maybe tw build northern nevada check article shippers condemn northwest must flow ofos several northern nevada industrial gas users accused northwest pipeline violating tariff holding hostage daily must flow operational flow orders ofos issued since early december effort compensate sizable capacity shortfall system section 5 complaint filed friday industrial gas customers called ferc direct northwest cease desist alleged violation tariff claim forcing customers northern end pipeline subsidize gas acquisition transportation costs customers southern end northwest system effect must flow ofos compel shippers make capacity shortfall northwest system via displacement industrials noted northwest firm contractual demand 720 000 dth physical capacity 474 000 dth pan alberta gas u inc provides 144 000 dth displacement arrangement shippers left make remaining 102 000 dth industrial users contend penalized complying must flow ofos northwest tariff exempts shippers made good faith efforts obtain gas supply unsuccessful issue whether good faith efforts applies purchasing gas reasonable costs industrials interpret tariff whether means shippers required buy gas price meet must flow ofo latter according industrial users northwest position regulatory history northwest tariff makes clear good faith efforts obtain gas supply stanfield receipt point need extend purchasing gas price rather must viewed context current conditions circumstances e available prices supplies industrial customers said shipper secure gas needed meet must flow order basin price differentials currently prevail assuming shipper document efforts impacts northwest verification shipper request exemption penalties must granted northwest twice refused request industrial customers noted anticipation high gas prices month nevada industrial users said chose switch alternative fuels feasible curtail operations rather use released capacity northwest nevertheless pipeline daily must flow ofos forced volatile daily gas market avoid extremely high non compliance penalties undermining business decisions rely alternative fuels told ferc rpol 189 order comply northwest orders industrials said must ship gas point use sell rocky mountain basin prices fraction price current conditions purchased industrial users said comply northwest must flow ofos given hefty penalties would face otherwise penalties equal greater 10 dth four times highest spot rate sumas stanfield kingsgate opal ignacio month non compliance based spot rate stanfield penalty month 58 15 dth one nevada industrial users newmont mining corp defied northwest order flow 25 contract demand 1 000 dth december day would penalized 58 160 one day said nevada industrial customers violated pipeline order one day penalty would 149 471 industrial shippers want ferc go beyond interpreting good faith efforts exemption favor contend northwest tariff allowing must flow ofos currently structured unreasonable unduly discriminatory requires one group shippers see additional benefits incur gas acquisition transportation costs solely subsidize service another group shippers argued believe shippers benefit pay displacement capacity costs currently must flow ofos result southbound flows northwest create northbound capacity benefit shippers south north entitlements south north shippers could however purchase spot gas canadian supply areas ship volumes southward interruptible basis northwest e industrial shippers others directed could pay costs capacity want alternative northwest could require sharing displacement capacity costs shippers using system given time capacity short could invest facilities physical capacity meet contractual commitments industrial users said