, navigate to the Summary tab, select the entry of interest and move to the Adj Analyzer tab.
  • Navigate to the AutoBal Changes tab to view what prompted AutoBalancing activities.
  • Navigate to the Alloc Scheme Changes tab to view changes to allocation schemes.




[edit] FIELDS

[edit] By Contract & By Date Tabs

  • Include Agency Contracts - Check-box that indicates if agency contracts should be included/excluded from the search results.
  • Fully Allocated Activities Only - Check-box that indicates which activities should be included/excluded from the search.
  • Service Requester - Name of the customer associated with the contract.
  • Accounting Period - Accounting period.
  • Begin Balance - Opening balance for the flow period.
  • SCQ - Storage Contract Quantity.


  • Svc Req K - Service Requester Contract - Contract on which the nomination is placed.
  • Loc Prop - Location proprietary number.
  • Rate Schedule - Type of service that the contract covers.
  • Zone - Zone in which the imbalance occurred.
  • Flow Date - Date on which the flow occurred.
  • Prior Period Adjustment / PPA - PPA quantity.
  • Gross Injection Qty - Total injection on contract.
  • Injection Fuel - Fuel charged on injection.
  • Net Injection - Gross injection minus fuel.
  • Gross Withdrawal Qty - Total withdrawal from contract.
  • Withdrawal Fuel - Fuel charged on withdrawal.
  • Net Withdrawal - Gross withdrawal minus withdrawal fuel.
  • Transfer In/Out - Quantity transferred to/from contract via the contract-to-contract transfers.
  • Inventory - Storage inventory.
  • New Activity Before Adjustment - Quantity before AutoBalancing adjustments.
  • Adjustment Portion of Net Activity - Total AutoBalancing adjustments.
  • Net Activity for Day - Total quantity after AutoBalancing adjustments (Net Activity Before Adjustments minus Adjustment).
  • Ending Daily Inventory - Storage inventory at the day's end.
  • % of Net SCQ - Percentage of total storage contract quantity (Inventory divided by SCQ multiplied by 100).


  • Acct Prd - Accounting period.
  • Act Nbr - Activity Number - A unique combination of receipt and delivery locations and upstream and downstream entities.
  • Stat - Nomination status.
  • Trans Type - Transaction Type - Special condition for nomination.
  • Rec/Del Loc - Location proprietary number.
  • Rec/Del Zone - Location zone.
  • Up/Dn Name - Upstream/downstream business associate abbreviated name.
  • Up/Dn K - Contract number associated with the upstream/downstream entity.
  • Sch Qty - Scheduled quantity.
  • Alloc Qty - Allocated quantity - Actual allocation of gas at the point.
  • Pkg ID - Package ID - Unique ID used to differentiate identical nominations.
  • Imb Qty - Imbalance quantity (scheduled minus allocated).


[edit] Adjustment Analyzer Tabs

  • Flow Date - AutoBalancing activity date.
  • Change - Source of adjustment.
  • Type - Activity type (injection or withdrawal).
  • Point Cd - Point affected by AutoBalancing.
  • Net Storage Impact - Inventory after AutoBalancing.
  • Fuel - Impact on fuel.
  • Adjustment Qty - AutoBalancing adjustment quantity.
  • Prior Inventory - Inventory before AutoBalancing.
  • Updater - ID of the process that triggered the change.


  • Transport / Storage Contract - Contract affected by AutoBalancing.
  • Asset - Asset on which AutoBalancing ran.
  • BA - Contract holder.
  • Prior Imbalance - Previous point imbalance.
  • Change in Imbalance - Quantitative change in point imbalance.
  • Point Imbalance - Point imbalance after the change.
  • Transport Fuel - Change in fuel.
  • Imbalance Resolved - Total imbalance resolved by AutoBalancing.
  • Dir - Direction - Injection or withdrawal.
  • Storage Fuel - Change in storage fuel.
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