Despite lower hydroelectric output and a nuclear plant outage in the US Pacific Northwest, the region is importing less gas from Canada summer over summer even as Alberta production grows and the West Coast prepares for a tight balance later in the season. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Since June 1, exports at Kingsgate to the US Pacific Northwest have reached less than 90%, its lowest utilization since the start of May, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics. Kingsgate has flowed below utilization, leaving 100 to 200 MMcf/d of spare export capacity open, for most of summer, with the export point averaging 166 MMcf/d of spare capacity since the start of May. Tightness in the West Canada gas market this summer may well be contributing to lower volume of exports, but there has been a lack of demand in the Pacific Northwest. […]