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PG&E Pipeline’s Collateral Demands Raise Shipper, FERC Eyebrows

In what some shippers see as ironic given the sorry status of the pipeline’s own credit rating, PG&E Gas Transmission Northwest’s (GTN) existing collateral demands on credit-risky customers have raised skepticism from federal regulators and shippers alike in recent weeks. The proposed tougher-than-federally-required credit standards for the pipeline’s shippers have been put on hold by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which wants to hold a technical conference on the issue.

December 16, 2002

PG&E Pipeline’s Collateral Demands Raise Shipper, FERC Eyebrows

In what some shippers see as ironic given the sorry status of the pipeline’s own credit rating, PG&E Gas Transmission Northwest’s (GTN) existing collateral demands on credit-risky customers have raised skepticism from federal regulators and shippers alike in recent weeks. The proposed tougher-than-federally-required credit standards for the pipeline’s shippers have been put on hold by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which wants to hold a technical conference on the issue.

December 12, 2002

Deja Vu: Much Higher in Northeast, Less Higher Elsewhere

Sorry to sound like a broken record, but Thursday’s marketcontinued the pattern set Tuesday and Wednesday: ever-higher pricepeaks in the frigid Northeast (the top quote was $19 at TranscoZone 6-NYC) and considerably smaller but still strong increaseselsewhere.

January 21, 2000