FACT SHEET - Pacific Connector 2-8-06.pdf

FACT SHEET
Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline
February 8, 2006

• The Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline
(Pacific Connector) is being jointly
developed by Williams’ Northwest
Pipeline (Williams’ Northwest), Pacific
Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), and
Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (Fort
Chicago) with each party holding a one-
third interest.
• The Pacific Connector is a proposed 250-
mile natural gas transmission line that
would connect the proposed Jordan Cove
LNG terminal being developed by Fort
Chicago near Coos Bay, Oregon, to the
Williams’ Northwest pipeline system
near Roseburg, Oregon, and to PG&E’s
backbone gas transmission system near
Malin, Oregon. Other interconnects such
as with Tuscarora Pipeline (to serve
northern Nevada markets) are being
considered.
• The Pacific Connector would be capable
of delivering 1 billion cubic feet of
natural gas per day to West Coast natural
gas markets.
• Preliminary route analysis is underway, and the estimated cost of the project will be
communicated once the project route has been selected.
• The Pacific Connector will be regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Environmental reviews and public participation will be part of the FERC pre-filing process that is
scheduled to start in April 2006. The full application is scheduled to be submitted to FERC in
January 2007. Operation of the pipeline is anticipated in 2010.
• The Pacific Connector will be operated by Williams’ Northwest.
• In connection with the Jordan Cove LNG terminal, the Pacific Connector is designed to open
West Coast natural gas markets to new diverse worldwide natural gas supply sources. Upon
completion, the project will provide competitive and reliable alternatives to existing supplies from
Canadian, Southwest and Rocky Mountain sources that are increasingly being sought after for
supply of eastern U.S. markets.