Expecting that Florida will use more natural gas to meet increasing demand for electricity, TECO Energy Corp. has created a new pipeline company that could transport large amounts of natural gas to east central Florida. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Florida Gas Transmission Co. is expanding its underground natural gas pipeline network and is holidng an open house in Land O' Lakes tonight to discuss its plans. About 22 miles of the proposed natural gas pipeline expansion could someday stretch through Pasco County. A representative from the Florida Gas Transmission on June 10 briefed Pasco County commissioners on the company's plans. The 36-inch pipeline would stretch from Tallahassee to South Florida, cutting through 25 counties. Pasco County residents are invited to the open house 6-7:30 p.m. tnoight at the Land O' Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O' Lakes Blvd. The Pasco portion primarily would run adjacent to an existing corridor along State Road 52, south through Land O' Lakes to the Hillsborough County line, said Stephen Veatch, the company's senior director for certificates and tariffs. The $2 billion expansion project would serve utility providers such as Florida Power & Light, Seminole Electric Cooperative, the city of Tallahassee and possibly Progress Energy in the future. The expansion is needed to serve growing energy needs and higher demands for natural gas, an environmentally preferable alternative to coal, Veatch said in June. For information about the project, call 1-877-663-9161 or go to www.panhandleenergy .com/fgt/phaseviii ...more

July 8, 2008

Florida Gas Transmission Company wants to run about 10 miles of new natural gas pipeline through Hernando County as part of a massive expansion project to meet burgeoning demand for the resource throughout the state. ...more

June 18, 2008

Plans are to follow existing lines. ...more

June 17, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Progress was achieved during what might have become a bureaucratic nightmare Thursday, when a dozen representatives from several state and federal agencies descended on Archbold Biological Station. Florida Gas Transmission Co. employees and public officials met to discuss a proposed natural gas pipeline that might skirt a property line at the 9,000-acre biological station. The session took place prior to a public scoping meeting designed to hear the concerns of the public, to be held later that night. ...more

June 12, 2008

About 22 miles of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion could someday stretch through Pasco County. ...more

June 11, 2008

Pasco County could soon face a double whammy: a natural gas transmission line on the heels of Progress Energy Florida's plans for more electricity transmission lines through the county. ...more

May 3, 2008