Cleared

A federal judge in Boston Monday cleared the path for liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to enter Boston Harbor and be off-loaded at Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC’s terminal in Everett, MA, concluding that there was “no discernible claim” by the city of Boston that the LNG tankers posed a threat in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes.

A recent decision by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) has cleared the way for a Cinergy Capital & Trading (CC&T) Inc. subsidiary to start construction on a 130 MW, gas-fired electric peaking facility in Indiana.

FERC last week cleared the way for Transcontinental Gas PipeLine (Transco) to begin building two phases of its controversialMarketLink project that would expand its existing transportationsystem in western Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, but itbarred the pipeline from proceeding with a third phase until it canback up that part of the project with executed contracts.

FERC yesterday cleared the way for Transcontinental Gas PipeLine (Transco) to begin building two phases of its controversialMarketLink project that would expand its existing transportationsystem in western Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, but itbarred the pipeline from proceeding with a third phase until it canback up that part of the project with executed contracts.

Alliance Pipeline informed its shippers last week that all debris has been cleared from the pipe, all connections are up and running, and that commercial service will begin on Dec. 1. Commercial service originally was expected to begin on Oct. 1 but was delayed several times because of commissioning problems (see NGI, Nov. 13).

Alliance Pipeline informed its shippers yesterday that all debrishas been cleared from the pipe, all connections are up and running,and that commercial service will begin on Dec. 1. Commercial serviceoriginally was expected to begin on Oct. 1 but was delayed severaltimes because of commissioning problems (see Daily GPI, Nov. 10).

Vectren Corp. has cleared the final regulatory hurdle andexpects to close its acquisition of The Dayton Power & LightCo. by the end of this month, adding nearly 305,000 residential,commercial, industrial and government customers to its established650,000 customer base.

Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. has been cleared by the OklahomaCorporation Commission of any wrongdoing regarding how it evaluatestransmission service bids for ONG customers, but the company thatfiled the original complaint — Enogex — is appealing thebidding process to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

At its final meeting before the August break, FERC last weekcleared its agenda of several major rehearing orders — includingOrder 637-B, which was a rehearing of Order 637-A, which was arehearing of Order 637. This time around the Commission refused tobudge on the majority of the policy calls it made in 637-A thataddressed regulation of the short-term natural gas transportationmarket.