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Questar Pipeline Co. filed an application with FERC last week tobuild a 75.6-mile, 272,000 Dth/d pipeline loop running fromnortheastern Utah to north central Utah. The project, called MainLine (M.L.) No. 104, would cost more than $80.8 million and loop aportion of Questar’s existing M.L. No. 40 and the entirety of M.L.No. 41. It would extend from a coal-seam reserve in the area ofPrice, UT to interconnections with the its own Payson Citygate andalso potentially Kern River. Questar requested the Commission issuean order authorizing construction no later than August.

Questar Pipeline Co. filed an application with FERC this week tobuild a 75.6-mile, 272,000 Dth/d pipeline loop running fromnortheastern Utah to north central Utah. The project, called MainLine (M.L.) No. 104, would cost more than $80.8 million and loop aportion of Questar’s existing M.L. No. 40 and the entirety of M.L.No. 41. It would extend from a coal-seam reserve in the area ofPrice, UT to interconnections with the its own Payson Citygate andalso potentially Kern River. Questar requested the Commission issuean order authorizing construction no later than August.

Central and South West Corp. of Dallas filed with the PublicUtility Commission of Texas (PUCT) its business separation planrequired by Texas Senate Bill 7 on Electric Restructuring. The plandescribes the approach proposed by CSW to unbundle the activitiesof each of its Texas electric operating companies into threeentities. While the plan is directed to meet the requirements ofthe Texas restructuring legislation, the separation plan shouldalso meet restructuring requirements anticipated in Arkansas,Louisiana and Oklahoma, the company said.

Petal Gas Storage, a subsidiary of Crystal Gas Storage Inc., hasfiled with FERC to build a 64.2-mile, 36-inch pipeline to accessexpanded capacity at its Mississippi salt cavern storage facilityand make deliveries under a new, large, long term storage contractwith Southern Company Services (SCS).

Washington Gas Light Co. announced last week that it has filedfor a five-year rate freeze with the Maryland Public ServiceCommission. Additionally, the filing states that any earnings inexcess of the target return on equity, set at 11.4%, will be sharedequally between Washington Gas and its firm customers. Theeffective date of the proposal is July, 1, 2000, pending commissionapproval.

Petal Gas Storage, a subsidiary of Crystal Gas Storage Inc., hasfiled with FERC to build a 64.2-mile, 36-inch pipeline to accessexpanded capacity at its Mississippi salt cavern storage facilityand make deliveries under a new, large, long term storage contractwith Southern Company Services (SCS).

In accordance with Ohio’s electric industry competitionlegislation, Cinergy’s Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. (CG&E)filed its transition plan with the Public Utilities Commission ofOhio (PUCO) yesterday. The plan extends a six-year rate freeze foranother six years, but also requests that the utility recover itsstranded costs through the frozen rates. Overall, the utility,which serves 650,000 electric customers in southwestern Ohio, saidthe plan would cause a $77 million reduction on residentialcustomers’ bills. The new law requires PUCO to rule on the plan byOctober 31.

Duquesne Light Co. of Pittsburgh, a DQE subsidiary, filed withthe Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to transfer itsgeneration fleet to Baltimore-based Orion Power Holdings Inc., thewinning bidder in a previous generation auction. Orion will payDuquesne Light $1.705 billion for seven wholly owned fossil-firedgeneration stations, certain transmission facilities, and the rightand obligation to supply wholesale power to serve Duquesne’sprovider of last resort customers. As a result, Duquesne will endstranded cost collection in 2001 for most major customer rateclasses, reducing rates by more than 25%, assuming market pricesfor electricity remain at or below the commission-approved shoppingcredits.

WPS Energy Services, Inc., a subsidiary of WPS Resources Corp.,announced today that it has filed an application with the MichiganPublic Service Commission (MPSC) to build a 3 Bcf capacity naturalgas storage field near Port Huron, MI. The storage facility will belocated near major natural gas pipelines, including: Great LakesGas Transmission, MCN Energy Pipeline and Processing, CMS GasTransmission and Storage, and Vector Pipeline which is slated forOctober 2000 start-up. The facility is also located near thenatural gas trading hub of Dawn in Ontario, Canada.