Outage Season: Maximizing the Power Hummingbird’s Outage Dashboard and Marketplace
Outage season is here and shippers will face the familiar challenges of disruptions, capacity constraints, and the need for swift, informed decision-making. Whether it's unplanned or scheduled outages like the NPS 36 Fort McKay Mainline or broader system maintenance affecting segments and interconnects, staying ahead of these events is crucial to maintaining operational efficiency and minimizing financial impacts. That's where our Outage Dashboard and integrated Marketplace come in—tools designed to transform fragmented outage data into actionable strategies. These solutions empower shippers to anticipate, analyze, and mitigate risks effectively.
In this blog, we'll explore how you can leverage our Outage Dashboard during the incoming outage season, highlighting key features that provide visibility, insights, and seamless solution sourcing. By the end, you'll see why this single platform is a game-changer for proactive risk management.
Understanding Outage Season and Its Challenges
Outage season typically ramps up with increased maintenance, weather-related issues, and unforeseen repairs, leading to capacity reductions across the NGTL system. For instance, on March 8, 2026 an unplanned outage (NPS 36 Fort McKay Mainline) with partial impact to segment 10, reduced IT to 0% and FT to 42%. Current tools often rely on emails and spreadsheets —leading to delays and overlooked risks.
Our Outage Dashboard addresses these pain points by consolidating data and offering a user-friendly interface for real-time monitoring. Paired with our Marketplace, not only flags issues but also connects you to immediate solutions, such as alternative capacity sourcing.
Key Ways Our Outage Dashboard and Marketplace Help Shippers
Here's how you can take full advantage of these tools to stay resilient during outage season:
1. Gain Real-Time Outage Visibility to Anticipate Disruptions
In a fast-moving environment, delays in information can be costly. Our dashboard provides intuitive, real-time updates on current and upcoming outages, pulling directly from TC Energy’s outage page. For example, you'll see details on outage IDs, start/end dates, and impacted areas.
2. Unlock Data-Driven Insights for Informed Decisions
Beyond raw data, the dashboard delivers analytical depth, helping you understand not just what's happening now but what it means for your operations long-term. Drill down into scheduled outages, such as recurring impacts to strategic meters.
3. Leverage a Single Platform for Monitoring and Solution Sourcing
No more juggling multiple tabs or emails—our dashboard centralizes everything into one operational view, replacing fragmented communications with streamlined access. Integrated with Hummingbird’s Marketplace, it lets you not only see the impact but also create solutions on the spot, like sourcing alternative capacity.
4. Benefit from Meter-Level Precision and Centralized Information
Our Outage Dashboard’s meter-level analysis ensures you know precisely which meters are impacted, avoiding overreactions to non-impacting events. This centralized hub eliminates email overload, providing a clear, concise view of all relevant data.
Capitalizing Excess Capacity During Outages: A Smart Opportunity with Hummingbird
Outages don't just constrain—they create imbalances. Shippers with firm transport (FT) often hold excess capacity when outages reduce others' flows or when their own nominations drop. Hummingbird turns this into opportunities without risking your core firm capacity.
Our tools let shippers offer a portion of their excess firm capacity underutilized on Hummingbird’s Marketplace during outages. Our Outage Dashboard provides clear visualization of impacted project areas and corresponding meters—so you can spot and capitalize on opportunities quickly.
Key advantages include full anonymity: Post and negotiate offers without revealing your company's identity, specific location, or meter details to counterparties. This protects competitive positioning while enabling secure, many-to-one negotiations.
How to Use It:
Monitor our Outage Dashboard to get all the details for incoming outages
List available excess capacity anonymously on Hummingbird.
Negotiate deals with or without premiums that monetize what would otherwise sit idle, all while your firm transport remains protected and prioritized.
This approach helps to maximize transport optimization during outages—turning outages into gains— making it a win-win for everyone.
Video Demonstration of Outage Dashboard
Final Thoughts: Supercharge your NGTL strategy.
Outage season is inevitable, but chaos isn't. With our Outage Dashboard for visibility and insights, plus Hummingbird's Marketplace for anonymous monetization and solution sourcing, shippers gain an edge—anticipating risks, mitigating them, and even profiting from them.
Get started today: Explore the Outage Dashboard at totec-solutions.com/outage, and join the Hummingbird community to supercharge your NGTL strategy.
Stay ahead, ship smarter—and turn outages into opportunities.