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FERC sent Dominion Resources and its merged partner,Consolidated Natural Gas (CNG), back to the drawing board last weekto expand the scope of the pipeline marketing-affiliate rule toapply to all energy affiliates within their corporate family. Thisaction is in keeping with the Commission’s crackdown on abusesbetween pipelines and affiliates.

Northern Natural Gas said Friday an outage of the Mustang Island757/762 platform offshore Texas, which it operates, was now expectedto extend through the middle of this week; previously it hadanticipated the outage would end Friday night (see Daily GPI, Jan. 5). The associated force majeure isaffecting deliveries into Florida Gas Transmission and Transco.

Florida Gas Transmission did not extend an Overage Alert Day notice(see Daily GPI, Dec. 6) beyond Friday.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a high-inventory OFObeyond Friday.

Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) last week asked FERC to extend thewaivers and limited jurisdiction blanket certificate that wereapproved a year ago on a limited basis to help carry out theutility’s retail gas unbundling program in Georgia.

Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) has asked FERC to extend the waivers andlimited jurisdiction blanket certificate that were approved a yearago on a limited basis to help carry out the utility’s retail gasunbundling program in Georgia.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline officials began constructionof the 203-mile mainline that will extend from outside theU.S.-Canada border near Baileyville, ME, to Westbrook, ME.Maritimes and its Canadian affiliate will transport gas from theSable Offshore Energy Project off the coast of Nova Scotia tomarkets in Atlantic Canada and the Northeast U.S. Constructionbegins with the clearing and grading of the right-of-way along thedesignated route followed thereafter by ditching and pipeinstallation. Earlier this year, Maritimes successfully completedthe horizontal directional drill crossings of the Androscoggin andSt. Croix Rivers.

Six industry trade associations will ask FERC today to extend by74 days the deadline for industry comments on the major notice ofproposed rulemaking (NOPR) and notice of inquiry (NOI) that wereissued in July.

The four gas trade associations are seriously considering askingFERC this week to extend by 74 days the deadline for industrycomments on the major notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) andnotice of inquiry (NOI) that were issued in July.