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Florida Gas Transmission ended Thursday an Overage Alert Day that had begun Monday.

Power generation has been the engine of natural gas demand growth since before the turn of the century. Now that gas price and supply worries have sparked talk of new-build coal-fired generation, some gas fans may fret that the industry’s heyday is coming to an end.

Power generation has been the engine of natural gas demand growth since before the turn of the century. Now that gas price and supply worries have sparked talk of new-build coal-fired generation, some gas fans may fret that the industry’s heyday is coming to an end.

ANR said Wednesday it had completed engine maintenance at its Havensville (KS) Compressor Station, two days earlier than anticipated (see Daily GPI, Nov. 6). The associated Southwest Mainline capacity reduction was lifted.

Combustion problems with the #2 engine at ANR’s Grand Chenier (LA) Station are more extensive then originally thought (see Daily GPI, March 21), and the manufacturer has extended its estimate for completion of repairs until mid-April, the pipeline said. Volumes that can be received through Grand Chenier from HIOS and the West Cameron near-shore blocks will continue to be reduced by about MMcf/d until the repairs are finished.

CIG declared force majure late Friday afternoon at its mainlineRawlins Compressor Station in Carbon County, WY after a compressorengine experienced problems and had to be taken out of service. CIGanticipates having the unit back in service by the April 7 gas day.There was no impact on scheduled services, a spokesman said Monday.

Guardian Pipeline said it bought five engine compressor packagestotaling 22,225 hp to provide natural gas compression on its141-mile, 660 MMcf/d pipeline in Illinois and Wisconsin. Itpurchased the compressors from Compressor Systems, Inc. of Midland,TX. Combined, the compressors will be capable of delivering up to750 MMcf/d of gas on Guardian. “Guardian Pipeline is continuing tomake steady progress. This purchase agreement for a major equipmentcomponent keeps Guardian on track to meet its scheduled in-servicedate of November 2002,” said George Hass, Guardian project manager.A final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision on theGuardian Pipeline is expected by early 2001. In June, FERC issued aPreliminary Determination that the pipeline is in the publicinterest, subject to the outcome of its environmental review, andin July, FERC staff issued a favorable Draft Environmental ImpactStatement on the project. In addition, the Public ServiceCommission of Wisconsin made a preliminary determination on theproject in October, accepting the economics of a Wisconsin Gaslateral pipeline, which will connect Guardian with Wisconsin Gas’distribution system. Guardian will transport gas frominterconnections with Alliance, Northern Border, Midwestern, andNGPL at the Chicago hub near Joliet, IL, to northern Illinois andsouthern Wisconsin markets starting in November 2002. Its sponsorsinclude CMS, WICOR and Viking Gas.

Due to nomination increases exceeding available capacity reducedby a lost engine at Station 315, Tennessee bumped flowingInterruptible services (IT-X, IT, AOT, PAT, Payback, EDS/ERS) andrestricted nominated services through Secondary (IT-X, IT, AOT,PAT, Payback, EDS/ERS, Secondary) for meters downstream of MLV 314on the 300 line effective 1700 for yesterday’s gas day.