While droves of developers are flocking to the Florida market tocash in on the gas-fired power generation bonanza, affiliates ofDallas-based Panda Energy are eyeing a market closer to home -Arkansas.
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Dynegy Makes Foray into Florida Power Market
Dynegy Inc. last week announced plans to develop its firstmerchant power plant to serve the growing electricity market inFlorida.
Dynegy Jumps into FL Power Market
Dynegy Inc. yesterday announced plans to develop its firstmerchant power plant to serve the growing electricity market inFlorida.
Trigen to Develop Savings For Kodak
Trigen-Cinergy Solutions (TCS) signed a 20-year energy servicescontract with Eastman Kodak Co. to serve Kodak Park. The 1,300-acrecampus, with 160 major buildings, is in Rochester, NY, and isKodak’s main manufacturing site. TCS has been selected energymanager for steam and electric utility services, including 196megawatts of onsite electric generation capacity. TCS also willmanage all fuel procurement for Kodak Park. Transfer of operationsis expected to be in January.
Western Pipes Gear Up to Serve Generators
With the opening of expanded gas storage and deliverability thisweek at jointly-owned Jackson Prairie in southwest Washingtonstate, interstate pipelines like Williams Northwest are trying todevelop better services for electric generation plants, which areexpected to multiply significantly in the coming years.
FGT Expansion Gets Draft Environmental Okay
Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) extended its lead in the crowdedrace to serve the expanding gas-fired power generation market inFlorida this week when FERC staff issued draft environmentalapproval for its Phase IV mainline expansion.
Williams Favors Volumetric Rates to Serve Generators
A Williams Gas Pipeline executive last week departed from theinterstate pipeline industry’s general support for straight-fixedvariable (SFV) rate design, suggesting instead a move to avolumetric design. He believes such a rate design will be essentialfor gas pipelines to meet the needs of power generators, and forthe industry as a whole to reach its goal of a 30 Tcf market
Poll Shows New Jerseyites Favor Natural Gas
New Jerseyites – by a margin of more than two-to-one – favorexpanding an existing natural gas pipeline to serve residents,according to a new public opinion poll that has been dropped intothe controversy over Williams-Transco’s proposed MarketLinkproject.
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Conoco Inc. elected Archie W. Dunham chairman of the board,succeeding Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Dunham will continue to serveConoco as president and CEO, as well as chair. Woolard and Gary M.Pfeiffer, a senior vice president and CFO of DuPont, resigned theConoco board as planned, at the conclusion of the company’ssplit-off from DuPont. Woolard is a former DuPont chairman, and hadbeen chairman of Conoco’s board since July 1998. He remains aDuPont director. Concurrent with his election as Conoco chairman,Dunham steps down from the DuPont board. The moves create twoadditional vacancies on Conoco’s board. The company said it expectsthese vacancies to be filled in the near future.
Tennessee, CNG Team to Serve East
El Paso Energy’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Consolidated NaturalGas’ CNG Transmission jointly unveiled the Atlantic AllianceProject on Monday. If successful, this project will transport up to750,000 Dth/d from Chicago market center and the Niagara ImportPoint into eastern markets.