Choice
Policies & procedures
- Non-residential customers with annual usage less than 150,000 Ccfs may participate in CenterPoint Energy Choice. This service is applicable to any SCO Supplier delivering firm gas supplies to Company's Operational Systems for Customers receiving SCO or DSS Service under Rates 310, 311, 320, 321.
Choice registration
All new Choice Suppliers must be approved before serving Ohio's Choice eligible customers. To start the approval process, please submit the Certified Retail Natural Gas PUCO Certification, a completed Choice Supplier Agreement, Choice Supplier Application, a Connectivity Profile and the company's most recent financial information as described on page 3 in the Choice Supplier Application.
Suppliers are responsible for sending and receiving VEDO files from an FTP site, encrypting/decrypting using PGP and providing an internal system (or use 3rd party vendor) to manage data. Upon attaining financial approval, the Supplier will need to pass EDI testing with ESG. View file standards
Once a Supplier has been approved, customer rates will need to be submitted at least 30 days in advance, but not until after approval has been granted. View Choice Supplier Rate Request
Mandatory assignment of pipeline capacity
VEDO will release its pipeline capacity and storage capacity to Choice Suppliers based upon a percentage to be confirmed annually of the Peak Design Day Demand of the Choice Supplier's Pool. Choice Suppliers are required to take release of specific interstate pipeline firm transportation and storage capacity. For further details, please refer to Sheet 52 in Ohio's tariff and the documents listed below.
Nominations
Nominations must be entered by 11:30 AM CST on the CenterPoint Energy Extranet prior to gas day. Nominations for Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays must be entered on the preceding Friday at or before 11:30 CST. A percentage of gas quantities received by Company shall be retained by Company to compensate for unaccounted for gas as described in Sheet 54 of the tariff. When submitting an intraday nomination, change the status from timely to other.
City gate allocations
Deliveries will need to be scheduled within the allotted percentages posted on the Marketer Extranet. New city gate allocations are posted each year, typically in late September, for the upcoming 12 months of November through October. See
VEDO city gate allocations
DDQ compliance
SCO Suppliers will need to deliver the daily demand quantity as prescribed daily by CenterPoint Energy on its Marketer Extranet. By 10:00 a.m. (CST) Company will post on its Marketer Extranet, SCO DDQ by Pool for the gas day beginning 9:00 CST the following day. See Rate 385 for related DDQ non-compliance penalties. Sheet 52 of the tariff describes Nomination and Balancing for SCO Pools.
