Nominations Pending Approval

Purpose

The Nominations Pending Approval screen displays the status of a pending nomination. These screens require review and approval by the volume analyst. Nominations that are not approved are stored in the Disapproved Nomination screen.

Navigation

Navigate to the Nominations application and click the + (plus sign) to view the expanded contents of the application. Click the + (plus sign) next to the Nominations Pending Approval folder; then double-click the Nominations Pending Approval sub-folder to display the Nominations Pending Approval-Overview screen, which lists of all pending nominations at the Service Requester Contract level.

Nominations Pending Approval–Overview

Enter the search criteria:

Svc Req K–displays a specific Service Requester Contract.
Beginning Date–displays all Service Requester Contracts stored in pending for the specified date.
Beginning Date and Time–displays all Service Requester Contracts stored in pending for the specified date and time.

NOTE: The Beginning Time must be entered in conjunction with the Beginning Date.

Click the Retrieve button on the side of the screen. Under each Service Requester Contract, there are columns (categories) where nominations are stored:

Hrly (Hourly Nomination)–will have either X, A or F status.
Rstr (Restricted Nomination)–will have either X or A status.
MHE (Maximum Hourly Entitlement)–will have either X or A status.
EPSQ (Elapsed Prorated Scheduled Quantity)–will have either X or A status.
Wtg (Waiting for Transfer)–will have either X or F status.

View the status under each column (category).

NOTE: These columns will be checked to indicate the reason the nomination is placed in the approval screen. If a nomination is placed in the screen for multiple reasons, both columns will be checked. For example:

X status in the Rstr column indicates that the nominations are stored due to the Transportation Service Provider’s restriction or seal.
A status in the Rstr column indicates that at least one of the restricted Nomination Routes (not the entire service requester contract that is stored in the NPA-restricted) has been approved by the volume analyst and is awaiting final approval from Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s Operations Control.
F status in the Wtg column indicates fatal nomination errors. The nomination route with fatal errors will NOT be submitted for scheduling. Contact your volume analyst for assistance in correcting the error.

Review the status under each column after the previous scheduling cycle is updated.

NOTE: Evening cycle and Intraday nominations submitted before the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be temporarily stored in the Wtg column with a X status. When the previous scheduling cycle has been updated, Tennessee Gas Pipeline will validate and store the nominations in the appropriate column (category) for review and approval. If no further approval is needed, the nominations will be placed in the Nominations screen.

To review nomination details, highlight Svc Req K and click the appropriate tab.

Nominations Pending Approval—Hourly

Hourly nominations (effective time 22:00 PM to 8:00 AM for the same gas day) that were submitted before the previous scheduling cycle is updated, will be stored in the Nominations Pending Approval - Hourly screen. Contact your volume analyst for approval. Once the nominations are approved, PASSKEY will validate for Restricted, EPSQ, MHE and other errors. If there are no validation errors, the hourly nominations will be submitted for processing in the appropriate scheduling cycle.

Hourly nominations (effective time 22:00 PM to 8:00 AM for the same gas day) that were submitted after the previous scheduling cycle is updated, will be validated by PASSKEY for Restricted, EPSQ, MHE and other errors.

If there are no validation issues, the hourly nominations will be stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Hourly screen. Contact you volume analyst for approval.

If there are validation issues, the hourly nominations will be stored in the appropriate tab (e.g. EPSQ) for further review by Tennessee Gas Pipeline.

NOTE: Disapproved hourly nominations will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

To review nomination details, highlight the Service Requester Contract at the Nominations Pending Approval–Overview screen and click the Hourly tab.
NOTE: The Nominations Pending Approval–Hourly screen will provide the following information: TSP (Transportation Service Provider), Svc Req K (Service Requester Contract), TOS (Type of Service; e.g., SA), Svc Req Name (Service Requester Name), Receipt Total, and Delivery Total.

Nominations Pending Approval–Restricted

A nomination that is an increase in a restricted or sealed area will be stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Restricted screen:

Evening cycle and Intraday nominations submitted before the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be temporarily stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting For Transfer screen. When the previous scheduling cycle is completed, PASSKEY will validate and store the nominations in the Nominations Pending Approval–Restricted screen for review.
Evening cycle, Intraday and Timely nominations submitted after the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Restricted screen for review. Nomination validation will produce a warning error notifying users of restrictions.
Contact your volume analyst to review the restricted nomination. When the restricted nominations are approved, PASSKEY will validate for EPSQ, MHE, and other errors. If there are no validation errors, the restricted nominations will be submitted for processing in the appropriate scheduling cycle.

NOTE: Disapproved nominations will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

To review nomination details, highlight the Service Requester Contract at the Nominations Pending Approval–Overview screen and click the Restricted tab.

NOTE: The Nominations Pending Approval–Restricted screen provides the following information: TSP (Transportation Service Provider), Svc Req K (Service Requester Contract), TOS (Type of Service; e.g., SA), Svc Req Name (Service Requester Name), Receipt Total, and Delivery Total.

Review the Appr Ind (Approval Indicator) column on the individual nomination route.
Indicates that nomination route is under review.

Indicates that nomination route has been approved by the volume analyst and is subject to final approval from Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s Operation Control. Once Operation Control approves the nomination, the nomination will be submitted for processing in the appropriate scheduling cycle. If a nomination is not approved, it will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

Nominations Pending Approval–MHE

Nominations submitted for scheduling times other than 9:00 a.m. on Service Requester Contracts with a MDQ (Maximum Daily Quantity) will be validated for MHE (Maximum Hourly Entitlement).

Intraday nominations submitted before the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be temporarily stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting For Transfer screen. When the previous scheduling cycle is completed, PASSKEY will validate the nominations for MHE.
Intraday nominations submitted after the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be validated for MHE. A Service Requester Contract nominated over MHE will be placed in the Nominations Pending Approval–MHE screen. Nominations validation will produce a warning error notifying the user of a MHE error.
MHE validation compares the new nomination’s hourly gas flow for the remainder of the gas day with the Service Requester Contract’s MHE. If the new hourly flow rate is over the MHE, the Service Requester Contract will be stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–MHE for Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s review and approval. Otherwise, the nominations will be submitted for scheduling.
Validation is done at the contract level.
Contact your volume analyst to review the nominations for approval. Approved nominations will be submitted for scheduling.

NOTE: Disapproved nominations will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

To review nomination details, highlight the Service Requester Contract at the Nominations Pending Approval–Overview screen and click the MHE tab.

NOTE: The Nominations Pending Approval–MHE screen provides the following information: TSP (Transportation Service Provider), Svc Req K (Service Requester Contract), TOS (Type of Service; e.g., SA), Svc Req Name (Service Requester Name), Receipt Total, and Delivery Total.

Review the Appr Ind (Approval Indicator) column on the individual nomination route.

Indicates that the nomination route is under review.

Indicates that the nomination route has been approved by the volume analyst and is subject to final approval from Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s Operations Control. Once Operations Control approves the nomination, it will be submitted for processing in the appropriate scheduling cycle. If a nomination is not approved, it will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

Nominations Pending Approval–EPSQ

Nominations submitted for scheduling times other than 9:00 A.M. will be validated for EPSQ (Elapsed Prorated Scheduled Quantity).

Intraday nominations submitted before the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be temporarily stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting For Transfer screen. When the previous cycle is completed, PASSKEY will validate the nominations for EPSQ.
Intraday nominations submitted after the previous scheduling cycle is updated will be validated for EPSQ. The routes that have nominated quantities lower than the EPSQ will be placed in the Nominations Pending Approval–EPSQ screen. Nomination Validation will produce a warning error notifying the user of EPSQ condition and calculation.
EPSQ is that portion of the scheduled quantity that theoretically would have flowed up to the effective time of the Intraday and Hourly nominations being confirmed. EPSQ is calculated based upon the notion that the gas flowed, on a cumulative uniform hourly quantity, for each nomination cycle affected.
Validation is done at the route level and only applies to routes that are not for 09:00 (Timely and Evening Cycle) because the comparison is based on the elapsed flow at the time of the nomination change. No flow has elapsed yet at 09:00.
Contact your volume analyst to review the nomination routes with EPSQ warning. Approved nominations will be submitted for scheduling.

NOTE: Disapproved nominations will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

To review nominations details, highlight the Service Requester Contract at the Nominations Pending Approval–Overview screen and click the EPSQ tab.

NOTE: The Nominations Pending Approval–EPSQ screen will provide the following information: TSP (Transportation Service Provider), Svc Req K (Service Requester Contract), TOS (Type of Service; e.g., SA), Svc Req Name (Service Requester Name), Receipt Total, and Delivery Total.

Review the Appr Ind (Approval Indicator) column on the individual nomination route.

Indicates that the nomination route is under review.

Indicates that the nomination route has been approved by the volume analyst and is subject to final approval from Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s Operations Control. Once Operations Control approves the nomination, it will be submitted for processing in the appropriate scheduling cycle. If the nomination is not approved, it will be stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting for Transfer

Evening cycle and Intraday nominations submitted before the previous scheduling cycle is updated will temporarily be stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting For Transfer screen.

When the previous scheduling cycle is updated, PASSKEY will validate all the nominations stored in the Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting for Transfer screen:

Nominations that do not have any fatal errors will be submitted for scheduling.
Nominations that fall under the Restricted, MHE, or EPSQ categories will be stored in the appropriate tab for further review by Tennessee Gas Pipeline.
Nominations with fatal errors will remain in the Waiting for Transfer tab and will have an F status in the Nominations Pending Approval–Overview screen.

To review nomination details, highlight the Service Requester Contract at the Nominations Pending Approval–Overview screen, and click the Waiting For Transfer tab.

NOTE: The Nominations Pending Approval–Waiting For Transfer screen will provide the following information: TSP (Transportation Service Provider), Svc Req K (Service Requester Contract), TOS (Type of Service; e.g., SA), Svc Req Name (Service Requester Name), Receipt Total, and Delivery Total.

Using the scroll key at the bottom of the screen, scroll to the right for additional information (e.g., fuel, discount ID).

How to View Disapproved Nominations

Purpose

The Overview Disapproved Nominations screen lists all disapproved nominations at the Service Requester Level. Unapproved nominations are stored in the Disapproved Nominations screen.

NOTE: Customers can track disapproved nominations; however, only disapproved nominations that are attached to a customer’s Login ID will be seen.

Navigation

View the expanded contents of the Nominations application by clicking the + (plus sign). Click the + (plus sign) next to the Nominations Pending Approval folder. Double-click the Disapproved Nominations sub-folder.

How To View the Disapproved Nominations screen

Select Options/Disapproved Overview.
Enter the contract number in the Svc Req K field to view the disapproved nomination headers for a specific service package.
Enter the From Beg Date and the To Beg Date to view the disapproved nomination headers for a particular date range.

NOTE: The Overview Disapproved Nominations screen displays the nominations that are stored at the Service Requester contract level.

NOTE: The maximum date range is 31 days.

To review Disapproved Nominations details, highlight the Svc Req K field and click the OK button. The Disapproved Nominations detail screen displays all disapproved routes for the specified Service Requester Contract, including TSP, Svc Req K, TOS, Svc Req Name, Receipt Total, and Delivery Total.