Williams intervenes in Terasen Resource Plan & LNG

Williams Gas Pipeline Company
P.O. Box 58900
Salt Lake City, UT 84158-0900
Phone: (801) 584-7094
FAX: (801) 584-7862

October 15, 2004

Mr. Robert J. Pellatt, Commission Secretary
British Columbia Utilities Commission
Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Box 250
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2N3
Via internet: http://www.bcuc.com

Dear Mr. Pellatt:

Re: Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. (“TGVI”), 2004 Resource Plan for Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast and Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for a Liquid Natural Gas (“LNG”) Storage Facility

Pursuant to British Columbia Utilities Commission (“Commission”) Order No. G-83-04, Williams Gas Pipeline Company (“Williams”) files this intervention in the above-referenced proceedings. Williams owns two major interstate natural gas pipeline companies in the United States and has participated in the construction and operation of many interstate natural gas pipelines as well as various other energy-related projects. Williams is a partner in the proposed Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline (“GSX”) providing the engineering, design, operation and management of the proposed GSX project—both in the design and permitting stages of the project as well as the possible construction and operational phases of the GSX project.

Williams possesses knowledge and information relevant to issues relating to the construction, operation, and reliability of natural gas pipelines generally. Williams also possesses specific information about the proposed GSX project that may be viewed as a natural gas pipeline alternative that should be considered in the evaluation of TGVI’s Resource Plan as well as an alternative to the TGVI-proposed LNG production and storage facility to meet the demands of electric power generation and general gas demand growth on Vancouver Island.

Williams also believes that the outcome of the above-referenced proceedings could have a material impact on the proposed GSX project that has already been certificated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the National Energy Board of Canada.

Williams is prepared to provide relevant information to the Commission pertaining to GSX that may be required to facilitate a complete review of TGVI’s Resource Plan and the TGVI-proposed LNG production and storage facility. For these reasons, Williams believes that its intervention is both appropriate and necessary.

Please send all materials, information and correspondence relating to this matter to the undersigned, by fax at (801) 584-7862 or by electronic mail at steven.w.snarr@williams.com. I can also be contacted at (801) 584-7094.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Steven W. Snarr

Steven W. Snarr
Senior Counsel
Williams Gas Pipelines

See also BC Utilities Commission website for the Terasen Resource Plan and LNG storage facility (www.bcuc.com)