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 Rextag Strategies' 2008 Interstate Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book
System Name (As Filed With FERC): Kern River Gas Transmission Company
FERC Code: 099
Also Known As: Kern River
This article is based on information as presented in the new 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book published by Rextag Strategies. This information is publicized as a courtesy by Rextag Strategies as presented at Rextag Strategies.
If you would like to learn more about the Kern River Pipeline System and wish to see a complete map of this pipeline system, you can purchase the 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book here. With more than fifty pipeline systems mapped in full color, the 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book is a unique guide to the U.S. Natural Gas Interstate Pipeline Systems. In addition to the map, the 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book includes details on major receipt and delivery points, gas flows, throughputs, pipeline’s customers, contracts, rates and fuels, and much more. The Rextag Strategies 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book supplements you with information by including information on major gas storage fields, LNG Terminals and natural gas pipeline systems in different regions of the United States.
The Kern River Pipeline System is one of the larges interstate pipelines in the United States. As such, it is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The Kern River Pipeline System is owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and operated by Kern River Gas Transmission Company. The Kern River Pipeline has a system capacity of 1.7 MDth. There are 11 compressors along the 1,680 Miles of pipeline the Kern River Pipeline System.
Tariff's Preliminary Statement
Kern River Gas Transmission Company, hereinafter referred to as "Transporter," is a "natural gas company" as defined by the Natural Gas Act (52 Stat. 821, 15 U.S.C. Sections 717-717w) and, as such, is subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, hereinafter referred to as the "FERC." Transporter is engaged in the business of transporting natural gas in interstate commerce.Transporter owns and operates a natural gas transmission system, which extends from the Overthrust area of Southwestern Wyoming at an interconnection with the facilities of Northwest Pipeline Corporation near Opal, Wyoming, through the states of Utah and Nevada to points of termination in Kern County near Bakersfield, California.
The Kern River Pipeline System operates in the United States in different states as follows:
From Wyoming Through Nevada
Through Utah To California
In 2008 the Kern River Pipeline System receives gas from various interconnections and receipt points in the states of Wyoming and Utah, those points include Opal Gas Plant, Pioneer-Jonah, and Qestar Pipeline.
Some of the largest delivery points for Kern River in 2008 include Mojave-Daggett and Nevada Power-Moapa, located primarily in the states of California and Nevada.
The top gas transportation customers for the Kern River Pipeline System are Dpt. Of Water & Power - City of LA with a total transport of 113.0 Mdth/d and PacifiCorp with a total transport of 91.0 Mdth/d.
The Kern River Pipeline System does not offer storage services. For information on natural gas pipelines that do offer storage services you can consult the Rextag Strategies 2008 Interstate Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book.
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