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Canada’s storm-prone center of fossil-fuel production readily accepts the theory that the climate is changing, but highly educated Albertans stop far short of accepting the full global warming gospel even when their anonymity is guaranteed. Only about one in three Alberta earth scientists and engineers believe the culprit behind climate change has been identified, a new poll of the professions reported.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has accepted a five-year procurement plan for Intermountain Gas Co. that anticipates load growth averaging 4% annually over the period among its current assortment of 242,000 retail customers.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission late Friday announced it accepted a five-year procurement plan for Intermountain Gas Co. that anticipates load growth averaging 4% annually over the period among its current assortment of 242,000 retail customers.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission late Friday announced it accepted a five-year procurement plan for Intermountain Gas Co. that anticipates load growth averaging 4% annually over the period among its current assortment of 242,000 retail customers.

Idaho regulators accepted a long-range natural gas supply plan for Spokane, WA-based Avista Utilities, but asked the company to report back on how the state of Washington’s rejection of a gas purchase mechanism could impact the utility’s 60,000 gas customers in northern Idaho. At issue is a “benchmark mechanism” established by Avista for gas purchases for its service to three states — Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Idaho regulators Monday accepted a long-range natural gas supply plan for Spokane, WA-based Avista Utilities, but asked the company to report back on how the state of Washington’s rejection of a gas purchase mechanism could impact the utility’s 60,000 gas customers in northern Idaho. At issue is a “benchmark mechanism” established by Avista for gas purchases for its service to three states — Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Over the objections of natural gas producers, marketers and East-of-California shippers, FERC last Wednesday accepted El Paso Natural Gas pipeline’s revised tariff proposal that would allow it to reserve capacity for future expansions.

Over the objections of natural gas producers, marketers and East-of-California shippers, FERC on Wednesday accepted El Paso Natural Gas pipeline’s revised tariff proposal that would allow it to reserve capacity for future expansions.

FERC has accepted and suspended for five months a $40.1 million rate hike on Kern River Gas Transmission subject to the result of a hearing. The Commission said the new cost-of-service rates, which total $347.4 million, will be effective on Nov. 1 and in part on June 1, 2005. It denied Kern’s request for fast-track processing of its application.