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Natural gas pipeline capacity appears “adequate” to meet mostpeak-day demands as the nation heads into the 2000-2001 winterheating season, assuming the weather is normal. But there are someareas where capacity constraints and bottleneck problems could cropup – most notably in the Northeast region, according to a newreport by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Parties will meet in an Atlanta courtroom today to decide whichcompany will win the right to supply the 50,000 customers of gasmarketer Titan Energy of Georgia, which filed for Chapter 11 overthe Fourth of July weekend. Titan became the second marketer toseek bankruptcy protection in Georgia in less than a year.

Parties will meet in an Atlanta courtroom today to decide whichcompany will win the right to supply the 50,000 customers of gasmarketerTitan Energy of Georgia, which filed for Chapter 11 overthe Fourth of July weekend. Titan became the second marketer toseek bankruptcy protection in Georgia in less than a year.

Tuscarora Gas Transmission is seeking FERC authority to build a16.4-mile, 10,000 Dth/d lateral to meet the growing winter gasneeds of LDC affiliate Sierra Pacific Power Co. (SPPC) in thenorthern and western sections of Nevada.

Further fueling concerns that there may not be enough domesticgas supply to meet a 30 Tcf demand market down the road, a newstudy warns the industry likely will face a shortage of productionpersonnel to explore and drill for natural gas if the current trendtowards consolidation, divestiture and downsizing continues.

Tuscarora Gas Transmission is seeking FERC authority to build a16.4-mile, 10,000 Dth/d lateral to meet the growing winter gasneeds of LDC affiliate Sierra Pacific Power Co. (SPPC) in thenorthern and western sections of Nevada.

Further fueling concerns that there may not be enough domesticgas supply to meet a 30 Tcf demand market down the road, a newstudy warns the industry likely will face a shortage of productionpersonnel to explore and drill for natural gas if the current trendtowards consolidation, divestiture and downsizing continues.

In a gesture of conciliation, the Edison Electric Institute(EEI) yesterday said it will meet with board members of the GasIndustry Standards Board (GISB) within the next few weeks in aneffort to bring more electric utilities and electric-relatedcompanies into the debate over whether retail standards should beestablished for electricity and, if so, by whom.

Top FERC officials will meet in a closed-door session today todiscuss the results of its investigation into whether Kinder MorganInterstate Gas Transmission has properly implemented theCommission-ordered operational restructuring in compliance with themarketing-affiliate standards of Order 497.