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FERC Monday dismissed a complaint accusing El Paso Corp.’s Southern Natural Gas of acting improperly in awarding capacity during an open season that closed in August.

Shippers have withdrawn their complaint accusing Columbia Gas Transmission of unilaterally trying to implement a new and revised master list of interconnection (MLI) points, a move that shippers said would have seriously impaired their ability to schedule primary firm transportation on Columbia’s system.

The PJM Interconnection has filed a complaint with FERC accusing seven private investment funds and New York-based Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) and affiliate Tower Research Capital Investments LLC (TRCI) of manipulating the financial transmission rights (FTR) market and day-ahead energy market of the regional transmission system, thus distorting energy prices and payments to FTR holders.

Two Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) shippers have renewed their request for FERC to take swift action on a complaint accusing Northern Natural Gas of restricting access to receipt point capacity at an interconnection between the REX and Northern Natural systems.

Two Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) shippers have renewed their request for FERC to take swift action on a complaint accusing Northern Natural Gas of restricting access to receipt point capacity at an interconnection between the REX and Northern Natural systems.

The Connecticut governor was operating with some bad data when she issued a press release Thursday accusing the natural gas industry of attempting to drive up prices by cutting off production needed to fill storage. Gov. M. Jodi Rell based her price manipulation accusation on the proposition that the natural gas storage for winter is lagging, when in fact it is nearly full, topping out above 3 Tcf in the last few weeks — a month and a half before the official start of the winter season.

The Connecticut governor was operating with some bad data when she issued a press release Thursday accusing the natural gas industry of attempting to drive up prices by cutting off production needed to fill storage. Gov. M. Jodi Rell based her price manipulation accusation on the proposition that the natural gas storage for winter is lagging, when in fact it is nearly full, topping out above 3 Tcf in the last few weeks — a month and a half before the official start of the winter season.

A district court judge in Washington, DC has blown a major hole in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of 18 Midwest municipal gas utilities accusing five major natural gas companies of engaging in activities to “control and unlawfully” raise the price of gas in the United States in restraint of trade or commerce.

A district court judge in Washington, DC has blown a major hole in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of 18 Midwest municipal gas utilities accusing five major natural gas companies of engaging in activities to “control and unlawfully” raise the price of gas in the United States in restraint of trade or commerce.