ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), ANR Storage Company (ANRSCo) and Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership (GLGT) announce the commencement of a coordinated non-binding open season for up to 35 Bcf of firm storage service and associated firm storage-related transportation services utilizing new and/or existing storage and pipeline facilities of ANR, ANRSCo and/or GLGT (the Project). 

The STEP 2010 Non-Binding Open Season commenced at 2 p.m. CDT on September 20, 2007, and will close at 2 p.m. CST on November 7, 2007. 

Firm Storage Service

The Project would provide storage service for gas sourced from the GLGT, TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL), and ANR systems, including prospective interconnects along ANR’s Southeast Mainline (SEML) with Rockies Express (REX) at ANR/Shelbyville, and with multiple pipelines sourcing expanding Fayetteville and Barnett Shale production.  The Project would be capable of delivering storage volumes to markets from the ANR and GLGT systems as well as into TCPL for redelivery to TCPL’s Canadian Mainline markets in Ontario and the US Northeast gateways. 

Firm Injection/Withdrawal Transport

The Project is intended to utilize existing or expansion capacity as necessary to provide firm injection and withdrawal transport from shipper-requested receipt and delivery points along the ANR and GLGT systems.  In particular, it is intended to utilize firm withdrawal transport to ANR and GLGT markets and to TCPL’s Canadian Mainline markets and export points including Dawn, Niagara, Chippawa, Iroquois/Waddington and East Hereford/Pittsburg.

A brief summary is available with information on the Non-Binding Open Season. Shippers seeking further information and details related to this STEP 2010 Storage Expansion Project and Non-Binding Open Season can access Open Season Guidelines on the ANR website and the GLGT website, or by contacting their respective Account Managers.