Filing

South Dakota-based NorthWestern Corp. saw consolidated net income rise $55.2 million for 2005 when special items relating to its Chapter 11 filing are excluded. Gross margin growth at all four operating segments and decreased interest expense were credited.

FERC on Friday granted Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC’s request to begin the pre-filing process for a proposed pipeline that would provide service from Cheniere LNG’s 2.6 Bcf/d Sabine Pass import terminal, which is under construction in Cameron Parish, LA.

Gas storage development moved ahead in the Gulf Coast region last week as one developer announced an open season and another a filing at FERC.

Maryland LDC Elkton Gas’ latest rate filing, which took effect Feb. 1, will reduce purchased gas costs by 8%, saving average consumers a projected $17 in February.

Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to begin the pre-filing process for its proposed pipeline that would provide service from Cheniere LNG’s 2.6 Bcf/d Sabine Pass terminal now under construction in Cameron Parish, LA.

Rhode Island’s attorney general on Thursday joined the city of Fall River, MA, and the state of Massachusetts in filing a petition in federal court seeking review of a FERC order approving the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy-based Calpine Corp. announced in a federal filing Tuesday that its new CEO Robert P. May has a two-year contract providing $1.5 million annual base salary, a $2 million signing bonus, and the possibility of earning minimum bonuses for the two years of $3.75 million collectively.

Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC said it has initiated the environmental pre-filing process at FERC for its proposed $500 million LNG import terminal, which would be located at Split Rock, ME, on the Sipayik reservation of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Washington County.

FERC has initiated a pre-filing process for CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission’s proposal to build a new 168-mile pipeline between Carthage Hub in East Texas and the Perryville Hub in northeastern Louisiana.