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2009 Top 20 Capacity Trading Company Rankings Major Shifts From 2008. –– Capacity Center released its Top 20 capacity trading company rankings report today. The total amount of pipeline capacity traded by the Top 20 increased dramatically over 2008, which is consistent with findings from Capacity Center’s September Pipeline Ranking Report. The companies within the Top 20 have also changed dra-
matically over the past year. The new #1 for 2009 is Tenaska with a 159% jump in the number of deals completed and a 133% increase in daily volume traded. Last year’s #1, Merrill Lynch, has completely dropped out of the Top 20. October 6, 2009.

Capacity Release Market Activity Growing Despite Lower Gas Prices and Demand Destruction. –– In its latest benchmarking report, Capacity Center (www.capacitycenter.com) indicates that all aspects of the interstate pipeline capacity release markets have grown in the first 8 months of 2009 compared to the same period of 2008. “The more than 50 pipelines that we track are experiencing a bumper year in terms of capacity release activity”, stated Greg Lander, President of Capacity Center. Lander further indicates, “the significant increases in activity, as well as the shifting dynamics of particular pipelines is most likely caused by a couple key factors, such as the elimination of price caps last year, demand destruc-
tion’s impact and storage market dynamics. These factors are creating new players, different profit making opportunities and a lot of scrambling”. September 22, 2009.

2008 Pipeline Capacity Release Market Tops 6 Billion Dollars. - LDC Performance Lags Market. –– Capacity Center (www.capacitycenter.com) released today 2008 Annual Trading figures in the interstate natural gas pipeline capacity release markets. The total of transportation capacity traded in 2008 was over 20 Tcf with storage capacity adding another 4.4 Tcf in trades. The traded capacity total transaction value for 2008 was $6.2 Billion Dollars. Of this, $5.96 Billion was transport and $266 Million was storage. March 2, 2009

Capacity Center Releases Post Order 712 Capacity Trading Stats – Capacity Trading up to 10 Times Max Rate under new Order 712 Rules –– FERC Order 712 took effect August 1, 2008.  Among other things, Order 712 lifted the rate cap on firm capacity trades between shippers.

“We believe the markets are just beginning to feel the impact on secondary capacity market values that Order 712 will bring.  In the normally quiet month of August, the ruling has already generated an additional $5.7 Million in above max rate payments,” says Greg Lander, President of Capacity Center. - September 2008