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Kern River Seeks to Expand System to Meet Power Generation Demand
Kern River Gas Transmission Co. has filed an application at FERC to expand its pipeline system between existing receipt points in Lincoln County, WY, to the Pecos delivery point in Clark County, NV, by 266,000 Dth/d to meet growing power generation demand for natural gas.
The project (Apex Expansion) calls for the construction of approximately 28 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline in an unlooped portion of Kern River’s existing mainline across the Wasatch Mountains in northern Utah; the installation of a new, single-unit 30,000-hp ISO-rated compressor station in Beaver County, UT; the addition of three 16,000-hp compressor units, with one to be installed at each of three existing compressor stations in Utah, Nevada and Wyoming; restaging of three boost compressors at existing compressor stations; and replacement of a boost compressor.
The proposed addition would close one of two unlooped sections of Kern River’s mainline and add 78,000 ISO-rated hp to Kern River’s system, increasing its summer design capacity to 2.14 million Dth/d from 1.87 million Dth/d. The other unlooped portion of Kern River is around the city of Las Vegas, NV.
Kern River said it has executed a precedent agreement and a long-term, firm transportation service agreement with Nevada Power Co., which began doing business as NV Energy (NVE) in 2008, for the entire capacity to be created by the expansion.
“The proposed capacity will serve NVE’s critical need for fuel for power generation to serve its retail electric load. The need for this electric generation capacity and the appropriateness of using Kern River to transport natural gas to existing and planned electric generation facilities have been scrutinized and approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada,” Kern River said in its application.
The pipeline has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a certificate by no later than Sept. 16, 2010, so it can begin construction in the following month and have the facilities placed in service by Nov. 1, 2011.
The existing Kern River system, which is mostly 36-inch diameter pipeline, extends 1,380 miles from Wyoming to California.
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