Palomar Gas Transmission LLC, a joint venture of TransCanada Corp. and Northwest Natural Gas Co. has filed an application for a certificate to build and operate an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in Oregon, USA. If the certificate application is approved by FERC by the end of 2009, Palomar could begin construction in 2010 with a target in-service date of November 2011. Palomar would be only the second interstate gas transmission pipeline to serve customers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and SW Washington State. The proposed Palomar Gas Transmission is a 217mi, 36in diameter pipeline extending from the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline, a TransCanada-owned pipeline in central Oregon, to a point on the Columbia River NW of Portland. The pipeline as proposed would be capable of transporting up to 1.3 billion cu/ft a day of natural gas. Palomar would provide NW Natural with additional access to the interstate pipeline grid via an interconnect near the town of Molalla SE of Portland. As proposed, Palomar would also connect with facilities of the proposed Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Clatsop County.
