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Tengasco Inc. subsidiary Tengasco Pipeline Corp. signed afranchise agreement with the Powell Valley Utility District toinstall and operate a new gas utility to service residential,commercial and industrial users in Hancock County, TN.

Tengasco, Inc. subsidiary Tengasco Pipeline Corp. signed afranchise agreement with the Powell Valley Utility District toinstall and operate a new gas utility service to residential,commercial and industrial users in Hancock County, TN.

Baker Energy, a unit of Michael Baker Corp., signed a majoroperation and maintenance agreement with El Paso Production Co.that covers all of El Paso’s offshore production facilities in theGulf of Mexico (GOM). El Paso Production, formerly known as SonatExploration, operates more than 50 manned and unmanned oil and gasproduction facilities throughout the GOM. The contract has anexpected annual value of $12 million.

Baker Energy, a unit of Michael Baker Corp., signed a majoroperation and maintenance agreement with El Paso Production Co.that covers all of El Paso’s offshore production facilities in theGulf of Mexico (GOM). El Paso Production, formerly known as SonatExploration, operates more than 50 manned and unmanned oil and gasproduction facilities throughout the GOM. The contract has anexpected annual value of $12 million.

Calpine Corp., Texas’ largest independent power producer,announced yesterday plans to build, own and operate an 800 MWnatural gas-fired cogeneration power plant at Bayer Corp.’schemical facility in Baytown, TX. Permitting for the $335 millionfacility is under way, the company said. The plant is expected tobegin commercial operation in late 2001.

Calpine Corp. announced it has bought the development rights tobuild, own and operate a 500 MW natural gas-fired cogen facility inPittsburg, CA, from Enron Corp. The Los Medanos Energy Center(formerly called the Pittsburg District Energy Facility) recentlywas licensed by the California Energy Commission after acomprehensive year-long environmental and technical review.Construction of the $350 million facility is underway.

FERC yesterday gave Wyoming Interstate Co. Ltd. (WIC) thego-ahead to construct and operate the Medicine Bow Lateral thatwould connect its system to significant coal-bed methane gasreserves in Wyoming.

Calpine Corp. of San Jose, CA, acquired the rights to build, ownand operate a 545-MW gas-fired power plant in Ontelaunee Townshipin eastern Pennsylvania. The proposed Ontelaunee Energy Center willserve users throughout the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM)power pool. Permitting for the proposed $285 million facility isnow underway, with construction scheduled to begin in early 2000.The plant, which is scheduled to start production in late 2001,will burn 85,000 to 90,000 MMBtu of gas per day.

FERC shot down one major Midwest-to-Northeast pipeline projectyesterday but gave another competing project a final green light.The $447 million Vector Pipeline emerged victorious, receivingFERC’s final approval and a presidential permit in a draft order,while the $400 million TriState Pipeline was sent back to thedrawing board to redesign the pipeline-lease portion of itsproposal.