Parallels

Kern River’s 2003 Expansion Project Gets Final Green Light

FERC at its Wednesday meeting issued Kern River a certificate to build its long-awaited 2003 expansion project, which would more than double the existing capacity of the Wyoming-to-California pipeline. Earlier in the month, a Kern River executive said that ongoing incremental expansion is all that is needed to supply natural gas demand in California and the surrounding area going forward.

August 19, 2002

FERC’s Massey Prods RTOs Over Coordination Standards

Drawing parallels between the natural gas industry’s efforts several years ago to create seamless gas markets, FERC Commissioner William Massey last Tuesday called on the electric power industry to develop regional transmission organization (RTO) interregional coordination standards by the end of this year. In the absence of industry action on this front, FERC will have to take matters into its own hands, Massey warned during a technical conference.

June 25, 2001

FERC’s Massey Prods RTOs Over Coordination Standards

Drawing parallels between the natural gas industry’s efforts several years ago to create seamless gas markets, FERC Commissioner William Massey yesterday called on the electric power industry to develop regional transmission organization (RTO) interregional coordination standards by the end of this year. In the absence of industry action on this front, FERC will have to take matters into its own hands, Massey warned during a technical conference.

June 20, 2001

Bandwidth Trading Offers Gas, Power Parallels

As bandwidth trading moves from idea to reality, its evolution is looking more like the development of trading in the power and natural gas markets, according to Nick Cioll, senior vice-president for trading operations at RateXchange. Cioll spoke last Wednesday at NGI’s GasMart/Power 2001 conference in Tampa, FL. He was joined by Louis Hunsucker, a bandwidth trader with Williams Communications, on a panel called “The Complete Utility: Adding Broadband.”

May 14, 2001

Bandwidth Trading Offers Gas, Power Parallels

As bandwidth trading moves from idea to reality, its evolution is looking more like the development of trading in the power and natural gas markets, according to Nick Cioll, senior vice-president for trading operations at RateXchange. Cioll spoke yesterday at NGI’s GasMart/Power 2001 conference in Tampa, FL. Cioll was joined by Louis Hunsucker, a bandwidth trader with Williams Communications, on a panel called “The Complete Utility: Adding Broadband.”

May 10, 2001