Undeterred

Undeterred by am eleventh-hour cry of concern from a San Diego-area Congressman, the California State Lands Commission unanimously (3-0) voted to okay the California portion of the North Baja interstate natural gas pipeline that will serve two new power plants in Mexico, near the California-Mexican border. This clears the way for the U.S. portion of the project to begin construction in February. Construction in Mexico began last year.

Undeterred by the fact that this week’s arctic cold front wascovering its largest area yet and showing little inclination forgoing away before the weekend, cash prices took a cue from thescreen and dropped by more than a dollar at almost all pointsTuesday. In a seeming pullback from the brink of market chaos,California and the Pacific Northwest registered plunges from about$11 to nearly $25.

Expressing frustration but continuing its resolve, Texas-basedWestern Hub Properties is ironing out some “technical issues” offinancing with California regulators and now expects to startconstruction in February on its delayed Lodi gas storage field innorthern California.

Expressing frustration but continuing its resolve, Texas-basedWestern Hub Properties is ironing out some “technical issues” offinancing with California regulators and now expects to startconstruction in February on its delayed Lodi gas storage field innorthern California.

Undeterred by those who have gone before it and failed, KNEnergy jumped into the fray with a pipeline project to servenorthern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.