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In preparation for the upcoming winter season, NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) unit Columbia Gulf Transmission is holding an open season for capacity to deliver gas to Texas Eastern Transmission LP in St. Landry Parish, LA, the pipeline said. NGT&S is considering modifying or constructing new assets to facilitate the delivery of up to 176,000 Dth/d to Texas Eastern, with an anticipated in-service date of Nov. 1. Columbia Gulf is soliciting binding offers for firm contracts sourced from receipt points on the Columbia Gulf mainline near Delhi, LA, and delivered to the Texas Eastern St. Landry interconnect. A bid package is at www.ngtsnavigates.com. Bids are due by noon CDT Sept. 9. For information contact Joshua Gibbon at (713) 267-4718 or at jgibbon@nisource.com.

Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $5 million contract for evaluation of alternatives for a natural gas pipeline to deliver gas from the North Slope to in-state markets to an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corp., the firm said Thursday.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed an application at FERC for an expansion and replacement project that would provide additional capacity to deliver natural gas from the Piceance Basin in western Colorado to the Opal Hub area in Wyoming.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed an application at FERC for an expansion and replacement project that would provide additional capacity to deliver natural gas from the Piceance Basin in western Colorado to the Opal Hub area in Wyoming.

TransCanada Corp. has won the contract to build, own and operate a US$320 million pipeline in Mexico that would deliver regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a terminal now under construction, the Calgary-based company said Thursday.

Companies getting some of the $80 billion in federal energy-related economic stimulus funds are expected to not only be clean in the energy they deliver but “come clean” in how they spend the money. Detailed quarterly reporting will be required under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), according to an assessment of the funding process by Protiviti, a consulting and audit firm, which is a subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc.

Nationwide implementation of smart grid technology would have “a substantial and immediate impact” on the U.S. electricity system and deliver “immense environmental benefits” by reducing carbon emissions, according to CURRENT Group LLC CEO Tom Casey.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Thursday, saying it will assess Buy-Back charges in accordance with its tariffs to customers who deliver into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.

The U.S. Coast Guard told FERC the waterway proposed for tankers to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Downeast LNG Inc.’s proposed regas terminal in Maine is suitable if recommended risk mitigation measures are fully implemented.