The open season will commence at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 22, 2009, and end at 3 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 12, 2009.

The firm transportation service through the Calais Pipeline Project will be performed under Rate Schedule FTS to Calais Pipeline's pro forma FERC Gas Tariff, which will be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and will be consistent with the open-access requirements of Part 284 of FERC's regulations.

Shippers taking firm service on the Calais Pipeline Project will pay a monthly reservation rate under Calais Pipeline's Rate Schedule FTS, which shall equal the maximum recourse rate approved by FERC for service under Rate Schedule FTS. All applicable surcharges, commodity charges, electric power charges and fuel retention, if any, under Rate Schedule FTS associated with the Calais Pipeline Project, as amended from time to time, will also apply.

Shippers wishing to subscribe to the firm transportation capacity through the Calais Pipeline Project must provide to Calais Pipeline by the close of this open season, as stated above, a completed Transportation Service Request form and evidence to demonstrate creditworthiness. Bid packages are available at www.calaislng.com/openseason Questions regarding this open season announcement can be directed to Carl Myers at (610) 568-1357. Completed Requests should either be faxed to (207) 454-3002 or emailed to cmyers@calaislng.com.

The Calais Pipeline is the planned interconnection between the proposed Calais LNG terminal in Calais, Maine and the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline in Princeton, Maine. The proposed Calais LNG terminal is a Liquefied Natural Gas receiving terminal and storage facility on a 330-acre site located roughly seven miles south of downtown Calais along the St. Croix River. The Project will be constructed pursuant to authorizations under Sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA).