Infrastructure

Imports from the United States into Ontario and Quebec are expected to rise by up to 20% when TransCanada Corp. completes the next addition to the eastern legs in its natural gas Mainline in November 2017.

New England does not need new natural gas pipeline capacity and can meet its energy needs for the next 15 years with increased energy efficiency and demand response, Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Maura Healey said, citing a study prepared for her office and released Wednesday.

Ryder Systems Inc. has agreed to provide renewable natural gas (RNG) at two of its Southern California fueling stations operated by Newport Beach, CA-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

As an outgrowth of state safety laws passed after the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has completed the first conversion of a mobile home park gas system to utility ownership and operation.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has rejected a proposal from Washington Gas Light Co. (WGL) to acquire a non-operating interest in 25 Pennsylvania wells through a deal with Energy Corp. of America.

More than two dozen gas distribution systems, let by the Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi (MGAM), have filed a protest urging FERC to require Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. (TGP) to justify its proposal to charge system fuel and electric compression rates as part of a proposed looping project on TGP’s 300 Line.

TransCanada Corp.’s natural gas supply network in Alberta and British Columbia, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), will continue growing — but at a reduced rate — after completing additions now under way.

Though it had become a lightning rod in the debate over the nation’s use of fossil fuels, the rejection of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL is unlikely to have any meaningful impact on the nation’s natural gas infrastructure buildout, according to industry officials.

The engineering firm Gemma Power Systems LLC has received a notice to proceed with the construction of Virginia-based Moxie Energy LLC’s natural gas-fired power plant in Northeast Pennsylvania.