HOUSTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based Spectra Energy , has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enhance and extend its pipeline system to satisfy growing residential and commercial demand in the Greater Boston metropolitan region.
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The proposed expansion, called the J-2 Loop Project, will provide volume and pressure support to NSTAR Gas Company, a local distribution company serving the area. The J-2 Loop Project will help NSTAR continue to meet current residential and commercial needs, while accommodating future demands for clean-burning natural gas.
"In responding to our customers' requirements, we're able to increase the reliability of our system in the Greater Boston area with a limited amount of new pipeline," said Bob Riga, general manager of Northeast marketing, Spectra Energy Transmission.
The proposed project will include the installation of approximately two miles of 14-inch diameter pipeline in the Greater Boston communities of Medford and Somerville, Mass. To minimize impacts, a significant portion of the J-2 Loop Project is expected to be constructed within existing right of way, along roadways and paved parking areas.
The approximately $35 million project is expected to begin operations in the fall of 2009.
Spectra Energy Corp is one of North America's premier natural gas infrastructure companies serving three key links in the natural gas value chain: gathering and processing, transmission and storage and distribution. For close to a century, Spectra Energy and its predecessor companies have developed critically important pipelines and related energy infrastructure connecting natural gas supply sources to premium markets. Based in Houston, Texas, the company operates in the United States and Canada approximately 18,000 miles of transmission pipeline, 265 billion cubic feet of storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas liquids operations and local distribution assets. Spectra Energy Corp also has a 50-percent ownership in DCP Midstream, one of the largest natural gas gatherers and processors in the United States. Visit http://www.spectraenergy.com/ for more information.
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