Nonbinding

El Paso Corp. subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline on Tuesday began a nonbinding open season for capacity on a proposed expansion of its Line 100 mainline and Carthage lateral in Texas and Louisiana.

Williams on Thursday began a nonbinding open season through March 31 to gauge market interest in an expansion of its Northwest Pipeline system, which would provide additional natural gas capacity from supply basins in the Rockies to western U.S. markets.

Williams on Thursday began a nonbinding open season through March 31 to gauge market interest in an expansion of its Northwest Pipeline system, which would provide additional natural gas capacity from supply basins in the Rockies to western U.S. markets.

A Williams pipeline unit said last week that it has receivednonbinding interest for about 190 MMcf/d on its proposedinternational gas pipeline link from the Pacific Northwest tocogeneration plants on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Thestrong results prompted Williams and its partner, BC Hydro, to goback to the drawing board on the proposed size, route and generalscope of the project, which was originally estimated at about $120million and 100 MMcf/d.

San Diego Gas and Electric Co. is formally asking for nonbindingexpressions of interest for two fossil-fuel power plants and 17combustion turbines by Sept. 10 as the start of a sales plan forits generation assets for which it expects to gain stateregulators’ approval by that same time. Eventually, it expects tosell nearly 2,000 MW of generating capacity by the end of the year,according to a company spokesperson.