Quebec

Traffic continues to grow on the northbound natural gas freeway from the United States into Ontario and Quebec, fueling plans to increase delivery capacity on the Canadian side of the border.

TransCanada Corp. raised C$296 million in the first use of new freedom to charge as much as the market for transportation services will bear at the eastern end of its natural gas Mainline from Alberta to Ontario, Quebec and connections to the eastern United States.

TransCanada Corp. moved Thursday to calm a hornets’ nest of protest among its natural gas customers in Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States by making a formal promise to maintain service continuity.

Competition from U.S. exporters in Ontario and Quebec has a silver lining for sponsors of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia (BC).

Spectra Energy has been busy building out infrastructure in the Northeast, where capacity is needed to get Marcellus and Utica gas to market. However, the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions are ripe for billions of dollars of investment as well, said Spectra’s Bill Yardley, president of the U.S. transmission and storage business.

Canadian ferry operator Societe des traversiers du Quebec (STQ) has ordered what is expected to be the first ferry in North America to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Tolls will stay the same on TransCanada Corp.’s troubled natural gas Mainline linking Alberta to Ontario, Quebec and border crossings into the United States until a prolonged rate case sorts out its future.

Tolls will stay the same on TransCanada Corp.’s troubled natural gas Mainline linking Alberta to Ontario, Quebec and border crossings into the United States until a prolonged rate case sorts out its future.

A core of customers is staying loyal to TransCanada Corp.’s troubled natural gas Mainline from Alberta to Ontario, Quebec, and border crossings into the United States, the beleaguered transporter said.