Events over the past year at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission have cast a dark cloud over the fate of the $650 millionMillennium Pipeline project, but that cloud got a lot darker lastweek. NiSource’s announcement that it is buying Columbia EnergyGroup, Millennium’s lead sponsor, for $6 billion with $2.5 billionin debt assumption, may have all but killed the pipeline project.
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ANR Continues Pursuit of Wisconsin Markets
A week after receiving Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC) approval of the first phase of its Wisconsin 2000 ExpansionProject, Coastal’s ANR Pipeline announced plans to continueexpanding its pipeline given sufficient market demand.
ANR’s Scaled-Back WI Expansion Gets FERC Nod
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week awarded ANRPipeline a certificate to build a scaled-back expansion of itsmainline system between the Joliet, IL, hub and the market areas insouthwestern Wisconsin.
ANR’s WI Expansion Gets FERC Nod
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday awarded ANRPipeline a certificate to build a scaled-back expansion of itsmainline system between the Joliet, IL, hub and the market areas insouthwestern Wisconsin.
FERC to Eliminate Optional Certificates
Seeking convergence in its certificate policy, the FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission proposed phasing out its 15-year oldoptional expedited certificate, saying “expedited” is now amisnomer and all pipeline certificates should be required to passunder the “public convenience and necessity” bar.
El Paso’s Lateral to Mexico Gets FERC Stamp
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last weekapproved construction of a proposed 60-mile, 130 MMcf/d pipelinelateral off El Paso’s mainline in Arizona to proposed Mexicanborder crossing facilities. The proposed $30 million pipe andborder crossing facilities are designed to serve several existingand proposed gas-fired power plants in Sonora.
FERC to Eliminate Optional Certificates
Seeking convergence in its certificate policy, the FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission has proposed phasing out its 15-yearold optional expedited certificate, saying “expedited” is now amisnomer and all pipeline certificates should be required to passunder the “public convenience and necessity” bar.
El Paso’s Lateral to Mexico Gets FERC Stamp
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approvedconstruction of a proposed 60-mile, 130 MMcf/d pipeline lateral offEl Paso’s mainline in Arizona to proposed Mexican border crossingfacilities. The proposed $30 million pipe and border crossingfacilities are designed to serve several existing and proposedgas-fired power plants in Sonora.
FERC ‘Dusts Off’ Old Rules to Get Tax Credit for Producers
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week proposedreinstating its authority to make well determinations so thatqualified producers can obtain Section 29 tax credits for high-costgas wells that were drilled prior to 1993.
FERC ‘Dusts Off’ Old Rules for Producers
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday proposedreinstating its authority to make well determinations so thatqualified producers can obtain Section 29 tax credits for high-costgas wells that were drilled prior to 1993.