The BHE Pipeline Group consists of Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s interstate natural gas pipeline companies, Kern River Gas Transmission Company and Northern Natural Gas Company. • Kern River’s 1,700-mile system is a direct link between the abundant Rocky Mountain natural gas-producing basins and western markets, including Salt Lake City, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Southern California. • Northern Natural Gas’ 14,700-mile system extends from southwest Texas to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. • Together, Kern River and Northern Natural Gas delivered approximately 7 percent of the natural gas consumed in the U.S.

Northern Natural Gas

In business since 1930, Northern Natural Gas owns the largest interstate natural gas pipeline system in the United States. Northern Natural Gas' pipeline system stretches across 11 states, from Southern Texas to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, providing access to five of the major natural gas supply regions in North America.
The company provides natural gas transportation and storage services to 81 utilities and numerous producers, energy marketing companies and industrial end users. It also provides grid transportation between other interstate and intrastate pipelines, and access to major North American gas supply basins in Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the Mid-Continent and Permian Basins, and major shale gas developments.
Northern provides natural gas transportation and storage services to 81 utilities and numerous producers,energy marketing companies and industrial end users. Provides grid transportation between other interstate and intrastate pipelines, and access to major North American gas supply basins in Canada,
the Rocky Mountains, the MidContinent and Permian Basins, and major shale gas developments.

Northern's system has two distinct rate areas. The Market Area is the portion of Northern's system northof Clifton, Kansas (demarcation point). Northern's Field Area is the portion of Northern's system south of Clifton, Kansas. Northern's pipeline consists of a vast network of transmission facilities that connect to gathering systems in major production basins. We provide cross-haul and grid transportation between
other interstate and intrastate pipelines in the Permian, Anadarko, Hugoton and Midwest areas. Northern's pipeline consists of a vast network of transmission facilities that connect to gathering systems in major production basins and Northern connects to virtually all major interstate and intrastate pipelines in the field area.

Northern delivers supply to geographically dispersed markets located every major Mid-Continent basin, as well as the Rocky Mountain and Western Canadian basins. Northern connects to virtually all major interstate and intrastate pipelines in the field area and this gas is ultimately delivered to end-use
customers located in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It provides cross-haul and grid transportation between other interstate and intrastate pipelines in the Permian, Anadarko, Hugoton and Midwest areas. Northern also operates
three natural gas storage facilities and two liquefied natural gas peaking units. The capacity in these storage facilities is fully contracted and central to meeting customers' peak-day system requirements.


Customer Service

Northern Natural Gas has ranked first in customer satisfaction for every year since 2005 in the major organizational group category of the Mastio & Company Customer Satisfaction Survey. Northern is committed to proactively working with our customers on a commercial basis, discussing issues and defining solutions to achieve agreement that make sense for both customers and Northern.

Kern River Gas Transmission

Kern River Gas Transmission Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, operates an interstate natural gas pipeline extending from the oil and gas producing fields of southwestern Wyoming, through Utah and Nevada, to the San Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield, California.  

Kern River’s system totals approximately 1,700 miles of 36- and 42-inch diameter steel pipe. Kern River utilizes 12 automated compressor stations spread across four states. The compressor units at these stations have a total system compression of approximately 384,220 horsepower. The pipeline currently has a design capacity of 2.17 billion cubic feet per day. 

Kern River's fully automated real-time pipeline is controlled from the gas control center in Salt Lake City. Kern River's gas controllers can monitor what is flowing through the pipeline at the exact time it is flowing. 

Leadership

 Mark A. Hewett, President and CEO, BHE Pipeline Group

 Robert S. Checketts, Vice President, Operations and Engineering

John T. Dushinske, Vice President, Customer Service and Business Development

Laura K. Demman, Vice President, Regulatory and Government Affairs J.

 Gregory Porter, Vice President and General Counsel