"The Waterbury Connecticut Republican American Newspaper": "Fill 'er up
Saturday, June 30, 2007
BY DAVID KRECHEVSKY
Copyright © 2007 Republican-American
WATERBURY - Imagine using a Dixie cup to fill a swimming pool.
That's similar to the process that began recently at Yankee Gas Services Co.'s new liquefied natural gas storage facility on Eagle Street.
The $108 million project is nearing completion, but its landmark 150-foot-tall, 158-foot-wide tank is finished. The utility received approval from state regulators June 1 to begin filling the tank, which can hold the equivalent of 1.2 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas, enough to heat 85,000 homes for a month.
Yankee Gas intends to fill the tank with natural gas it'll purchase during the summer when prices are lower to help keep costs low for its 194,000 customers when prices spike during winter months. The facility is expected to be ready this fall for the 2007-08 heating season."
