Retrenching

The West may have an excess of interstate natural gas pipeline capacity by the end of this year, and PG&E Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) is retrenching on its 2003 expansion plans in the Pacific Northwest, according to Peter Lund, vice president of market development at the pipeline. In an interview with NGI, Lund said PG&E’s pipeline expansions, the new intrastate pipeline capacity additions, Kern River Gas Transmission’s 2003 expansion and multiple proposed LNG import terminals will dramatically alter the gas market in the West in the next few years.