[에너지신문] 22 April 2016 - Kinder Morgan's subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP) has decided not to go ahead with its US$5bn Northeast Energy Direct (NED) Project.
The company announced in July 2015 that it would develop the "Market path", a 302 km pipeline with a transmission capacity of 1.3 bcf/d (37 mcm/d or more than 13 bcm/year), extending from Wright, New York, to Dracut, Massachusetts and estimated at US$3.3bn. TGP had received commitments from local gas distribution companies (LDCs) to purchase gas from the project.
However, the company failed to secure additional commitments from other LDCs and electricity distributors, as regulatory procedures in the New England states did not facilitate binding customers commitments.
The NED project was expected to comprise two components, the 214 km-long, 34 mcm/d Supply Path and the Market Path. It was aimed at expanding TGP's existing pipeline system in Pennsylvania, New York and New England and at connecting low-cost natural gas supplies from northern Pennsylvania to New York and New England markets. Pending approval, TGP planned to start construction in January 2017 with commissioning in November 2018.
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