Infrastructure

Three natural gas-fired generation facilities currently under construction in New York and New Jersey are sufficient replacements for the Indian Point nuclear power plant north of New York City in Westchester County that is slated for deactivation beginning in 2020, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) said this week.

Truck and bus fleet operators are continuing to switch to compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel their vehicles, even as diesel attempts to muscle in with low prices, according to a recent report.

Natural gas industry leaders in Mexico are strongly criticizing “barriers to the nation’s social and economic development” led by community groups, which the industry claims are blocking new U.S. pipelines to help support gas demand.

Virginia regulators conditionally approved a state water quality permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Tuesday, marking another step forward for the controversial 600-mile, 1.5 Bcf/d natural gas pipeline.

Black Diamond Gathering LLC, a joint venture (JV) formed by Noble Midstream Partners LP and Greenfield Midstream LLC, has agreed to pay $625 million for Saddle Butte Rockies Midstream LLC and affiliates.

Noble Energy Inc. has an agreement with an affiliate of private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners to extend the deadline for selling its Appalachian midstream interests in Cone Midstream Partners LP, allowing it to explore a sale to CNX Resources Corp.

In keeping with a long-term goal to reduce nuclear and natural gas-fired power generation, San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has begun to wind down its reliance through distributed renewable and energy efficiency projects in Oakland.

New England utility Eversource Energy is threatening to take legal action against the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) over what it said are “false and misleading statements” about the utility’s natural gas pipeline scheduling practices from 2013-2016.

General Electric’s largest industrial business unit is downsizing by 18% as it faces a disruptive marketplace, with depressed demand for natural gas and coal services and a surge toward alternative energies.