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Page 1: Virtual Pipeline Experience - NECPUCnecpuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/James... · UGI Energy Services LNG, energy marketing, power generation and numerous midstream gas assets

Virtual Pipeline ExperienceApplication of LNG Solutions to Expand LDC Service

NECPUC Conference

June 5, 2017

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Founded in 1882, UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) is a Fortune 500 company with over $10 billion in

assets and $7 billion in revenues. We are a distributor and marketer of energy products and

services including natural gas, propane, and electricity.

UGI Corporation

(NYSE: UGI)

Domestic Propane

AmeriGas (NYSE: APU) distributes

propane in 50 states and is the largest US

retail propane marketer

UGIInternational

3 subsidiaries market propane and natural gas in 16 European

countries

UGI Energy Services

LNG, energy marketing, power generation and

numerous midstream gas assets

UGI Utilities

PA’s largest natural gas utility serving over 600,000 gas

customers and 60,000 electric

customers

MLP: UGI is General Partner and owns 24% of LP

~2MM customers

~1.4B gallons/year

Major propane supplier in western and eastern

Europe

~700MM gallons/year

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Natural Gas• ~ 240 Bcf per

year (retail & wholesale)

• > 38,000 customer locations

• 36 LDCs

Power• > 5,000

locations

• 19 EDCs

Peaking & LNG

• Temple LNG liquefaction, storage and vaporization

• 6 Propane Air Plants

Storage• 15 Bcf, North

Central PA

Pipelines

• Auburn I & II

• PennEast

• Sunbury

Generation • Hunlock: 130

MWs combined cycle

• Conemaugh: 102 MWs coal-fired

• Renewable energy: ~ 20 MWs

GenerationMidstreamMarketing

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UGI Energy Services has been marketing energy for over 20 years.

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Through its subsidiary UGI LNG, Inc., UGIES owns and operates the

Temple LNG facility near Reading, PA.

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• Storage Capacity: 15 million gallons of LNG or about 1.25 Bcf

• Liquefaction Capacity: 10,000 Dth/day

• Vaporization Capacity: 205,000 Dth/day (capable of delivering into TETCO)

• Equipped with LNG tanker truck loading capability

• Receives natural gas via Texas Eastern Pipeline (TETCO)

• Regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Owned and operated by UGI LNG, Inc.

• 100% of the capacity is contracted by UGI Energy Services

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• Purpose: Expand LNG capacity to serve Northeast LDCs and Non-Traditional markets

• Scope: 10,000 Dth/day nitrogen cycle with 500,000 gallon cryogenic storage tank

• Status: Target COD: 2nd Quarter 2017 – being commissioned

Supporting LNG Market: Manning Liquefaction Plant

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Traditionally Served Peaking Facilities in Northeast

LDC and non-Utility Customers

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Expanded LNG Customer Base

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“Virtual Pipeline”

Customers

Mining

Locomotive

Marine

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Permanent and Temporary Customer LNG Sites

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Applying Industrial Experience to Isolated Communities

• “Beyond The Mains”

o No access to LDC pipeline network

• Long-standing established

communities

• New housing developments

• Desire for natural gas

o Environmental Sensitivities

• Alternative to fuel oils &

propane

o Economic Considerations

• Fuel pricing expectations

• Housing customer attitude

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UGIES Experience – Isolated Community

• Northcentral PA

o Rural area - low population density

• No access to LDC P/L Network

• New development ~160 homes

• No interest in fuel oil

o Simplified propane storage/delivery

system

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Common Threads: HHP and

LDC Service

Reliable and Reasonably Priced LNG

Supply

Tried and True LNG

Equipment

Versatile Design:

Baseload and Peaking

Applications

Funding Options

Practical and Practiced O&M Programs and

Staff

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UGIES LDC Applications : Portable LNG Facilities

Sustained and Peak Operations

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UGIES LDC Applications – Permanent LNG System

Sustained and Peak Operations

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• Large-scale LNG Storage and

Vaporization Facilities

o 2MM gallon Field-Erected

Storage tank

o 70,000 Dth per day Vaporization

Capacity

o Two Truck Off-Loading Racks

o COD: 4Q 2017

• Sites under development in

MidAtlantic and New England

o Providing traditional peaking

and supporting non-peaking

services

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UGIES Service Offering

Traditional and Non-Traditional Customers

Fuel Supply

• Reserve capacity for FIRM supply service

• Multi-year Terms

• Transparent: Commodity Price & Non-Gas Costs

• Risk Management / Price Hedging Services

Transportation Logistics

• Provide a delivered product

• Lower cost and enhanced reliability/flexibility

• Arrangements with multiple carriers

Technical Know-How

• Experienced process engineers and seasoned

technical staff

• Excellent safety record and safety-focused culture

Infrastructure Development

• LNG System Design

• Land Development and Permitting

• Construction Management

• Operations and Maintenance Oversight

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Thank you for your attention

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www.ugienergyservices.com/lng

www.ugicorp.com