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Orion Power Buys Generation Assets
Orion Power Holdings Inc., jointly owned by affiliates ofGoldman, Sachs & Co. and Constellation Energy, bought theAstoria Generating Station, Gowanus Gas Turbine and Narrows GasTurbine facilities from Consolidated Edison Co. of New York forabout $550 million.
Orion Power Buys Generation Assets
Orion Power Holdings Inc., jointly owned by affiliates ofGoldman, Sachs & Co. and Constellation Energy, bought theAstoria Generating Station, Gowanus Gas Turbine and Narrows GasTurbine facilities from Consolidated Edison Co. of New York forabout $550 million.
Tennessee, CNG Team to Serve East
El Paso Energy’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Consolidated NaturalGas’ CNG Transmission jointly unveiled the Atlantic AllianceProject on Monday. If successful, this project will transport up to750,000 Dth/d from Chicago market center and the Niagara ImportPoint into eastern markets.
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Looking to spread its presence in the Gulf of Mexico, OceanEnergy Inc. (OEI) entered into a drilling agreement with DukeEnergy Hydrocarbons, LLC to jointly develop 13 OEI drillingprospects in the outer continental shelf. The Duke subsidiaryagreed to participate with up to 50% non-operating working interestin the program. The two companies anticipate drilling costs willexceed $40 million for the rest of 1999.
SDG&E Sells Encina Plant to Dynegy, NRG
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has completed the saleof its 951 MW Encina Power Plant in Carlsbad, CA, and 253 MW ofcombustion turbine facilities in San Diego County to Dynegy Inc.and NRG Energy Inc.
Millennium, Southern Plan Extension to Power Plant
The Millennium Pipeline Project and Southern Energy New York,the company that manages Southern Energy’s New York assets, jointlyannounced Wednesday a plan to build an extension from the proposedMillennium Pipeline to the Bowline Power Plant in Rockland County,NY. The interconnect will be counted as an addition to Millenniumwhich still awaits FERC approval.
INGAA, EEI Back Conference on Northeast Gas Demand
The leaders of a major pipeline association and a key electricutility group jointly have expressed their support for FERC toconvene a conference “in the near future” to assess post-2000natural gas demand in the Northeast and the need for new pipelinecapacity to serve customers, particularly power generators, in thatmarket. Meanwhile, a new study sees no need for new capacity to theNortheast until 2004 (See related story this issue).
INGAA, EEI Back Conference on Northeast Gas Demand
The leaders of the a major pipeline association and a keyelectric utility group jointly have expressed their support forFERC to convene a conference “in the near future” to assesspost-2000 natural gas demand in the Northeast and the need for newpipeline capacity to serve customers, particularly powergenerators, in that market.
ScottishPower, PacifiCorp Merger Advances
ScottishPower and PacifiCorp jointly announced that their Dec.7, 1998 merger plan gained a large boost Tuesday when the FederalTrade Commission (FTC) waived the 30-day waiting period under theHart-Scott-Rodino antitrust law.