Constitutes

Southern Natural Gas said its shut-in test of the Muldon (MS) Storage Field from Tuesday through April 20 constitutes a force majeure event and it will reduce CSS customers’ injection and withdrawal quotas on a pro rata basis during the test. See the bulletin board for details.

County officials ran out of time last Monday to hear from all the citizens who wanted to say something about NorthernStar Natural Gas’ proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon, so the public hearing will be continued on Nov. 19. Clatsop County Commissioners are weighing whether to grant NorthernStar zoning changes for the project.

A battle is brewing in Tennessee to determine exactly whatconstitutes “retail distribution.” On one side is a nascentpipeline company and Tennessee producer that wants to make directsales to industrial end-users. On the other is a group of about 19utility districts seeking to defend what they view as theirstate-granted turf. The Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) isexpected to decide soon what retail distribution means.