Ontario

After falling years behind the original project schedule, TransCanada Corp. called a halt Thursday to spending on the proposed Energy East partial conversion to oil of its natural gas Mainline.

TransCanada Corp. announced plans Friday for a C$160-million (US$128-million) addition to its natural gas mainline’s delivery service across Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States.

Only two months after a privatization share sale, newly investor-controlled Ontario utility Hydro One Ltd. expanded Wednesday into the northwestern United States with a friendly takeover of Spokane, WA-based natural gas and power distributor Avista Corp.

TransCanada Corp.’s plan to refill its cross-country natural gas Mainline with a new discount toll service for western suppliers is running into trouble from eastern buyers left holding old long-term, full-price delivery contracts.

British Columbia (BC) provincial officials have stepped forward to support TransCanada Corp.’s offer to revive Western Canada natural gas sales to Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States with a toll cut on its cross-country Mainline.

A mothballed Ontario coal-fired power station would turn into the northern end of a new transmission link intended to increase traffic in renewable energy between Canada and the United States under a project endorsement awarded Thursday.

After three years of industry bargaining, community meetings, aboriginal consultations and route changes, TransCanada Corp. Thursday won the first round in the battle over the proposed Energy East partial conversion of its natural gas Mainline to oil service.

U.S. shale production exports will take nearly three-fourths of the most populated Canadian natural gas market, Ontario, within five years, according to the province’s public utilities commission.

U.S. shale production exports will take nearly three-fourths of the most populated Canadian natural gas market, Ontario, within five years, according to the province’s public utilities commission.