Solving transportation problems; Automated monitoring system provides valuable information

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Pipeline and Gas Journal; (USA)

OSTI ID:5155375

Dillavou, J ^[1]

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1. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Bismarck, ND (US)

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. is a public utility with electric and natural gas distribution systems. Its natural gas distribution operation serves more than 175,000 customers in a 168,000-sq-mile service area. Serving such a large geographical area with the required daily nomination and usage reporting conditions of the transportation contracts posed many potential problems from an operation point of view. MDU solved these problems by implementing a fully automated system. The Metretek data collection system is described in this paper. It provides MDU with the volume information required to balance and bill the transportation accounts as well as monitor end-use transportation customer requirements on a timely basis.

• OSTI ID: 5155375
• Journal Information: Pipeline and Gas Journal; (USA), Vol. 216:7; ISSN 0032-0188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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