Cross Bay Pipeline Co., a limited liability company formed bysubsidiaries of Williams, Duke Energy and KeySpan Energy, announcedit is holding a 30-day open season from Oct. 15 to Nov. 13 todetermine market interest in 125,000 Dth/d of firm capacity to theNew York City metropolitan area.

Cross Bay intends to expand Williams’ existing Transco LongBeach line facilities through additional compression and loopingand will utilize expanded KeySpan facilities on Long Island. CrossBay also will have direct access to both the Texas Eastern andTransco systems via receipts in Texas Eastern Zone M3 and TranscoZone 6. The project has the potential to add up to 700,000 Dth/d ofadditional gas delivery service to New York.

An application for the project is expected to be filed with FERCby year-end. For details call Patrick Gibson at Duke Energy617-560-1454 or KeySpan 718-403-2529.

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