Infrastructure

New England’s natural gas infrastructure has not kept pace with the increasing demand for power generation, a top regional executive told the Energy Council of Rhode Island at a forum this month.

The Sierra Club on Monday filed in federal court to drop both its appeal of the Nexus Gas Transmission project and an emergency motion to stop construction, saying it no longer has the support of affected landowners.

A Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC (KMLP) proposal for a project to modify its existing pipeline system to serve the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Louisiana has been approved by FERC.

The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) has asked FERC to advance the review of its proposed pipeline and natural gas liquefaction project, in part through adopting the findings of an environmental impact statement previously performed for a similar project.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Friday asked California regulators for approval to increase natural gas utility rates by $5.22 billion in the 2019-2021 period to cover a suite of safety-related enhancements to its extensive transmission pipeline and storage system, one of the nation’s largest.

Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s WB XPress Project was issued a FERC certificate Friday to allow a 1.3 Bcf/d expansion in West Virginia and Virginia to move forward.

The Sierra Club on Monday filed in federal court to drop both its appeal of the Nexus Gas Transmission project and an emergency motion to stop construction, saying it no longer has the support of affected landowners.

CFEnergia, the fuels marketing arm of Mexico’s state power utility, the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), has secured a $100 million, 10-year contract to supply 22 MMcf/d of natural gas for a power plant to be built by a consortium of Emerging America and The Abraaj Group, a CFE spokesman told NGI.

The U.S. rig count continued to bounce back for the week ended Friday, adding eight to its tally on the strength of gains in Texas and Louisiana, according to data by Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI).