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Enbridge Gas New Brunswick (EGNB) has entered into a three yeardeal whereby Green Bay, WI,-based WPS Energy Services will assumecontrol of EGNB’s approximate 11 MMcf/d transportation capacity onMaritimes & Northeast Pipeline. EGNB had to unload the capacitybecause as the distributor it could not also sell gas.

Enbridge Gas New Brunswick (EGNB) has entered into a three yeardeal whereby Green Bay, WI,-based WPS Energy Services will assumecontrol of EGNB’s transportation capacity on Maritimes andNortheast Pipeline.

BP Amoco for a third time in five years has won the annualbidding for California’s natural gas purchasing program. supplyingabout 120 facilities operated by the California General ServicesDepartment.

In a fiscal year 1999 performance report card submitted toCongress and the White House, the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission gave itself high marks for furthering competition in thenatural gas and electricity markets, citing the mega gas rule(Order 637), the RTO decision (Order 2000) and its FERC Firstinitiative as proof of its progress.

Reliant Energy’s Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P) couldbe on the hook for millions depending upon punitive damagesassessed in a case that has hit the utility with $4.2 million inactual damages awarded to three Texas cities. Lawyers for theplaintiffs last week suggested a punitive award in the range of $40million would be appropriate.

Laclede Energy Resources said last week that it has finalized amulti-year arrangement with UtiliCorp United Inc. to provide asignificant portion of the gas supply for a 600 MW power plantcurrently under construction in Pleasant Hill, MO.

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has received aplum from a favorite son, new Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, whoannounced the award of a $1.5 million DOE contract to determine thebest way to boost gas production from some of New Mexico’s mostdifficult geologic formations.