A plan by Iroquois Gas Transmission System and Empire Pipeline to reverse the flows of their New York pipelines to allow them to export natural gas to Canada as production from the Marcellus Shale increases has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

摘要

Iroquois' system can receive natural gas from TansCanada Pipelines at the border near Iroquois, Ontario and Waddington, New York and carry it through western Connecticut to the Bronx, New York. The Empire system runs from the US-Canadian border near Chippewa, Ontario, and Grand Island, New York, to an interconnection with Millennium Pipeline near Coming, New York.