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PNGTS Prepares Line for Service in March

The Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) andTransQuebec &amp Maritimes Pipeline (TQM) held a ribbon-cuttingceremony last week at the U.S./Canada border to announce completionof the first high-capacity gas pipeline to serve northern NewEngland. Commercial operations, however, are not expected to beginuntil Saturday, March 6. And PNGTS probably will not betransporting its full certificated capacity of 178,000 MMBtu/duntil the end of the year, said spokesman John Flumerfelt, becauseseveral of the power plants and paper mills to be served by thepipeline are not complete.

March 1, 1999

PNGTS Plans to Begin Service in March

The Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) andTransQuebec & Maritimes Pipeline (TQM) held a ribbon-cuttingceremony yesterday at the U.S./Canada border to announce completionof the first high-capacity gas pipeline to serve northern NewEngland. Commercial operations, however, are not expected to beginuntil March 6. And PNGTS probably will not be transporting its fullcertificated capacity of 178,000 MMBtu/d until the end of the year,said spokesman John Flumerfelt, because several of the power plantsand paper mills to be served by the pipeline are not completed.

February 26, 1999
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