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Nominations and Scheduling Customer Advisory Group Update May 14, 2009

Nominations and Scheduling Customer Advisory Group Update May 14, 2009. Colorado Interstate Gas Company Wyoming Interstate Company Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company. Agenda. Completed items Transactional Tracking Project Status Head Station Pool Enhancement Plan

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Nominations and Scheduling Customer Advisory Group Update May 14, 2009

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  1. Nominations and SchedulingCustomer Advisory Group UpdateMay 14, 2009 Colorado Interstate Gas Company Wyoming Interstate Company Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company

  2. Agenda • Completed items • Transactional Tracking Project Status • Head Station Pool Enhancement Plan • EBB Enhancement Project Status • Outstanding Issues to Discuss • WestPipe Connect Status • Other Items • Data Center move • Next call

  3. The Process for Enhancements In-depth analysis, specifications, development, testing, training, etc. • Gathering and under-standing customer requests • Reporting timelines and status Getting customer priorities and evaluating available and needed resources

  4. Current list of requested changes posted on our website www.cigco.com: • Informational Postings > Other > Informational Look up > Customer Initiative

  5. Transactional Tracking – Completed Items • Phase I – completed November 2008 • Phase 2 – completed in March 2009 • Added PRR and PRD Reduction Reason Codes to Location Pool Tracking • PRR: Confirming Party Reduction at the Receipt Location • PRD: Confirming Party Reduction at the Delivery Location • Added tracking of ADD to nominations which span a date range • Added point of constraint to nominations tracking • Feedback?

  6. Transactional Tracking - EPSQ in Pools • This project is to address problems which cause pools to be scheduled below EPSQ (Elapsed Pro Rated Scheduled Quantity) • Four development phases • Each phase will be implemented independently

  7. EPSQ in Pools - Breakdown by Phase • Phase 1 – will prevent poolers from reducing their nomination/confirmation below EPSQ in Cycles 3 and 4 • In test for June 2009 • Phase 2 – will prevent pools from being scheduled below EPSQ due to CBL (Contract Balancing) or CPR (Confirming Party Reduction – used in pools) reduction reason codes • In development for 3Q 2009 • Phase 3 – will prevent capacity reductions from taking pool transactions below EPSQ • To follow phase 2 • Phase 4 – will prevent underconfirmations by operators from reducing pool transactions below EPSQ • To follow phase 3 • All phases anticipated to be implemented in 2009

  8. Headstation Pool Enhancement Plan (Requests #4, 5, 10, 29) • Development planned to begin after Phase 4 EPSQ • Redesign main screen for ease of use and improved functionality • Add features which will allow poolers to perform all necessary tasks from the pooling screen • Add Status screens and Tracking for both Supply and Market sides of the pool • Add the following reduction reason codes to Headstation Pool Tracking: • PRR: Confirming Party Reduction at the Receipt Location • PRD: Confirming Party Reduction at the Delivery Location • CBL: Contract Balancing • CPR: Confirming Party Reduction – Pools • PCC: Pipeline Capacity Constraint

  9. EBB Web Site Enhancement Project Status Many enhancements planned Improved look and feel Column sorting, dragging, pinning, filtering Enhanced query and download features Phased migration Phase 1 (June 2009): Index of Customers, Operationally Available Capacity, Notices Phase 2 (August 2009): Transactional Reports, Storage Field Inventory Phase 3 (October 2009): Unsubscribed Capacity (From Pipelines, From Expiring Contracts), Gas Quality Phase 4 (November 2009): Posted Imbalances 9

  10. Outstanding Issues to Discuss • Proposal to take no further action on: • Allow CIG Schedulers to correct mismatched nominations after the nomination deadline • Add process to auto-populate DUNS numbers associated with upstream and downstream contracts • Proposal to proceed with: • Adding reduction reason codes to the Location Pool Balancing report and the Contract Routes report • Provide analysis for: • New items identified at November meeting with Customer Advisory Group • Recommendations in next concall for implementation or delay to new Xpress system 10

  11. WestPipe Connect Status • Launched Fall 2008 with the goal of completely rewriting Xpress by September 2011 • Phased approach • System framework (in development) • Customer needs and preferences are at the forefront of the new design • Security system (in test) • Allocations system – customer access (June/July 2009) • Remainder of 2009 focused on necessary internal framework • Remaining core systems (2010 and 2011) • Contracts, Nominations, Scheduling, Invoicing • Additional customer input during the rewrite is invaluable • Select enhancements being made to the existing Xpress system are to help customers until the new system is complete 11

  12. Additional items • Data Center moves • Planned for May 2009 • Interfaces to EDI – May 19 (1:30 am to 4:30 am MCT) • Xpress Data Warehouse – May 21 (1:30 am to 4:30 am MCT) • Xpress – May 27 (1:30 am to 4:30 am MCT) • Next call • August 13, 2009, at 1:30 pm MCT 12

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