Almost all of Coastal States' uses of natural gas were in the second and third priorities, Hence, its plants were certainly subject to brownouts, or natural gas curtailments, The of occurrence and severity of the brownouts depended on a number of complex factors First, Cajan Pipeline was part of an interstate, transmission network that delivered natural gas to residential and commercial buildings on the Atlantic coast and in Northeastern regions of the United States. Hence, the severity of the forthcoming winter in these regions would have a direct impact on the use of natural gas.