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Sunoco OKs Mariner East 2, Pursues Marcus Hook NGL Hub

The Mariner East 2 project, the second phase of a broad plan to expand natural gas liquids (NGL) transport out of the Appalachian Basin, is a go following a successful open season, Sunoco Logistics Partners LP said Thursday. Read More

SoCal Edison Inks 1,700 MW of Gas-Fired Deals

In an effort to make up for 2,200 MW of generation lost when the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) was closed last year, Edison International's Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) has signed five contracts for nearly 1,700 MW of natural gas-fired generation and another 69 deals providing the rest. Read More

Dominion Submits Pre-Filing Request to FERC for $500M Supply Header Project

Dominion submitted a pre-filing request to FERC on Tuesday, asking regulators to begin an environmental review of its proposed... Read More

Greyrock to Build Small-Scale GTL Plant in Houston Area

Greyrock Energy Inc. has received investor support for a small-scale gas-to-liquids facility in the Houston area and expects to have the plant operational by the end of 2015, the company said Tuesday. Read More

Small-Scale NatGas-Fired Power Plants Planned for Pennsylvania

Several natural gas-fired power plants are under consideration in northern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio that would take advantage of locally produced gas in the Utica and Marcellus shales. Read More

Utility Quartet Files for Marcellus/Utica Pipeline Project

The backers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, led by Dominion, have filed to begin FERC's prefiling process for the 550-mile project, which would cost more than $4.5 billion and deliver Marcellus/Utica shale gas to Virginia and North Carolina. Read More

Sierrita Pipeline Comes Online, Adding to U.S.-to-Mexico NatGas Export Options

Options for natural gas supply heading south of the border just got a lot more plentiful as Kinder Morgan Inc.'s (KM) Sierrita Pipeline, which entered service Friday, became the second U.S.-to-Mexico natural gas pipeline to go into service within a week. Read More

Union Gas Joins Calls for TransCanada to Build Separate Oil Pipeline

A second central Canadian natural gas distribution company stepped forward Friday with a demand for TransCanada Corp. to pay all costs of partially converting its Mainline to oil service. Read More

Maine PUC Moves Forward to Consider Pipeline Expansions

The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted 2-1 to move forward with a plan to consider natural gas pipeline expansions in the state, and for regulators to pay up to $75 million a year for the expansion costs. Read More

California OKs Major Gas-Fired Power Replacement Project

California energy officials on Wednesday gave the green light to AES Corp.'s plans to replace its old, inefficient natural gas-fired generation complex at Huntington Beach with a state of the art 939 MW gas-fired plant. Read More