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While deal activity in the capacity release markets appears tobe leveling off, the market is still dynamic enough to accommodatenew market entrants, according to energy industry consulting firmSkipping Stone Inc.

While most natural gas customers in Floyd-ravaged areas of theEast Coast were expected to be back on line by today – over a weekafter the hurricane struck – recovery for some in North Carolinawill be a long term project.

While natural gas has captured the lion’s share of the expandingcogeneration market in recent years, “the phenomenal growth of[cogeneration in] the past was a one-time event resulting from aunique combination of regulatory and market changes,” according tothe Gas Research Institute’s Marie Lihn.

While AGL Resources reported markedly improved results for itsthird fiscal quarter ended June 30, the company said returns werehurt by costs due to the rapid pace at which Atlanta Gas Lightcustomers have chosen alternate suppliers.

While AGL Resources reported markedly improved results for itsthird fiscal quarter ended June 30, the company said returns werehurt by costs due to the rapid pace at which Atlanta Gas LightCustomers have chosen alternate suppliers.

For a while Thursday it looked like August prices would keeprunning higher based on a strong screen, continued heavy powergeneration load and Wednesday afternoon’s super-bullish storagereport. However, the uptrend crested and began subsiding a bit whena late “meltdown” occurred in September futures, sources said.

While claiming FERC doesn’t want pipeline companies to have topay “ransom” to landowners, Commission Chairman James Hoecker saidpipelines must do a better job of hammering out early, innovativedeals with property owners affected by their projects.

While FERC’s recent decision to call a technical conference onTriState Pipeline “obviously was not advantageous for us,” leadsponsor CMS Gas Transmission and Storage isn’t ready “at thispoint” to throw in the towel on the project, a company spokesmansaid.

While stressing FERC doesn’t want the pipeline companies to haveto pay “ransom” to landowners, Commission Chairman James Hoeckertold a meeting of the National Association of Regulatory UtilityCommissioners (NARUC) in San Francisco yesterday pipelines have todo a better job of hammering out early, innovative deals withproperty owners affected by their projects.