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The booming digital economy and a thirst for electricitygeneration are driving an ever-expanding demand for natural gas,which in turn is pushing companies to find and produce energy at apace they can barely keep up with, according to Coastal CEO DavidArledge.

The booming digital economy and a thirst for electricitygeneration are driving an ever-expanding demand for natural gas,which in turn is pushing companies to find and produce energy at apace they can barely keep up with, according to Coastal CEO DavidArledge.

FERC needs to dust off and review its landmark gas restructuringrule, Order 636, to get to the root of many of the reliabilityproblems in the bulk power market, say industrial power customersand a utility/marketer.

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.

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.

This week’s power and gas crunch in California, driving pricesskyrocketing for both, provided a glimpse of what merchant storageoperators need to make their operations more profitable, accordingto the state’s first nonutility underground storage project, WildGoose Storage. More price volatility and closer tracking betweenelectricity and natural gas prices makes merchant storage morevaluable.

This week’s power and gas crunch in California, driving pricesskyrocketing for both, provided a glimpse of what merchant storageoperators need to make their operations more profitable, accordingto the state’s first nonutility underground storage project, WildGoose Storage. More price volatility and closer tracking betweenelectricity and natural gas prices makes merchant storage morevaluable.

El Paso sent out a request this week for potential shippers onits proposed Yuma Lateral to get their plans in order. The project,which will serve new gas-fired power generation in Sonora and BajaCalifornia, Mexico, includes a broad range of possibilities interms of size and location.

The East Coast of Canada, now one of the hot spots for new oiland gas exploration and development in the world, could”definitely” be a part of the solution to New England’s energyneeds, Premiers John Hamm of Nova Scotia and Brian Tobin ofNewfoundland and Labrador told attendees at the Offshore TechnologyConference in Houston last week.