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Williams last week asked FERC for the green light to reactivate and expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import services at its Cove Point terminal in Lusby, MD, to meet the growing demand on the East Coast.

Williams yesterday asked FERC for the green light to reactivateand expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import services at itsCove Point terminal in Lusby, MD to meet the growing demand on theEast Coast.

Dominion Transmission is conducting an open season for anupgrade of its system to provide 300 MMcf/d of new firmtransportation from Canadian and Midwestern points to the Leidy,PA, hub for connections to major markets in the Northeast.

Dominion Transmission will conduct an open season for an upgradeof its system to provide 300 MMcf/d of new firm transportation fromCanadian and Midwestern points to the Leidy, PA, hub forconnections to major markets in the Northeast.

El Paso’s delivery meter to Transwestern at the Window RockStation (Apache County, AZ) will be shut in July 24-25 forequipment upgrade

Florida Gas Transmission has filed an application with FERC toupgrade two compressor stations in order to add 80,000 MMBtu/d ofmainline firm transportation capacity on the Western Division ofthe pipeline for service to Alabama Electric Cooperative, which hassigned a 12-year contract for the entire amount. FGT requested itbe granted authorization to begin construction and operation of the$6.9 million expansion on Nov. 1, 2000. It would receive the gasfrom its Destin Pipeline interconnect and transport it 90 miles toAEC’s existing meter station yard in Alabama. FGT plans to add4,800 hp of compression at two units at station 11A. It isproposing to charge negotiated rates for the service to AEC, andsaid it expects to be “fully reimbursed for the cost of thefacilities.” The pipeline told FERC, “under the Commission’s Sept.15, 1999 ‘Statement of Policy’ concerning natural gas pipelinefacilities, this proposal meets the criteria for rolled-inpricing.”

FERC has been asked to place an immediate hold on Southern LNGInc.’s applications to reactivate and upgrade its mothballedliquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and send-out facility on ElbaIsland in Georgia, pending the outcome of a probe being requestedinto the company’s open-season procedures.

Flows will be scheduled to zero through the constrained area asNGPL performs a class upgrade Aug. 3-5 on its A/G Line near Station802 (Lamar County, TX). A similar restriction will occur Aug. 3-4as NGPL lowers the Arkoma Line near Station 812 (Atoka County, OK).See the bulletin board for details on the constraint locations.

Yankee Gas Services Co. inaugurated its new customer and billingservice this week, completing a process begun in collaboration withIBM two years ago. Yankee said the system will enhance customerservice, improve efficiency and is Y2K ready. The company would notrelease the cost of the new system.