Wisconsin Gas fired back at the latest ANR challenge to theGuardian Pipeline project to serve the Wisconsin market. The companytook issue with an ANR press release of last week (see Daily GPI, Feb. 15). The release challenged Guardianto release detailed information about its costs and rates and said theproject was not competitive with alternatives following a presentationto a state business group.

Wisconsin Gas spokesman David Fantle said both ANR and theGuardian partners made presentations to the Wisconsin Manufacturersand Commerce (WMC) group Energy Committee last week “Based on therecommendation of the Energy Committee, the WMC board of directorscame out in support of the Guardian project.”

The WMC came out with its own release Monday saying it supportsthe project. “WMC supports this and future efforts to provideincreased supply of clean-burning natural gas for Wisconsin,” saidWMC President James S. Haney. “In addition to Guardian, otherpipeline projects currently on the drawing board could help protectWisconsin’s economic future.”

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