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FERC yesterday gave El Paso Natural Gas high marks for carryingout the firm capacity re-allocation plan that it approved for thepipeline’s system last October. At the same time, it shot down allof the protests and rehearing requests lodged primarily by SouthernCalifornia Gas (SoCal).

FERC yesterday gave Columbia Gulf Transmission the go-ahead tobuild a 37-mile lateral to provide natural gas service to two powerfacilities in Warren County in Mississippi.

Meeting in a special session last week, California’s regulatorsgave PG&E’s utility authority to amend its gas supply deals tokeep supplies flowing to the state past Tuesday when the currentfederal DOE emergency order expires. But regulators postponedaction on another PG&E request that Southern California Gas Co.over its strong protests be compelled to provide emergency suppliesto PG&E’s gas utility residential and small business customers.That issue is scheduled to come up Thursday when the regulatorsreconvene.

A special session yesterday of California’s regulators gavePG&E’s utility authority to amend its gas supply deals to keepsupplies flowing to the state past Feb. 7 when the current federalDOE emergency order expires, but it postponed action on anotherPG&E request that Southern California Gas Co. — which hasstrongly objected — be compelled to provide emergency supplies tothe PG&E utility’s residential and small business customers.

FERC last week gave a preliminary nod to Questar Pipeline’sapplication to build a 75.6-mile, 272,000 Dth/d pipeline looprunning from northeastern Utah to the north central part of thestate. The proposed facilities would transport to western marketsthe growing coal-seam natural gas production near Price, UT, andthe volumes delivered to Questar from Colorado Interstate Gas’sUinta Basin Lateral at Natural Buttes.

FERC yesterday gave a preliminary nod to Questar Pipeline’sapplication to build a 75.6-mile, 272,000 Dth/d pipeline looprunning from northeastern Utah to the north central part of thestate. The proposed facilities would transport to western marketsthe growing coal-seam natural gas production near Price, UT, andthe volumes delivered to Questar from Colorado Interstate Gas’sUinta Basin Lateral at Natural Buttes.

Raymond James and Associates gave gas buyers a Halloween shrieklast week that could be producing chills all the way through nextApril, perhaps even all of next year. The firm released a chillyforecast of double digit gas prices this winter and said it expectsprices to average $4.50/MMBtu in 2001.

Raymond James and Associates gave gas buyers a Halloween shriekyesterday that could be producing chills all the way through nextApril, perhaps even all of next year. The firm released a chillyforecast of double digit gas prices this winter and said it expectsprices to average $4.50/MMBtu in 2001.

Northwest gave shippers notice Friday afternoon of a potential OFOthat would take effect today “if scheduled quantities remain atroughly the same level at Kemmerer as they have for the past twodays.” The pipeline noted that customers scheduled a net 501,982 Dthto flow north through the Kemmerer (WY) Compressor Station forFriday’s gas day and a net 521,204 Dth through the Timely cycle forSaturday’s gas day. Station capacity is 474,000 Dth. The pipelinecontinued: “Cooler temperatures are forecasted for Northwest’s majormarket areas. Further, the price differences among the various supplybasins connected to Northwest’s system continue to favor gas purchasesat receipt points south of Kemmerer. Overscheduling at Kemmererrequires Northwest to withdraw from its Jackson Prairie [storage]inventory. System reliability dictates that withdrawals cannotcontinue indefinitely.” No OFO had been issued as of press time Mondayafternoon, but a Declared Stage II Entitlement (see Daily GPI, Oct. 30) remained in effect.