Citing the success of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within California markets, Earth Biofuels Inc. subsidiary Applied LNG Technologies (ALT) said it has renewed a three-year LNG supply agreement with the Redlands, CA. The City of Redlands utilizes LNG as transportation fuel for its municipal fleet vehicles, and has built an LNG and compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station for public use within its city limits. “This renewal exemplifies our recent successes in growing our profitable LNG business, especially in the California markets,” stated Earth Biofuels CEO Dennis McLaughlin. “We are now in the process of expanding our product availability to make LNG available in major cities outside of California.” Earth Biofuels noted that LNG meets California’s strict emission standards and is now more readily available for use by commercial vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, utility companies, fleets, light-duty trucks and consumer CNG vehicles. Vehicles fueled by the transportation grade LNG produce approximately one-sixth of the nitrous oxides (NOx) and up to 15% less greenhouse gases than comparable petroleum diesel fueled vehicles. Through California’s South Coast Air District and Air Quality Management grants, the City of Redlands will operate 20 of its 32 municipal vehicles on LNG/CNG fuels by its fiscal year end.
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Small Producer Targets Bigger Market with Large Pipe Interconnect
Halifax, NS-based junior exploration and production company Corridor Resources Inc. applied to the New Brunswick Public Utilities Board (PUB) to construct and operate a pipeline connecting the McCully natural gas field in New Brunswick with Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline in order to bring McCully gas to the Maritimes provinces and New England.
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ATC CEO: FERC Backstop Transmission Siting Authority No Silver Bullet
New backstop transmission siting authority given to FERC in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) will not be a “silver bullet” and, if improperly applied, that authority could become “one of the biggest roadblocks that we have to construction” of power lines, Jose Delgado, CEO of American Transmission Co. (ATC), said last Wednesday.
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Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Saturday. Penalties of $1/Dth applied to positive daily imbalances exceeding a 5% tolerance.
BC Gas Files to Increase Gas Costs, Delay Full Impact
BC Gas Utility has applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission for a rate increase that will add approximately 16% to the typical residential customer’s total gas bill, about 6% less than the wholesale cost the distributor believes it may have to pay over the next 12 months.
ChevronTexaco Plans Gulf LNG Terminal by 2006
ChevronTexaco (CVX) has applied to the U.S. Coast Guard for a deepwater port license in an ambitious scheme to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), which could be operational as soon as 2006.
Vectren Receives Ohio Gas Choice Program Go Ahead
Two months after it was applied for, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) said it has approved the implementation of the Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio natural gas customer choice program. Under the program, customers can purchase gas from a competitive supplier and Vectren will continue to deliver that gas to their home or business. In addition, customers can now take advantage of joining governmental aggregating groups, which pool residents together to negotiate a better natural gas rate.
Vectren Receives Ohio Gas Choice Program Go Ahead
Two months after it was applied for, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Friday approved the implementation of the Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio natural gas customer choice program. Under the program, customers can purchase gas from a competitive supplier and Vectren will continue to deliver that gas to their home or business. In addition, customers can now take advantage of joining governmental aggregating groups, which pool residents together to negotiate a better natural gas rate.
BC Gas asks for further reductions in natural gas charges
BC Gas Utility Ltd. has applied to the BC Utilities Commission for a 10% reduction in the commodity charge for natural gas to take effect Jan. 1, 2002. Vancouver-based BC Gas last reduced its commodity charge on Oct. 1 when the BCUC approved a reduction that saw customers’ bills decrease by approximately 11%.
Irving Oil Proposes Adding LNG Terminal in New Brunswick
Irving Oil Ltd., which has operated the deepwater terminal Irving Canaport in New Brunswick since 1970, has applied for a permit to add a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to the site, located about 60 miles from the U.S. border. The proposed project, which would cost about C$500 million to construct, would give Canaport, which has a current total tank capacity of 12.5 MMbbl, the ability to receive LNG cargoes and vaporize the LNG for send-out over the pipeline grid.
