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Kern River Gas Transmission plans to carry out another expansion of its system to California, providing an outlet for more Rocky Mountain natural gas, if California regulators next month authorize state utilities to turn back capacity on the El Paso Natural Gas and Transwestern pipeline systems in order to provide supply diversity for California consumers, said an official for the pipeline last Wednesday.

Kern River Gas Transmission plans to carry out another expansion of its system to California, providing an outlet for more Rocky Mountain natural gas, if California regulators next month order state utilities to turn back capacity on the El Paso Natural Gas and Transwestern pipeline systems in order to provide supply diversity for California consumers, said an official for the pipeline Wednesday.

Providing a microcosm of the regained luster in some energy utility stocks, California’s three major utilities are all ending 2003 at or near 52-week highs in their stock prices. That includes two of the nation’s largest utilities that have been in or near bankruptcy for the last two years following the 2000-2001 western energy crisis.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline has started providing capacity on its Can-East Project, which extends its transportation service to Leidy, PA, through a long-term lease of 130,000 Dth/d of space on Dominion Transmission’s pipeline system, a new interconnect at Leidy, and a new compressor station on Tennessee at Ellisburg, PA.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline has started providing capacity on its Can-East Project, which extends its transportation service to Leidy, PA, through a long-term lease of 130,000 Dth/d of space on Dominion Transmission’s pipeline system, a new interconnect at Leidy, and a new compressor station on Tennessee at Ellisburg, PA.

New energy legislation introduced in British Columbia is expected to save money and improve services for the province’s industry and customers, Energy and Mines Minister Richard Neufeld said Thursday.

In its first orders providing industry guidance on pipeline creditworthiness standards, FERC last Wednesday appeared to take the middle ground by offering protections to both interstate natural gas pipelines and their shippers.

Although liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports will increase this winter by as much as 750 MMcf/d compared to last winter, bullish analysts at Raymond James & Associates claim they will be offset by the substantial decline in Canadian imports and by exports to Mexico.

Although liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports will increase this winter by as much as 750 MMcf/d compared to last winter, bullish analysts at Raymond James & Associates claim they will be offset by the substantial decline in Canadian imports and by exports to Mexico.