Race

Slow, but steady appears to be winning the race for the retailnatural gas market in the state of Maryland, where some marketershave dropped out — casualties to high prices and billing problems— but others are closing ranks and developing the sophisticationnecessary to weather changing conditions.

After both projects received preliminary approval from FERC over a month ago, the ongoing race to Florida accross the Gulf of Mexico between Coastal Corp.’s Gulfstream Natural Gas System and Williams and Duke Energy’s Buccaneer pipeline is heating up again (see NGI, May 1). Gulfstream yesterday announced it signed a multi-million dollar deal with the Manatee County Port Authority for a permanent right-of-way easement to cross through Port Manatee

After both projects received preliminary approval from FERC over a month ago, the ongoing race to Florida accross the Gulf of Mexico between Coastal Corp.’s Gulfstream Natural Gas System and Williams and Duke Energy’s Buccaneer pipeline is heating up again (see Daily GPI, April 26). Gulfstream yesterday announced it signed a multi-million dollar deal with the Manatee County Port Authority for a permanent right-of-way easement to cross through Port Manatee

The race for the vacant Republican seat at FERC is gettingawfully crowded as a third candidate from Capitol Hill has signaledhis interest in the post.

The race for the vacant Republican seat at FERC is gettingawfully crowded as a third candidate from Capitol Hill has signaledhis interest in the post.

In the race to serve the lucrative Florida generation trafficthinned last week, as Duke Energy announced it has shelved itsproposed Sawgrass pipeline project and allied with formercompetitor Williams’ Buccaneer Pipeline.

TransCanada PipeLines won the opening heat in its race to equipitself for the new era of competition in Canadian gastransportation, but much remains to be decided by a regulatory andnegotiating marathon.

The race to serve the lucrative Florida generation market becamemore clear yesterday, as Duke Energy announced it has shelved itsproposed Sawgrass pipeline project and allied with a formercompetitor, Williams’ Buccaneer Pipeline.

Following the Tortoise and the Hare maxim that slow and steadyoften wins the race, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) hasdecided to approach retail competition at a turtle’s pace. The KCClast week tossed out the idea of installing statewide customerchoice and instead chose to leave open the possibility that MidwestEnergy, one of the state’s many LDCs, can, if it so chooses, filean application for a small retail pilot program.