Inergy Midstream, L.P., UGI Energy Services, Inc. and Capitol Energy
Ventures Corp., a subsidiary of WGL Holdings, Inc., today announced
plans to jointly market and develop a new interstate pipeline known as
the Commonwealth Pipeline. The proposed 200-mile, 30-inch pipeline is
expected to transport at least 800,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas
and is expected to be placed in service in 2015. UGI Energy Services and
Capitol Energy Ventures Corp. are expected to execute precedent
agreements to become anchor shippers on the line.
The proposed Commonwealth Pipeline will extend from the southern
terminus of Inergy Midstream’s MARC I pipeline in Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania, due south through central and eastern Pennsylvania and
will continue south to access markets across southeastern Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia and the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.
The pipeline will connect these attractive markets directly to reliable
supplies of Marcellus natural gas production from across Pennsylvania
while providing a more cost effective transportation path compared to
traditional routes. The pipeline is expected to cross and interconnect
with a number of interstate pipelines along its route, providing even
greater supply diversity while providing producers with direct access to
markets that are currently served only through existing interstate
pipelines.
The sponsors expect to own equal equity interests in the project company
formed to own the pipeline. Inergy Midstream will construct and operate
the pipeline which is expected to cost approximately $1.0 billion and be
funded equally by the sponsors.
A non-binding open season will be announced in March 2012, for shippers
interested in acquiring capacity on the proposed pipeline.
About Inergy Midstream, L.P. - Inergy Midstream, L.P.(NYSE: NRGM),
headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is a master limited partnership
engaged in the development and operation of natural gas and NGL storage
and transportation assets. Inergy Midstream owns and operates
natural gas storage facilities with aggregate working gas capacity of 41
bcf, natural gas liquids storage facilities with capacity of 1.5 million
barrels and natural gas pipelines with 355 MMcf/d of transportation
capacity in New York and Pennsylvania. Additional information about
Inergy Midstream, including reports from the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, are available on the company’s website, www.Inergylp.com.
UGI Energy Services, Inc. owns 14.7 BCF of underground natural gas
storage in north-central Pennsylvania, operates LNG and propane/air
peaking plants in Pennsylvania, and is developing midstream projects
throughout the Marcellus Shale region. UGI Energy Services also
markets natural gas, electricity and liquid fuels to over 10,000
commercial and industrial customers at more than 30,000 locations in
eight eastern states and Washington, D.C. and owns electric generation
assets in Pennsylvania. UGI Energy Services is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of UGI (NYSE: UGI), a distributor and marketer of energy
products and services that, in addition to UGI Energy Services, operates
natural gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania and distributes
propane both domestically and internationally. Comprehensive
information about UGI Corporation is available on the Internet at http://www.ugicorp.com.
About WGL Holdings, Inc. - Headquartered in Washington, D.C., WGL
Holdings, Inc.(NYSE: WGL) has four operating segments: (i) the regulated
utility segment, which primarily consists of Washington Gas, a natural
gas utility that serves over one million customers throughout
metropolitan Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region; (ii) the
retail energy-marketing segment which consists of Washington Gas Energy
Services, Inc., a third-party marketer that competitively sells natural
gas and electricity; (iii) the commercial energy systems segment, which
consists of Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc., a provider of energy
efficiency solutions to government and commercial clients and (iv) the
wholesale energy solutions segment, which consists of Capitol Energy
Ventures Corp., a non-utility asset optimization business. Additional
information about WGL Holdings, Inc. is available on its website, wglholdings.com.
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