Morgan Evans

Chesapeake Utilities Corp. has agreed to pay $923 million in cash to acquire NextEra Energy Inc. subsidiary Florida City Gas (FCG), which, once complete, is expected to more than double Chesapeake’s natural gas business in the state.  FCG, a subsidiary of NextEra’s Florida Power & Light Co., owns and operates about 3,800 miles of distribution…

Washington state officials have removed a mandate that would have banned natural gas heat pumps in new residential construction, but rules restricting the fuel’s use for other appliances are slated to go into effect next year. After delaying rules that would have required electric heat pumps to be used in new residential and commercial buildings…

Heating with natural gas could cost U.S. residential customers less than last year and may be more affordable than other heating fuels, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA).  NEADA, an organization led by state directors from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, said in a report that while heating costs…

Enbridge Inc.’s East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC (ETNG) is proposing to build a 122-mile natural gas pipeline that could add 300,000 Dth/d of firm transportation capacity to support Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) long-range plan to reduce its coal fleet.  FERC issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for ETNG’s Ridgeline…

Columbia Gas Transmission LLC (TCO) and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) have received tentative approval from FERC for proposed natural gas pipeline expansions in southeastern Virginia.  In the final environmental impact statement (EIS), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said the two projects have potential adverse environmental impacts. However, none of them are  considered…

Winter Storm Elliott, which slammed the East Coast in late 2022, made it “abundantly clear” that major improvements have to be made to the natural gas and electric grid systems, FERC Chair Willie Phillips said Thursday. Speaking during a regular Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting, Phillips said improvements must be made to the grid to…

North American utility customers are less likely to pay into carbon offset programs using renewable natural gas (RNG) or differentiated gas when prices are high, according to several industry executives.  Many U.S. natural gas utilities have programs that allow customers to choose whether to pay an added fee for carbon offsets, including for RNG and…

Natural gas storage, the backbone of U.S. energy security, has seen issues arise as pipeline operators deal with outages and price volatility, according to industry experts. The North American gas pipeline system has been dealing with more force majeures and maintenance events, energy industry professionals said this week in Chicago at the LDC Gas Forums…

The latest Wyoming oil and natural gas lease sale garnered $13.2 million for more than 35,700 acres in the Powder River and Green River basins, and at least two more quarterly lease sales are planned.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offered 81 parcels in the quarterly sale, with 53 sold. The highest bid per…