SET is continually working to improve the LINK® system. Multiple enhancements are implemented each year to improve the overall system performance and ease of use for customers day to day activities. This document is a running list, updated monthly, of our most significant improvements. Lists of
future and past enhancements are also available.
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A LINK® Security Enhancement is available that allows customers to grant rights to view measurement at specific meters through an Agency relationship. Prior to this enhancement, customers could grant other parties the right to view measurement for all their meters, but not to only an individual meter or a subset of meters.
The LINK® System Linked Activity Enhancement is available on all SET business units. This enhancement provides the capability to join multiple activities within a business unit and across business units to create a single continuous nomination. This capability is provided when activities deliver to, or receive from, a balancing point such as a head of lateral, storage point, in-line transfer point or SET interconnect point.
Customers now have the ability to roll activities from one month to another with the addition of the "Roll Activities" functionality, accessible via the Nomination screen.
Customers will be able to set a user preference for the timely nomination end date.
Storage transfers can be managed on Saltville using the new Storage Balance Transfer screen rather than using nominations.
This enhancement provides daily updates via a LINK screen on whether an Operational Account Manager is in the office and if not, who their backup is.
After logging into LINK, click on the menu flyout called "Operational Account Manager Availability". The flyout is located below "Lists" near the bottom of the menu tree and is available on all Business Units.
This enhancement modifies the Capacity Release Storage Transfer screen on TETLP to allow use for other storage transfers. It also removes the releasing contract holder from the loop of moving inventory from expiring or recalled replacement storage contract to new replacement contract.
The LINK® System Linked Activity Enhancement is available on all SET business units. This enhancement provides the capability to join multiple activities within a business unit to create a single continuous nomination. This capability is provided when activities deliver to, or receive from, a balancing point such as a head of lateral, storage point or in-line transfer point. For example, a customer can link activities from a mainline contract to an incremental lateral contract. When the customer nominates on one of the activities, the corresponding nomination will be automatically generated on the other activities that have been linked.
M&N Canada has added the capability for External Customers to process temporary assignments through the MNCA LINK screens. This on-line assignment process will replace the existing paper transaction whereby External Customers were required to fax a letter to M&N Canada providing notice of the temporary assignment agreed on by the two parties. The letter included the Quantity, Term and Delivery points as well as contact information for the two parties. If you need assistance please contact the Contract Administration department at (713)627-5316.
The LINK System Enhancement site is a central location that will provide customers with information for current, past and planned enhancements.
An enhancement to the Location List by Confirming Party screen allows confirmation records with zero volumes to be removed from presentation through a filter at the meter and LDC level. Simply enable the check box to exclude zero volumes and press retrieve. Click on the check box again to disable the filter and press retrieve.
More descriptive no-notice transaction type information has been added to the Transaction type list to clarify what codes are required for such transactions.
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP has added some tools to the segments tab of the Capacity Release module to help users create and review releases. The Apply ZB Qty button will allow a releasing shipper to apply a percentage min and max offer quantity to segments in a zone by entering a quantity and allowing LINK® to calculate the percentage based on the zone boundary exit quantity available. The ZB - All Type Filter will display all Zone Boundary Exits matched with there corresponding Entries. The ZB - Out Bal Type Filter will display only Zone Boundary Exits matched with the corresponding Entries that are out of balance.
The LINK® System Pre-Determine Allocation Screen Enhancement adds Firm Trans K, Storage K and Oper Only to the Pct Limit Val box to the Pre-Determined Allocation Screen. This allows a customer to enter a Pct Limit Val and identify a specific contract type where the percentage will be applied. Customer can check one or more of the following boxes at the same time: 1) Firm Trans K – apply percentage to Firm Transportation Contracts Only. 2) Storage K – apply percentage to Storage Contracts Only. 3) Oper Only – apply percentage to contracts where the contract holder and operator are the same. Customers are able to enter a Pct Limit Val and not check any of the above boxes. A Pct Limit Val recalculates the limit value based on the percentage entered of the revised scheduled quantity for an existing limit value on a contract when a nomination change is received.
Enhancement provides the ability to review the prior scheduled volume on retroactive confirmation screens.
This notification serves to inform customers of Spectra Energy’s transition to paperless invoicing as of April 1, 2008. As a result, Customer shall receive its monthly invoices on Spectra Energy’s LINK® System rather than by U.S Mail or other electronic means. Preliminary billing information will be developed and available for review by customers in advance of the final bill and notification will be provided on the Informational Postings Web site when final invoices are available. Pipeline will continue to e-mail to any Customer at the e-mail address provided, a reminder that the final invoice has been posted.