Guardian Pipeline said it bought five engine compressor packagestotaling 22,225 hp to provide natural gas compression on its141-mile, 660 MMcf/d pipeline in Illinois and Wisconsin. Itpurchased the compressors from Compressor Systems, Inc. of Midland,TX. Combined, the compressors will be capable of delivering up to750 MMcf/d of gas on Guardian. “Guardian Pipeline is continuing tomake steady progress. This purchase agreement for a major equipmentcomponent keeps Guardian on track to meet its scheduled in-servicedate of November 2002,” said George Hass, Guardian project manager.A final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision on theGuardian Pipeline is expected by early 2001. In June, FERC issued aPreliminary Determination that the pipeline is in the publicinterest, subject to the outcome of its environmental review, andin July, FERC staff issued a favorable Draft Environmental ImpactStatement on the project. In addition, the Public ServiceCommission of Wisconsin made a preliminary determination on theproject in October, accepting the economics of a Wisconsin Gaslateral pipeline, which will connect Guardian with Wisconsin Gas’distribution system. Guardian will transport gas frominterconnections with Alliance, Northern Border, Midwestern, andNGPL at the Chicago hub near Joliet, IL, to northern Illinois andsouthern Wisconsin markets starting in November 2002. Its sponsorsinclude CMS, WICOR and Viking Gas.

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