Table 10.  Projected Pipeline Capacity Requirements Entering the Northeast Region 
If Large-Volume Distillate Consumers Switch to Natural Gas
(Million Cubic Feet per Day)

Region

1999 Base Level

Short Term

Longer Term

New England

2,739

3,079

3,585

Middle Atlantic

11,889

12,531

13,672

Northeast

12,519

13,358

14,760

Source: Energy Information Administration, EIA GIS-NG Geographic Information System, Natural Gas Pipeline Database, as of March 2000.

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