March

In the story “Rush to LNG in Baja Raises Questions About Demand, Infrastructure” published on Thursday, March 7, in the 8th paragraph, note that Sempra’s proposed LNG terminal will be south of Rosarito and north of Ensenada.

A unit of Williams announced Wednesday that it is holding a binding open season through March 22 for shippers interested in firm natural gas transportation service in a proposed Alva to Southwest Missouri Expansion Project. If sufficient market support is obtained in the open season, Williams plans to seek approval for the expansion from FERC, with anticipated service to begin as early as the second quarter of 2003.

Traders found a mixed bag in launching the March aftermarket Thursday. Although swing prices began the month handily above indexes, they were generally flat to end-of-February numbers, but with sizeable variations to both the downside and upside.

Franklin H. Yoho has been named to the position of Senior Vice President — Marketing and Supply Services, Piedmont Natural Gas, effective March 18. Yoho will direct the Company’s retail and wholesale gas sales and marketing activities, gas supply planning and procurement, retail gas transportation and throughput management and supply-related project development. Most recently, Yoho has been Vice President, Business Development for CT Communications, a diversified telecommunications company headquartered near Charlotte. Prior to joining CT Communications, he was Senior Vice President, Marketing and Gas Supply for the former Public Service Company of North Carolina (PSNC), now a division of SCANA Corporation. At PSNC, he held the positions of President, Sonat Public Service Company LLC, Vice President, PSNC Production Company, and Vice President/Manager, Gas Supply and Transmission. Earlier, Yoho held marketing and gas supply positions with the Columbia Gas System, and Cabot Corporation.

FERC has pushed back the deadline until March 5 for Millennium Pipeline Co. LP to reach an agreement with the residents and political officials of Mount Vernon, NY, over the routing for the last two miles of the proposed 425-mile natural gas pipeline through the town.

FERC has pushed back the deadline until March 5 for Millennium Pipeline Co. LP to reach an agreement with the residents and political officials of Mount Vernon, NY, over the routing for the last two miles of the proposed 425-mile natural gas pipeline through the town.

The reaction to Monday’s failure to obtain a federal mediated wholesale electricity settlement from a California state legislative leader and the state’s largest investor-owned utility were mixed, but both resolved that the state’s stakeholders will move on, seeking relief from what are alleged to be excessive charges from merchant generators/suppliers over the past months.

Kern River Gas Transmission Co. reported last week that it was soliciting bids from natural gas shippers seeking to replace some or all of their long-term, firm transportation service with primary firm delivery point entitlements at Kern River’s Wheeler Ridge delivery point to Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) with primary delivery point entitlements at a proposed Kramer Junction interconnect with SoCalGas.

Fending off accusations that it intentionally withheld power from the California market in March and April of this year, Mirant Corp. is challenging the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) to cough up evidence that would substantiate these charges.