Withdrew

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC last Wednesday formally withdrew its application at FERC to double the capacity of its transportation system in New England after the sole shipper to be served by the project, EnCana Corp., terminated its precedent agreement.

EnCana last week withdrew its estimated C$1 billion regulatory plan to develop the Scotian offshore Deep Panuke project, and said it will instead submit a new plan within six months after drilling two successful exploration wells at the natural gas play.

EnCana on Wednesday withdrew its regulatory plan to develop the Scotian offshore Deep Panuke project, and said it will instead submit a new plan within six months after drilling two successful exploration wells at the natural gas play.

A House lawmaker on Tuesday withdrew an amendment seeking retroactive refund protection for natural gas customers, after energy leaders pledged to work out a compromise solution that possibly would bar interstate gas pipelines from intentionally drawing out regulatory proceedings in which they are accused of charging high transportation rates.

A House lawmaker from Texas quickly withdrew a proposal Tuesday to put all natural gas pipelines in California under the jurisdiction of FERC after he came under a barrage of criticism from his colleagues.

Northern Natural Gas withdrew the Critical Day notice that had been posted for Thursday. However, a System Overrun Limitation for all market zones remained in effect through at least Thursday.

In a major victory for energy traders, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) last week withdrew her controversial amendment to re-regulate the trading of over-the-counter (OTC) energy and metals derivatives after the Senate defeated a cloture motion to end debate on the measure.

Detroit-based MichCon said its customers will continue to receive a fixed price of $2.95/Mcf through the end of the year, after it withdrew its requests before the Michigan Public Service Commission to eliminate the fixed price and implement a permanent customer choice program. MichCon had wanted to begin the choice program April 1, but said it would continue the current program instead. It will file an application this summer with MPSC to set a gas cost recovery factor, based on market-price forecasts, which would go into effect with customers’ Jan. 2002 bills. The gas distributor, a subsidiary of MCN Energy Group Inc., serves 1.2 million Michigan families and businesses.

Based on forecasts of warmer weather in Wisconsin and its projection of nominated receipts at the Marshfield, WI interconnect with Viking, ANR withdrew Thursday the Marshfield OFO that had been in effect since Tuesday (see Daily GPI, Dec. 21).