North Mist Expansion Pipeline

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North Mist Expansion Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Oregon, USA.

Location

The pipeline runs in northern Oregon.

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Project Details

• Operator: Northwest Natural Gas Co
• Owner: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Parent Company: PG&E Corporation
• Current capacity: 120 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 20.9 kilometers / 13 miles
• Diameter: 24-inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2019
• Cost: US$128,000,000

Background

The project includes pipeline construction, a new reservoir and a compressor station.

In October 2016, Northwest Natural Gas Company received Notice to Proceed with the project from Portland General Electric Company. As of November 2018 the target in-service date for the expansion was March 2019.

The project was completed in May 2019, providing no-notice storage to Portland General Electric’s Port Westward plants to balance renewable power on the grid, responding to the peak demand and variability of wind, hydro and solar generation.