Natural gas utility Spire Inc. is developing a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Kansas City, MO, the first in the area, via a venture with the city’s water utility. KC Water selected Spire to develop the facility at the Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant. The upgrade, expected to be completed in 2025, could produce…
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Leaf River Adds to Roster of Natural Gas Storage Projects Targeting Gulf Coast
In another indication of renewed interest in natural gas storage capacity, Mississippi’s Leaf River Energy Center is seeking to modify its facility to maximize injections and withdrawals in response to customer requests for greater flexibility. NJR Midstream’s Leaf River, the third largest underground salt cavern in the Gulf Coast region, filed a proposal with FERC…
Spire’s Wyoming Natural Gas Storage Expansion Designed to Smooth Out Renewable Volatility
Against the backdrop of rising renewable electric generation and the need for more balancing mechanisms, Spire Energy Inc. is close to completing the first phase of a planned natural gas storage expansion near the Opal Hub in Wyoming. Spire Storage is working to expand capacity to 39 Bcf from 23 Bcf to meet growing demand…
Spire’s Natural Gas Pipeline Secures FERC Certificate to Keep Operating — For Now
FERC on Tuesday issued a temporary certificate of public convenience and necessity to Spire STL Pipeline LLC, keeping the 65-mile, 400,000 Dth/d Midwest natural gas conduit in service for now following a court order vacating the project’s federal authorization. Three of the four sitting members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opted to support the…
Spire Pledges to Create Carbon Neutral Natural Gas Utility System by 2050
With 1.8 million natural gas customers across Alabama, Mississippi and Missouri, Spire Inc. announced that it is committing to reduce methane emissions by 53% by 2025 and become carbon neutral by 2050. The St. Louis-based company said it is one of the first natural gas companies in the country to take the carbon neutral pledge.…
Spire STL Line in Illinois, Missouri May Boost REX Utilization
Citing persistent flood issues in a portion of its route, Spire STL Pipeline LLC filed a request with FERC earlier this month to begin service on its 65-mile, 400,000 Dth/d natural gas transmission pipeline.
FERC Approves Midwest Spire Pipeline in Another Split Decision
In a split decision Friday, FERC issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Spire STL Pipeline LLC (Spire) for its proposed 65-mile, 400,000 Dth/d natural gas transmission project to tap supplies from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) for delivery into the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Spire Files For 400,000 Dth/d REX Lateral to Serve St. Louis Market
Spire Inc. has officially filed at FERC to build its 400,000 Dth/d Spire STL Pipeline, a project planned to tap into the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) to serve the St. Louis market.
Spire Testing Customer Support For Rex-to-St. Louis NatGas Pipeline
St. Louis, MO-based Spire Inc. — formerly The Laclede Group — announced an open season for the Spire STL Pipeline, a proposed 70-mile steel natural gas pipeline that would interconnect to the Rockies Express Pipeline in Scott County, IL, and end in St. Louis County, MO.