David Bradley joined the staff of NGI in June, 2007 following eight years of news reporting for Northern Virginia newspapers and more than a dozen years in the telecommunications industry. He received his bachelor's degree in Communications and English from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA., and his master's degree in Information Management from Marymount University in Arlington, VA. David retired in August 2020.
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NatGas Part of Maine Governor’s Push for Lower Energy Prices
Maine Gov. Paul LePage is urging legislators to tackle the state’s energy challenges, with an emphasis on lowering residential heating bills, and natural gas, which has found Maine a hard market to crack.
Forecasters Warn of Another Polar Vortex Freeze-Out
When the polar vortex first arrived earlier this month, it drove record natural gas demand, prompted constraints on pipelines into New England and hampered delivery of other fuels, and now forecasters say the arctic cyclone could make a return appearance before the end of January.
NatGas Among Fuels ‘Stressed’ During Polar Vortex, But Power Remained Reliable
The recent polar vortex cold snap strained the nation’s natural gas pipeline systems, but they performed relatively well, and it is unclear how much electricity was not able to be produced due to any lack of available gas, according to a preliminary review presented during FERC’s regular monthly meeting Thursday in Washington, DC.
Industry Brief
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. to abandon capacity it leased on Dominion Transmission Inc.’s system between Ellisburg and Leidy, PA, and granted Dominion authorization to reacquire the capacity [CP13-545-000]. FERC first authorized Tennessee to lease up to 150,000 Dth/d on the Dominion system in 2002. The lease agreement was designed, in part, to facilitate the movement of gas from upstream supply points at Niagara and Dracut, MA, and from the Gulf Coast to new markets at Leidy, which is in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. FERC made the abandonment authorization retroactive to Sept. 30, 2013, as had been called for in both the original lease agreement and the application for authorization to abandon capacity, both of which were filed jointly by Dominion and Tennessee. The companies said no customer would lose service by Tennessee’s abandonment of the leased capacity.
Fed’s Commodity Markets Proposal a ‘Timid Step,’ Senator Says
One day after the Federal Reserve System (Fed) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) seeking comment on how to limit risk involved in the physical commodity activity of financial holding companies, members of a Senate Banking subcommittee voiced skepticism about the effort and its timing.
GAO Oil/Gas Royalty Report ‘Misses the Elephant in the Room,’ Analysts Contend
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that concluded the Interior Department has allowed onshore royalty rates to remain stagnant in recent years “misses the elephant in the room on Interior’s oil & gas fiscal system,” according to the Institute for Energy Research (IER).
Production from Shale Plays Will Continue Edging Higher in February, EIA Says
Natural gas and oil production from wells in six domestic shale plays/basins will continue to edge higher in February, buoyed in large part by the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Bakken, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Industry Brief
Last week’s polar vortex led to record sendouts for Piedmont Natural Gas, which provides natural gas to one million residential, commercial, industrial and power generation utility customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Piedmont’s 2.41 million Dth sendout on Jan. 7 exceeded by 30% the company’s previous winter season single-day record sendout of 1.86 million Dth set on Dec. 13, 2010. Cold that clamped down on much of the country last Tuesday also prompted constraints on pipelines into New England and throughput at a central Alabama gas utility was running at 10-year record levels (see Daily GPI, Jan. 7). Piedmont said that six of its top eight single-day sendouts ever have occurred since Nov. 13, 2013.
Natural Gas Hot Topic in West Virginia Legislature
More than a dozen bills related to natural gas and drilling practices were introduced in the first hours of the West Virginia Legislature’s 2014 session, which convened in Charleston Wednesday.
Senate Energy, Commerce Chairmen Demand Oil Transport Investigation
A recent series of explosions and accidents involving crude oil trains “demands an investigation and review of our current safety practices and regulations,” said a pair of powerful U.S. Senators. Thursday the pair called on the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Energy (DOE) “to quickly resolve issues with the transportation of crude oil.”