Daniel M. Adamson, director of the office of energy projects atthe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, sent a letter to ColumbiaEnergy’s David Pentzein this week requesting a status report on the$650 million Millennium Pipeline project in light of all the recentcriticism from New York regulators and the impact of theColumbia-NiSource merger. The 442-mile project would bring about714 MMcf/d of gas from Canada under Lake Erie to the New Yorkmetropolitan area.
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GRI: Storage Will Grow by Leaps and Bounds
Regulatory changes and steady growth in U.S. natural gasconsumption will trigger a 21% increase in storage capacity overthe next 15 years, according to a new study of gas storage by theGas Research Institute.
Petal Gas Gets Nod to Expand Storage Capacity
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week awarded PetalGas Storage L.L.C. a certificate to increase the total gas storagecapacity of its two caverns in Mississippi by 5.4 Bcf and workinggas capacity by 4.8 Bcf.
Northern Border Extension Project Gets Green Light
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week awardedNorthern Border Pipeline a certificate to build its Project 2000extension into northern Indiana, which would provide the state’scustomers access to Canadian gas supplies for the first time.
Petal Gas Gets Nod to Expand Storage Capacity
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has awarded Petal GasStorage LLC a certificate to increase the gas total storagecapacity of its two caverns in Mississippi by 5.4 Bcf and workinggas capacity by 4.8 Bcf.
Industry Briefs
Williams Gas Pipeline-Central received a certificate from theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission to provide up to 55,000 Dth/dof additional firm gas transportation service to the EmpireDistrict Electric Company State Line Plant in Jasper County, MO.Williams plans to uprate its Blackwell-Cotton Valley pipeline inWashington County, OK, from 500 psi of maximum allowable pressureto 690 psi. It also will lay 37 miles of 20-inch pipe in Labetteand Cherokee Counties, KS, to extend to its Southern Trunk loopline. And it will add measurement facilities at the Empire Plant.Empire is installing an additional gas turbine, two heat recoverygenerators and a steam turbine generator to create a 500-plus MWcombined-cycle plant. Williams currently provides up to 28,800Dth/d of gas to the plant.
Northern Border Expansion Granted Glowing Green Light
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday awardedNorthern Border Pipeline a certificate to build its Project 2000extension into northern Indiana, which would provide customersthere access to less expensive Canadian gas supplies for the firsttime.
NiSource-Columbia Deal May Jeopardize Millennium
Events over the past year at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission have cast a dark cloud over the fate of the $650 millionMillennium Pipeline project, but that cloud got a lot darker lastweek. NiSource’s announcement that it is buying Columbia EnergyGroup, Millennium’s lead sponsor, for $6 billion with $2.5 billionin debt assumption, may have all but killed the pipeline project.
UK’s PowerGen Offers $5.4 B for LG&E
Although dwarfed by the news of the proposed NiSource-Columbiamarriage, LG&E Energy Corp. had some glad tidings of its ownlast week — it signed off on a definitive merger agreement forBritain’s PowerGen plc to acquire the Louisville, KY-baseddiversified energy company in a cash-and-debt transaction valued at$5.4 billion.
NiSource-Columbia Deal May Jeopardize Millennium
Events over the past year at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission have cast a dark cloud over the fate of the $650 millionMillennium Pipeline project, but that cloud got a lot darker lastweek. NiSource’s announcement that it is buying Columbia EnergyGroup, Millennium’s lead sponsor, for $6 billion with $2.5 billionin debt assumption, may have all but killed the pipeline project.