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Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. is holding a binding open season to obtain commitments for firm capacity on its proposed Northeast ConneXion-New England expansion project. The open season began Friday (Oct. 15) and will conclude on Dec. 15.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. said Monday it is holding a binding open season to obtain commitments for firm capacity on its proposed Northeast ConneXion-New England expansion project. The open season began Friday and will conclude on Dec. 15.

AES Corp. has an ambitious plan in the works to obtain a new $1.6 billion secured credit facility and exchange $500 million in notes, which would basically push all of its maturing debt, including notes due this year, to 2005. However, the announcement did not sit well with investors or credit ratings agencies, and by the end of the week, the Arlington, VA-based utility had suffered two credit downgrades and another sharp drop in its share price.

When the reconstituted Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Co. presents its proposal for a northern pipeline this winter, it will be one item in a master plan crafted by TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. to maintain and expand the Canadian role in the continental market.

When the reconstituted Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Co. presents its proposal for a northern pipeline this winter, it will be one item in a master plan crafted by TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. to maintain and expand the Canadian role in the continental market.

Okeanos Gas Gathering Co., LLC began an open season Thursday for parties who want to obtain capacity on its 24-inch, 1 Bcf/d gathering system that is being built in the Gulf of Mexico. The open season will run through Sept. 7.

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.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. last week struck out again in its eight-year effort to obtain firm-to-the-wellhead (FTW) transportation rates similar to those enjoyed by its competitors.

Midcoast Interstate Transmission and two groups oflandowners/environmentalists have lost their year-long battle incourt to overturn FERC orders awarding a certificate to SouthernNatural Gas to build and operate an extension into northernAlabama.