Message-ID: <27809127.1075840767755.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:11:41 -0800 (PST) From: rebrooks@earthlink.net To: rebrooks@rbac.com Subject: GPCM News: 1/11/02: Open Season For Desert Crossing Pipeline and Storage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Robert E. Brooks" @ENRON X-To: 'GPCM Distribution' X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \vkamins\Deleted Items X-Origin: KAMINSKI-V X-FileName: vincent kaminski 1-30-02.pst From http://www.enerfax.com : =20 Open Season for Desert Crossing Pipeline =20 Allegheny Energy Supply, the Salt River Project, and Sempra Energy Resource= s which are planning to build a natural gas storage and pipeline system in = the Southwest are taking bids from companies for capacity through the syste= m. The open season will last until February 8th, and will gauge industry in= terest in the proposed Desert Crossing project. The response will determin= e the scope of the system, whose initial costs are likely to be $600 - $700= million. The Desert Crossing project, pending regulatory approval, would i= nclude a 10 Bcf natural gas storage complex in Arizonaand an 800 MMcf per d= ay pipeline running from near Las Vegasto southwestern Arizona. The 300- mi= le pipeline system would connect the storage complex with all of the major = interstate natural gas pipelines in Arizonaand southern Nevada. The pipelin= e is expected to be ready for operation by the summer of 2004, while the st= orage facility would begin incremental service in 2005 with full service fo= recast in early 2008. The storage complex would allow hourly access to natu= ral gas, permitting customers to tap supplies to meet unexpected surges in = demand from power plants.=20 =20 Presumably this would or could involve gas sourced via Kern RiverGas Transm= ission near Las Vegasas well as El Pasoand / or Transwestern in Northern Ar= izonanear the CaliforniaBorder. =20 Bob Brooks GPCM Natural Gas Market Forecasting Systemhttp://gpcm.rbac.com=20