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The City of Long Beach (CA) Gas Department last Tuesday indicated its has signed an 18-month supply deal with Coral Marketing tied to San Juan Basin prices to provide all of its interstate supplies, or about 5.5 to 6 Bcf annually. It is priced at 2.5 cents/therm under the San Juan price, with a ceiling of 80 cents/therm, according to Chris Garner, the director of Long Beach’s municipal gas, water and electric department.

The City of Long Beach (CA) Energy Department Tuesday indicated its has signed an 18-month supply deal with Coral Marketing tied to San Juan Basin prices to provide all of its interstate supplies, or about 5.5 to 6 Bcf annually. It is priced at 2.5 cents/therm under the San Juan price, with a ceiling of 80 cents/therm, according to Chris Garner, the director of Long Beach’s municipal gas, water and electric department.

President-elect George W. Bush named Gale Norton, a formerColorado attorney general to head the Interior Department onFriday.

Sempra Energy Trading entered into a one-year, $30-$35 milliongas management contract with California’s Department of GeneralServices (DGS) yesterday. Under the terms of the contract, SempraEnergy Trading will provide natural gas management for a total of117 state government buildings including San FranciscoInternational Airport.

Saying it wants to focus on its core gas business, PhiladelphiaGas Works (PGW) has abandoned its entry into electricity marketingand several other retail marketing ventures and will reduce thesize of its marketing staff. PGW is the nation’s largestmunicipally owned utility.

Although the use of the pre-filing collaborative process inhydroelectric relicensing cases is still “too new” to determinewhether it would also work for gas pipeline projects, theDepartment of Interior says its supports FERC efforts to promote”pre-filing communications and consultations” with the agency andother stakeholders in the gas arena. However, it agreed withinterstate gas pipelines that participation in the collaborativeprocess should not be mandated.