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American Electric Power (AEP) has asked the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to determine which of its 16 natural gas-fired power plants in the state’s grid system, which have remained idle for most of this year, have to remain activated. AEP plans to mothball some or all of the Texas power plants by the end of the year if they are not on the state’s “reliability must run” (RMR) list, to boost the company’s bottom line.

ANR Pipeline Co. began a non-binding open season on Wednesday to determine customer interest in contracting for additional transportation capacity on its existing natural gas pipeline system to markets along the Lebanon Lateral in southwest Ohio. The open season will run through Oct. 11.

Questar Pipeline Co. announced it is holding an open season to determine the feasibility of expanding its Northern System to provide additional natural gas deliveries to Kern River Gas Transmission.

Its reliance on a company’s capital adequacy to determine credit ratings may work for most, but Standard & Poor’s plans to “refine” its analysis methods for energy marketers and traders because of the “recent developments” within the industry. S&P, which began covering the energy trading sector in 1997, noted that the continued price volatility for both power and natural gas markets, the “bilateral and unregulated nature” of the sector and a “lack of adequate trading infrastructure” all played a part in its decision to revamp its methods.

You probably don’t need a pocket calculator to determine that the market isn’t exactly ready right now for imported liquefied natural gas (LNG). But according to a new study by PIRA Energy Group, prices should average more than $3/MMBtu at the Henry Hub through 2015, creating an solid market over the long-term in the United States for a worldwide LNG supply that is expected to more than double over the next decade.

You probably don’t need a pocket calculator to determine that the market isn’t exactly ready right now for imported liquefied natural gas (LNG). But according to a new study by PIRA Energy Group, prices should average more than $3/MMBtu at the Henry Hub through 2015, creating an solid market over the long-term in the United States for a worldwide LNG supply that is expected to more than double over the next decade.

El Paso Corp. subsidiary, ANR Pipeline Co., launched a non-binding open season to determine customer interest in its Westleg expansion project, which would provide additional looping and compression along its existing gas pipeline system in South-Central Wisconsin. The announcement comes a month-and-a-half after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the go-ahead to the rival 149-mile Guardian pipeline project (see NGI, March 19).

El Paso Corp. subsidiary, ANR Pipeline Co., launched a non-binding open season to determine customer interest in its Westleg expansion project, which would provide additional looping and compression along its existing gas pipeline system in South-Central Wisconsin. The announcement comes a month-and-a-half after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the go-ahead to the rival 149-mile Guardian pipeline project (see Daily GPI, March 15).

Whitecap Energy System, a venture by Coastal Corp. and PeoplesEnergy, has begun an open season to determine customer interest inan underwater line along the western shore of Lake Michigan, fromIndiana and Illinois into southeastern Wisconsin.