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After weathering the extended cold chill over the second half of January, it appears that at least part of the country is not out of the woods yet as another cold front is bearing down in some areas of the East. The National Weather Service’s 8-14 day outlook as of Feb. 7 called for normal to below normal temperatures across the East and Midwest, while the Southwest is expected to register above normal temps.

After weathering the extended cold chill over the second half of January, it appears that at least part of the country is not out of the woods yet as another cold front is bearing down in some areas of the East. The National Weather Service’s 8-14 day outlook called for normal to below normal temperatures across the entire country, except for Florida, which is expected to enjoy above normal readings.

KNG Energy, Inc., a Findlay, OH-based natural gas pipeline company, has signed an agreement with EnergyGateway to auction portions of its intrastate pipeline capacity running across northern Ohio, connecting with Crossroads Pipeline in the west and Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion East Ohio in the east.

UGI Corp. announced Friday that its energy marketing subsidiaryhas agreed to acquire almost all of Conectiv’s commercial andindustrial marketing business. The acquisition by UGI EnergyServices is expected to be completed on Oct. 1.

TransColorado Gas Transmission Co. said it would start fillingadditional portions of the TransColorado Pipeline in New Mexico andwestern Colorado today with gas as it prepares to commence Phase 2operations in February.