Unitil Corp. said yesterday it executed its first aggregated onlinenatural gas transaction for a municipality, the Village of Ilion,NY. Usource, a service of Unitil Corp., is an internet-based energyauction service that caters to customers in Pennsylvania, New York andNew England. Usource’s customers include MI Energy, LLC, the New YorkCity Housing Authority and major industrial firms in the region (seeDaily GPI, March 28).
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El Paso Expects Brisk Bidding on Dynegy Space
Dynegy’s California-bound capacity on El Paso Natural Gas wentup for grabs last week, and while the pipeline expects a possiblestampede of customers, they aren’t expected until nearly the end ofthe auction period. With a right-of-first refusal held by Dynegy,bids for the capacity are expected to be higher than last time,too.
Bidding to Begin For Dynegy’s El Paso Capacity
With only a day left before the capacity now held by DynegyMarketing and Trade on El Paso Natural Gas opens to bids for nextyear, parties are continuing to fight over the legality of theoriginal contract.
Sempra Bidding for Fourth Mexican Project
Sempra Energy International is in the running for its third gasproject in Mexico with its bid to build distribution infrastructureto serve the cities of Torreon, Gomez, Palacio, Ciudad Lerdo, andDurango with the La Laguna-Durango system. Mexico’s EnergyRegulatory Commission (CRE) will announce the winning bidder nolater than May 20.
OK Retail Unbundling Postponed Until Mid-2001
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has delayed the startdate for retail gas unbundling in the state from Oct. 1, 1999 toJune 1, 2001. Retail unbundling affects gas utilities serving morethan 25,000 customers. The commission order delaying unbundlingalso allows groups wanting to propose competitive purchase programsat earlier dates to submit their proposals for commissionconsideration.
Columbia Gas Wins Bid for New Service
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania last week beat out Equitable Gas inthe bidding to provide service to new commercial and residentialbuildings that are slated to be constructed on a former LTV steelsite on the city of Pittsburgh’s South Side. The site, which isowned by the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), currentlyis in the midst of major redevelopment.