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Once again up against a regulator-imposed deadline, SouthernCalifornia Gas on Monday is expected to file its latest attempt ata final, all-parties settlement in California’s never-endingnatural gas industry restructuring, which has been dragging on formore than two years.

Questar filed a motion at FERC last week requesting authority tobuild a pipeline interconnection that could deliver up to 250MMcf/d into the Kern River system near Elberta, UT.

Questar filed a motion at FERC earlier this week requestingauthority to construct, own and operate facilities that coulddeliver up to 250 MMcf/d into the Kern River system near Elberta,UT.

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).

While producers and end users were marshalling their argumentsagainst plans by TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. for long-term ratedesign changes to adapt to the budding era of competition, thepipeline opened up a second front, calling for an 11% hike in itscurrent rates effective Jan. 1.

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.