Proposes

The Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP is holding an openseason for gas delivery into the New York City area. Iroquoisproposes to construct a 29-mile extension of its mainline,originating in Northport, Long Island, and terminating at a newinterconnect with Consolidated Edison in Bronx, NY. Thisinterconnect will provide access to both Con Ed and the New YorkFacilities System.

ANR Pipeline proposes to establish two new transportationservices to meet the hourly natural gas demands of powergenerators, primarily in the Midwest market.

ANR Pipeline proposes to establish two new transportationservices to meet the hourly natural gas demands of powergenerators, primarily in the Midwest market.

Instead of trying to sift through all the issues relating to theshort-term and long-term transportation markets, Commissioner LindaBreathitt proposed that FERC first issue a limited rulemakingaddressing the less-controversial issues and save the more complexissues for later. “From what I’ve read in the comments [filed atFERC], the approach I am proposing appears to be one that many inthe market could support,” she said in a speech to the American GasAssociation Legal Forum in La Jolla, CA, last week.

The battle over who will get to build new pipeline capacity tothe prized Northeast gas market has reached a feverish pitch, withsponsors dreaming up ways to knock out their competitors’ projects.ANR Pipeline and National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., sponsors of theproposed Independence Pipeline, recently suggested a plan thatwould wipe out a large part of Columbia Gas Transmission’sMillennium Pipeline project. And Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco)has joined the ranks, devising a proposal that could obviate theneed for the controversial Independence line altogether and part ofan associated project.

The battle over who will get to build new pipeline capacity tothe prized Northeast gas market has reached a feverish pitch, withsponsors dreaming up ways to knock out their competitors’ projects.ANR Pipeline and National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., sponsors of theproposed Independence Pipeline, recently proposed a plan that couldwipe out a large part of Columbia Gas Transmission’s MillenniumPipeline project. And Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) has joinedthe ranks, devising a proposal that could obviate the need forIndependence altogether and part of an associated project.

Pennsylvania Rep. Frank Tulli, one of the sponsors of a statenatural gas deregulation bill that stalled last year, said thelegislation once again is on the fast track now that Gov. Tom Ridgehas proposed eliminating the 5% gross receipts tax levied on thestate’s residential gas users.

Attempting to head off proposed federal legislation, theInterstate Natural Gas Association of America has proposed new FERCprocedures requiring pipelines to notify affected landowners aboutnew construction plans on the first business day after filing acertificate application.

Viking Gas Transmission last week proposed plans for a 45-mile,28 MMcf/d looping of its existing system in northwestern andcentral Minnesota in 1999. This is “a smaller project matched tomeet incremental market demand,” said Viking Gas President GregoryH. Palmer, but he noted it’s the first of a series of expansionsthe pipeline plans to carry out over the next couple of years.