UtiliCorp United announced that Dwayne L. Hart will join thecompany Sept. 1 as senior vice president and chief financialofficer. Hart was previously vice president and controller of EnronCapital & Trade Resources Corp.

KeySpan Energy named Coleen A. Ceriello to the position of vicepresident of strategic planning. Ceriello joined KeySpanpredecessor Brooklyn Union in 1980 as a management trainee incorporate planning, where she rose to the position of director ofeconomic analysis.

FPL Group, Inc. announced that Lewis Hay III has been electedchief financial officer. Hay previously served as CFO of U.S.Foodservice.

Phillips Petroleum approved several management changes,effective Aug. 1. Jim Gallogly was elected senior vice president,chemicals/plastics, replacing Jack Howe, who is retiring after 31years of service. John Lowe was named vice president, planning andstrategic transactions.

John P. McGinnis has joined Nuevo Energy as vice president ofexploration and will be responsible for managing all of Nuevo’sdomestic and international exploration activities and overseeingthe company’s scientific information technology (IT) program.McGinnis comes to Nuevo from Amerada Hess, most recently as adivision explorationist for the Central Gulf of Mexico.

Transportation Notes

PG&E still had a system-wide OFO in effect yesterday with a3% tolerance with a Stage I non-compliance charge of $1.00/Dth dueto high inventory.

From Sept. 7 through 30, ANR will upgrade the E.G. HillCompressor Station. For the first 10 days of work, no horsepowerwill be available, which will result in zero volumes for GPM’sSherman Plant. For the period Sept. 17 through 30, capacity will belimited to only six out of 11 engines available of which three canpump volumes from GPM’s Sherman Plant and three can pump volumesfrom Gageby Creek.

From Sept. 7 through 30, ANR will work on the SouthwestMainline. ANR’s compressor station at Greensburg, KS, will be offline as will the Havensville, KS, station. Mainline work couldresult in flow reductions of 25 to 50 MMcf/d, which should onlyimpact interruptible/secondary nominations.

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