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Williams Partners' Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC's has asked FERC for authorization to place into service its Rockaway Delivery Lateral, which would provide natural gas transportation service into New York City's Brooklyn and Queens boroughs.

Williams Partners’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC’s (Transco) has asked FERC for authorization to place into service its Rockaway Delivery Lateral, which would provide natural gas transportation service into New York City’s Brooklyn and Queens boroughs.

In light of the redesign of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project and significant changes in the construction schedule — from winter to summer — the Coalition Against the Rockaway Pipeline has asked FERC to extend the comment period by 120 days to give the public the opportunity to comment on the revisions.

FERC staff Friday issued a favorable draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) proposal to build a $182 million expansion of its system to meet growing natural gas demand in New York City and the Rockaways with Marcellus Shale gas supplies.

Brooklyn, NY-based KeySpan Corp. said its shareholders at its annual meeting last Thursday overwhelmingly approved the $11.8 billion merger of the company with United Kingdom’s National Grid.

Brooklyn, NY-based KeySpan Corp. said Thursday that its shareholders at its annual meeting overwhelmingly approved the $11.8 billion merger of the company with United Kingdom’s National Grid.

Brooklyn, NY-based KeySpan Corp. said Monday that it is negotiating with a labor union representing more than 3,000 workers at the energy company and its affiliates to address their concerns over potential job losses stemming from the proposed $11.8 billion merger of KeySpan and the United Kingdom’s National Grid

The Houston Exploration Co., a subsidiary of Brooklyn-based KeySpan Corp. announced Tuesday that it has recently received positive Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidance on its 2001 impairment charge, resulting in higher earnings in the fourth quarter and full 2001.

New York State Assemblyman James F. Brennan (D-Brooklyn) last week introduced legislation calling for the creation of a New York City public electric power system that would repurchase power plants previously sold by Consolidated Edison (ConEd) to several unregulated companies.