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+Scenario 1: Award for Fuel Supply
+Given I am a policy analyst
+And I want to award Esso 1 million credits
+And the fair market value is $75 per credit
+And the effective date is <now>
+When I submit the transaction
+Then the transaction is logged
+And transaction status is Pending
+And error message is returned for bad data inputs
+
+Scenario 2: Transaction Approval
+Given I am a Director
+And I am on the transaction summary page
+And the transaction status is Pending
+And effective date is On Director Approval
+When I authorize the transaction
+Then the transaction status is Approved
+And the transaction approval is logged
+And the effective date is set to <now>
+
+Scenario 3: Balance Update
+Given I am a Fuel Supplier with a starting balance of 10,000 credits
+And the Director just approved a sale of 10,000 credits from my account
+When I view my account balance
+Then the balance is now 0