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Over the past 11 years, Quorum has demonstrated a track record of successfully deploying efficient, cost effective solutions that help companies meet performance goals.

 

Natural Gas Local Distribution Company (LDC) / Utility - industry sector

 

 

 


 


  • Local distribution company (LDC)
  • Gas utility
  • Gas distributor
  • Investor-owned utility
  • Municipal gas company

 

Receiving natural gas from pipelines and redistributing to residential, commercial and industrial end users 
 

The Local Distribution Company (LDC) / Utility sector involves facilities that receive natural gas from pipelines and redistribute gas to residential, commercial and industrial end users. Quorum focuses on two key segments of this sector:  
  • Gas acquisition by the LDC for re-sale to end users at the consumption meter
  • Managing open-access transportation provided by certain LDCs for customers to transport their own gas supply from the LDC city gate to the consumption meter

Natural Gas LDC / Utility Processes and Systems

 

Processes and systems for LDC / Utility operators to efficiently manage operations and commercial activities are critical to success. Key elements include:  

  • Manage transactions including contracts, nominations, scheduling, allocations, imbalance, inventory, settlements (invoices and pay statements) and accounting for:
    • Gas acquisition - from producers, aggregators, etc. at wellhead or downstream points including city gates
    • Open access transportation (choice programs)
  • Customer activity website (CAW) for internet communication with shippers
  • Real-time management of purchase position by pipeline
  • Manage and optimize multiple supply, transportation and storage alternatives
  • Management of financial hedging for risk management of supply portfolio
  • Reporting and business intelligence, executive dashboard, regulatory reports, etc.
  • Collect, organize, analyze and edit measurement data to prepare for operational and commercial processing
  • Right of way management for distribution facilities including GIS mapping

Natural Gas LDC / Utility Software Solutions
 

Quorum has experience in the LDC / Utility sector in design, implementation and support of configurable, sustainable, scalable information technology solutions to manage business activities efficiently and cost effectively. In addition to consulting services, we provide a full range of software solutions specific for the LDC / Utility sector, including:  
 

 

Quorum Enterprise-wide Software Portfolio for Natural Gas LDC / Utility Sector 

               
                 Transportation - 3rd Party Access   Storage - On-system / Off-system   Gas Acquisition for System Supply
               
  AFE (w/ electronic workflow approval)
 

Capital Budget Tracking

               
  Right of Way Management   Land Management
               
  Flow Measurement PGAS    
               
Transaction Systems
  • Pipeline
  • Storage
  • Marketing
  Pipeline Transaction Management   Gas Marketing
               
  Contract Management (enterprise-wide)
               
  Financial Accounting (GL, AP, AR)
               
  Fixed Assets & Depreciation (DD&A) Accounting
  Equipment Inventory Management & Accounting
               
 
               
Marketing Management
          Gas Marketing
               
  Geospatial Information System (GIS)
               
Multi Dimensional Reporting & Business Intelligence (BI) Solution