Planning

Following years of planning, Eastern North Carolina Natural Gas Co. (ENCNG), a non-profit partnership between the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation (APEC) and Raleigh, NC-based Progress Energy, reported that their long-awaited gas supply project to residential, commercial and industrial consumers across a 14-county section of eastern North Carolina is under way.

Following years of planning, Eastern North Carolina Natural Gas Co. (ENCNG), a non-profit partnership between the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation (APEC) and Raleigh, NC-based Progress Energy, reported that their long-awaited gas supply project to residential, commercial and industrial consumers across a 14-county section of eastern North Carolina is under way.

A proposal by El Paso Natural Gas to build a new delivery point and associated lateral facilities to provide “full requirements” service of 410 MMcf/d to a new generation plant destined for the Arizona market has been met by a barrage of criticism from existing producer- and utility-shippers on the pipeline.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline announced that it is planning anexpansion and is holding an open season for firm capacity on itssystem between Sumas and Chehalis, WA.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline Thursday announced that it isplanning an expansion and is holding an open season for firmcapacity on its system between Sumas and Chehalis, WA.

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau ofEconomics and of Policy Planning said it generally supports theshort-term and long-term remedies that FERC has identified for theCalifornia power market but believes FERC should provide moreconcrete advice on how best to configure the organization that willoperate and control the transmission grid in the state. In commentsfiled with FERC this week, the FTC said FERC should considercreating a benchmark or a baseline of characteristics andoperations for regional transmission organizations that can be usedas a starting point as part of its revisions to California’swholesale electric power market rules and institutions. Inaddition, the comments suggest refinements to FERC’s proposedremedies to ensure that market power is not exercised in wholesaleelectric power markets, to the detriment of consumers. FERC OrderProposing Remedies for California Wholesale Electric Markets wasreleased Nov. 1 (see Daily GPI, Nov. 2). The order was intended toremedy deficiencies in market rules and institutions that havecontributed to recent reliability difficulties and high prices forelectric power in California.

Calpine Corp. is planning to sell 400 MW on a fixed-price basisfor 30 months to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in the firstbilateral electricity deal for a California utility sinceregulators agreed to allow such transactions in the wake of thesummer’s wholesale price and supply problems.

Calpine Corp. is planning to sell 400 MW on a fixed-price basisfor 30 months to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in the firstbilateral electricity deal for a California utility sinceregulators agreed to allow such transactions in the wake of thesummer’s wholesale price and supply problems.

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline is planning to expand firmtransportation capacity from the rapidly growing Powder River Basinto its connection with Northern Border in North Dakota by 55MMcf/d. The company is holding an open season through Nov. 30.