Capacity Releases

Capacity release is where transportation capacity is offered, bid, awarded, and re-marketed on the pipeline EBB. The postings move quickly, the terms matter, and the resulting obligations have to line up with your positions and your ETRM. Tracking it all by hand is error-prone and hard to audit.

The challenge

• Offers and awards are posted on each pipeline’s EBB in different formats and on different schedules.
• Awards create obligations that must be reflected in your positions and settlements.
• Missing or misreading a posting can mean lost capacity or an unexpected commitment.
• Regulators and counterparties expect a clean, defensible record.

How CORTEX helps

CORTEX collects capacity release activity from the EBB and reconciles it against your book, so offers, awards, and obligations stay in sync with your ETRM.

• Extract — capacity release offers and awards are pulled automatically from each pipeline.
• Reconcile — awards and obligations are matched against your positions and contracts.
• Flag — discrepancies and exceptions are surfaced for quick, AI-assisted resolution.
• Audit — every action is logged for full traceability and compliance.

What you get

• A single, current view of capacity release activity across all your pipelines.
• Awards and obligations reconciled against your positions — no surprises at settlement.
• A complete audit trail that stands up to regulatory and counterparty scrutiny.
• Delivery into your ETRM via API, with no code changes required.