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Phase I of Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP's 08/09 Expansion -- a 1.6-mile pipeline loop in Newtown, CT -- began flowing gas on Nov. 14. The three-phase 08/09 Expansion will allow Iroquois to receive an additional 200 MMcf/d at its interconnect with Algonquin Pipeline in Brookfield, CT, and deliver the volumes to National Grid's KeySpan system at South Commack in Long Island. Iroquois will act as a middleman between Algonquin and KeySpan. Algonquin has entered into a precedent agreement with KeySpan for 175,000 Dth/d of firm service effective Nov. 1 and an additional 25,000 Dth/d...

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

Dominoes. that's what set off the great northeast blackout in 2003, leaving 45 million americans without power. a few months before the assault on metcalf jon wellinghoff commissioned a study to see is a physical attack on physical transformers could trigger cascading blackouts. >> it was actually aye very shocking result. the very few number of substations you need to take out in the entire united states to knock out the entire grid. >> knockout the entire grid. >> that's correct. >> how many would it take to knock outputting the entire country in a blackout. >> less than to. >> o'donnell: an...

A Boulder, Colo., project highlights a national debate on whether electric vehicles can have a second role in cutting electricity costs and expanding wind