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PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest announced plans to construct a gas pipeline lateral across Washington state that would bring gas to new power plants and LDC load from GTN’s mainline. The project, called the Washington Lateral (WL), would begin at GTN’s mainline in eastern Washington, bear west toward central Washington and terminate at or near Northwest Pipeline’s mainline system in western Washington’s Interstate-5 corridor. The WL is intended to serve developing electric generation projects and local gas distribution needs along and at the terminus of the route, PG&E said. The WL also may have the capability to deliver gas to NPC’s Spokane and Wenatchee Laterals as well as to its mainline south of Seattle. For more information contact GTN’s Dave Van Driel, Randy Hunter, Dave Sloan or Jim Schoene.

PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest announced plans to construct a gas pipeline lateral across Washington state that would bring gas to new power plants and LDC load from GTN’s mainline.

Dynegy Inc. last Monday unveiled plans to construct a second natural gas-fired, simple-cycle peaking facility in Kentucky that will generate 330 MW of power and is expected to begin commercial operation in the second quarter of 2002.

Dynegy Inc. yesterday unveiled plans to construct a second natural gas-fired, simple-cycle peaking facility in Kentucky that will generate 330 MW of power and is expected to begin commercial operation in the second quarter of 2002.

Williams reported last week that one of its units plans toconstruct natural gas-fired electric generating units near Memphis,TN and Las Vegas, NV. The company also reported that it will expandan existing gas-fired power facility located in Hazelton, PA.

American Electric Power and Dow Chemical are moving forward withplans to construct a $325 million natural gas-fired cogenerationplant at Dow’s chemical complex in Plaquemine, LA. AEP also signeda 20-year contract for an undisclosed amount to sell all of thefacility’s 900 MW generation to Tractebel SA’s energy marketingunit once it is online, expected in early 2003.

FERC has approved a proposal by Tuscarora Gas Transmission toincrease its mainline capacity and construct a new lateral toprovide up to 10,000 Dth/d of FT for Sierra Pacific Power.

The National Energy Board received an application from AECSuffield Gas Pipeline Inc. (AEC Suffield) to construct and operatea gas pipeline from southeastern Alberta to southwesternSaskatchewan to be known as the North Suffield Pipeline. The60-mile pipeline extension will wrap around the northern part ofthe Suffield Military Block before it ties in to the existing AECSuffield meter station, which connects to TransCanada PipelinesLimited’s system near Burstall, SK. It would have a design capacityof 190 MMcf/d of gas and would cost C$22.3 million. AEC Suffield isplanning an in-service date of Nov. 1. AEC’s existing 72-mileSuffield pipeline was built in 1998 after a landmark decision bythe NEB. The ruling authorized a bypass around Nova Corp.’s40-year-old franchise in the chief gas-producing province ofAlberta and introduced market-based, negotiated tolling.

Questar filed a motion at FERC earlier this week requestingauthority to construct, own and operate facilities that coulddeliver up to 250 MMcf/d into the Kern River system near Elberta,UT.