Valley

Wheeler Ridge Critical in CA Discussions

The Wheeler Ridge receipt point in the southern end of the SanJoaquin Valley is viewed as the critical focus in future settlementdiscussions on California’s future natural gas unbundling becauseit is of concern to at least four major gas players in California:Kern River Pipeline, Pacific Gas and Electric, El Paso andOccidental Petroleum, which reportedly has an added 200 MMcf/d ofgas from its Elk Hills properties that it wants to bring on themarket.

September 27, 1999

TVA Buys Chunk of Capacity on Columbia

A transportation agreement signed by Columbia Gulf and theTennessee Valley Authority (TVA) may mark the beginning of alasting relationship. The agreement covers firm transportation onColumbia for 240,000 MMBtu/d of gas that will fuel 1,500 MW ofpower generation at TVA’s Gallatin Power Plant in Sumner County,TN. But the plant represents a small piece of a larger conversionprocess which will turn another 20 generation units to gas usageover the next year.

June 30, 1998
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