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The Midwest utility landscape should expect radical changessoon, as two major mergers have cleared all regulatory approvalsand are closing in on completion.

In a break from the usual price downturns associated withend-of-the-week gas trading, many markets points posted no gain orsmall increases Friday. Northeast points were the notable exceptionas expected wintery weather for the weekend caused significantprice jumps.

Through a new tolling deal Southern Company Energy Marketingwill have the exclusive right to supply fuel to and receive powerfrom United American Energy Corp.’s 82 MW gas-fired power plant inLowell, MA.

Through a new tolling deal Southern Company Energy Marketingwill have the exclusive right to supply fuel to and receive powerfrom United American Energy Corp.’s 82 MW gas-fired power plant inLowell, MA. Southern will market and trade electricity from theplant in the New England Power Pool. Terms of the deal were notreleased.

U.S. and Canadian shippers on Northern Border Pipeline havelobbed a barrage of protests at the pipeline’s latest request toroll-in the costs of its Project 2000 extension, with some going asfar as to question the need for the Illinois-to-Indiana extension.

U.S. and Canadian shippers on Northern Border Pipeline havelobbed a barrage of protests at the pipeline’s latest request toroll-in the costs of its Project 2000 extension, with some going asfar as to question the need for the Illinois-to-Indiana extension.

Bowing to the concerns of shippers, FERC last week suspended forthe maximum five-month term Texas Gas Transmission’s tariffproposal to provide new hourly service for the summer electricpower generation market. During the suspension period, theCommission directed staff to convene a technical conference toaddress shippers’ issues and report back to it within 120 days.

Both sides of the Canadian natural gas market have lined upsolidly against the first attempt by the pipeline establishment toadapt to the budding era of competition in delivery services northof the border with the United States.

Canadian natural gas exporters have wasted no time in takingadvantage of their new power to shop around for markets as a resultof expanded pipelines.