Millennium Pipeline Company Announces Non-binding Open Season for Upstate Pipeline Project from Broome County to Syracuse, NY

PEARL RIVER, N.Y., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Millennium Pipeline Company today announced a non-binding open season ("Open Season") for firm transportation service under its existing rate schedule FT-1 to be made available through the use of currently existing capacity and construction of at least one compressor station and approximately 60 miles of new pipeline that would connect to the Dominion Transmission system near Cortland, New York and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline System near Syracuse, New York.

To properly determine the market interest in this proposed extension of Millennium's system, Millennium is seeking non-binding expressions of interest in the capacity, such expressions of interest must include the proposed receipt and delivery points, daily volumes requested, price per dth for the capacity and term of the proposed contract.

This Open Season will commence on May 8, 2013 and close at 4:00 p.m. CCT on May 31, 2013. To be considered, interested parties must submit a completed Service Request Form to Millennium by no later than 4:00 p.m. CCT on May 31, 2013 via facsimile or email to:

Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Attention: Stan Brownell
Fax: 845.620.1320
Email: [email protected]

"Running from New York's Southern Tier directly to the greater New York metropolitan area, Millennium Pipeline is arguably the most strategically-located major pipeline in NY State," said Millennium President Rocco D'Alessandro. "This proposed North-South Upstate Pipeline connector we are announcing today, will leverage Millennium's location advantages by providing shippers with the option to move gas from our system east as well as north."

A copy of the Open Season documents can be obtained by visiting the Millennium Pipeline website at www.millenniumpipeline.com.  

Millennium Pipeline is a New York-based interstate natural gas pipeline serving the Northeast. Millennium's pipeline runs from Corning, New York to Rockland County, New York. Millennium is jointly owned by affiliates of NiSource Inc., National Grid and DTE Energy.

SOURCE Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C.