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FERC on Monday granted a request of Port Arthur LNG LP and Port Arthur Pipeline LP to extend the in-service date of the related projects near Port Arthur, TX, until 2014.

Southeast Storage Development Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Southern Natural Gas, has been granted an exemption from Section 7 certificate requirements to determine the feasibility of developing an underground natural gas storage facility in South-Central Mississippi.

Southeast Storage Development Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Southern Natural Gas, has been granted an exemption from Section 7 certificate requirements to determine the feasibility of developing an underground natural gas storage facility in South-Central Mississippi.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted waivers to three proposed or relatively new interstate natural gas pipelines that would allow them to operate at a higher maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) in low-density areas along their routes — a move that would clear the way for more gas to flow through the systems.

FERC on Thursday granted Mississippi Hub LLC an exemption from Section 7 certificate requirements to conduct certain temporary activities to assess the economic and technical feasibility of developing a natural gas storage facility in southern Mississippi.

FERC last Tuesday granted the request of Rockies Express Pipeline LLC to begin the pre-filing process for the third leg of a $4 billion pipeline project that would deliver Rocky Mountain supplies to markets in the Midwest and East.

FERC on Tuesday granted the request of Rockies Express Pipeline LLC to begin the pre-filing process for the third leg of a $4 billion pipeline project that would deliver Rocky Mountain supplies to markets in the Midwest and East.

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) last Thursday granted Florida Power and Light’s (FP&L) request to construct two new 1,200 MW natural gas-fired generating units on a 220-acre site in western Palm Beach County. But the PSC gave the project a green light only after the utility agreed to new conservation and fuel diversity programs.

FERC on Thursday granted Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, formerly Entrega Gas Pipeline LLC, more time to complete work on Phase I of a 327-mile pipeline system that would tie in with the rest of the mammoth Rockies Express pipeline in northern Colorado. The company is a joint venture of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Sempra Pipelines & Storage, co-sponsors of the Rockies Express pipeline.