The Transco pipeline system’s capacity has increased by 204,099Dth/d with the start-up of the SouthCoast Expansion project. The$108 million expansion provides additional firm transportationcapacity to gas markets in Alabama and Georgia

The expansion loops 44 miles of pipeline and adds 31,500 hp ofcompression at stations in Rockford, AL, and Newnan, GA. Thefacilities add capacity to Transco’s mainline from Station 85 inButler, AL, to delivery points within zone four.

The expansion will serve Atlanta Gas Light, Georgia Power and a newpower generation plant to be built by the South Carolina PublicService Authority. FERC approved the SouthCoast Expansion in May (seeDaily GPI, Sept. 9).

Transco also has numerous other expansions on the drawing board.The 38-mile, 236,000 Dth/d Sundance project will loop the southernmainline in spring 2002. The 152 mile, 700,000 Dth/d MarketLinkproject will loop the Leidy line in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.And the 125,000 Dth/d Cross Bay project will increase deliveriesinto New York City. The company cited robust economic growth andthe subsequent development of gas-fired power generation facilitiesas the main force driving these expansions.

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