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Florida’s 11 electric utilities plan to add a net summer capacity of 10,225 MW over the next 10 years, approximately 4,000 MW less than they had planned on adding just a year ago, and they will depend more than ever on natural gas, according to 10-year site plans the utilities have filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC).

Adding to the week’s already strong run, cash points took the streak of unanimous gains to four on Thursday as physical gas prices for Friday gas delivery continued to close the gap with futures prices.

Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Dan Boren (D-OK) are laying the groundwork for a bipartisan Congressional Natural Gas Caucus, adding to recent activity aimed at making sure natural gas does not lose out in climate change legislation.

Freeport LNG has applied at FERC to construct and operate a natural gas liquids (NGL) extraction system at the Quintana Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Texas. Adding the capability to extract NGLs would broaden the terminal’s options among global LNG supplies and improve the pipeline-readiness of regasified LNG, Freeport LNG said.

El Paso Corp. has taken on private equity fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) as a joint venture (JV) partner for its Ruby Pipeline Project, adding more assurance the 675-mile, 42-inch pipeline to move natural gas supplies from Opal, WY, to Malin, OR, will be completed.

More local and state governments and businesses are adding natural gas vehicles (NGV) to their fleets, thanks to financial incentives adopted by municipal planning or air quality agencies, according to a study conducted by Emisstar LLC and commissioned by NGV America, which promotes vehicles powered by natural gas or hydrogen.

More local and state governments and businesses are adding natural gas vehicles (NGV) to their fleets, thanks to financial incentives adopted by municipal planning or air quality agencies, according to a study conducted by Emisstar LLC and commissioned by NGV America, which promotes vehicles powered by natural gas or hydrogen.

The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season seems likely to be milder than last year’s, with Andover, MA-based WSI Corp. on Tuesday adding its name to the list of forecasters predicting “relatively quiet” storm numbers.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision last month to delay completion of a review of the new five-year (2010-2015) leasing program had the same effect as reinstating the moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling in the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), a high-ranking Republican told a House panel last Wednesday.