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It looks like Millennium Pipeline’s long wait for a FERC rulingis going to last a little longer. FERC’s Daniel M. Adamson,director of the Office of Energy Projects, turned down a request byMillennium sponsors to exclude from its Final Environmental ImpactStatement an assessment of a proposed route change in WestchesterCounty, NY. Millennium was seeking a speedy FEIS but now will haveto wait until the Commission reviews its route change.

The March swing market continued to roar in like a lionWednesday, and it appeared that many traders are betting it won’tturn into a lamb between now and the end of the month.

Natural gas futures chopped lower yesterday in a tight, mostlyfeatureless session as traders continued to factor in the nowimminent threat of warming weather for much of the nation. Wideningits discount to outer months, the March contract was the hardesthit by the sell-off, tumbling 2.9 cents to finish at $2.541.Estimated volume was very modest, with just 44,670 contractschanging hands.

GE Power Systems has not been able to keep its gas and steamturbines on the shelves, as Reliant Energy, Duke Energy NorthAmerica and NRG Energy all recently signed long-term multi-turbineagreements.

Producer/marketer shippers on El Paso Natural Gas and Californiaregulators aren’t going to like FERC’s ruling on Enron NorthernAmerica Corp.’s 1.2 Bcf/d contract deal with the pipeline — itaccepted the mega-deal and rejected most of their protests.

Producer/marketer shippers on El Paso Natural Gas and Californiaregulators aren’t going to like FERC’s ruling on Enron NorthernAmerica Corp.’s 1.2 Bcf/d contract arrangement with the pipeline— it accepted the mega-deal and rejected most of their protests.

Like many other industrial operators before it, Duke EnergyServices has found that operating along California’s famouscoastline can be a rocky proposition. Duke has been forced to pullback and reconfigure plans for its Morro Bay power plant along thecentral coast to accommodate local city concerns and is makingpromises to increase the city’s coffers by up to 30% through theplant remodel.

Like many other industrial operators before it, Duke EnergyServices has found that operating along California’s famouscoastline can be a rocky proposition. Duke has been forced to pullback and reconfigured plans for its Morro Bay power plant along thecentral coast to accommodate local city concerns and is makingpromises to increase the city’s coffers by up to 30% through theplant remodel.

Pipes were selling like hotcakes last week as El Paso EnergyCorp. divested its interest in three major pipelines to meetFederal Trade Commission (FTC) conditions set just before El Pasoand Sonat finalized their merger last year. East Tennessee Pipelinewas spun off to Duke Energy Gas Transmission, the Sea RobinPipeline went to CMS Energy and El Paso’s share of the Destin Pipeline was sold toan undisclosed buyer. Combined, all three assets were sold for $620 million.Closings on the sales are expected to occur within the next fewmonths, pending FTC consent, El Paso said.