Administrative

ALJ Certifies NGPL Section 5 Settlement

Calling it a “delicate compromise of numerous complex and interrelated issues,” a FERC deputy administrative law judge (ALJ) has certified an uncontested settlement that seeks to resolve Section 5 allegations that Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) over-recovered its cost of service.

July 12, 2010

ALJ Certifies Settlement of Section 5 Allegations Against NGPL

Calling it a “delicate compromise of numerous complex and interrelated issues,” a FERC deputy administrative law judge (ALJ) has certified an uncontested settlement that seeks to resolve Section 5 allegations that Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) over-recovered its cost of service.

July 7, 2010

ALJ Certifies Great Lakes Section 5 Settlement

An administrative law judge (ALJ) Thursday certified to FERC an uncontested settlement that would provide customers on Great Lakes Gas Transmission LP pipeline an immediate rate reduction.

June 18, 2010

Wellinghoff Overrides ALJ in ROE Proceeding

FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, acting as Motions Commissioner, last Tuesday overrturned and stayed decisions by an administrative law judge (ALJ) in a Section 5 complaint proceeding involving Northern Natural Gas Co.

May 3, 2010

Wellinghoff Overrides ALJ in ROE Overrecovery Proceeding

FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, acting as Motions Commissioner, Tuesday overrturned and stayed decisions by an administrative law judge (ALJ) in a Section 5 complaint proceeding involving Northern Natural Gas Co.

April 29, 2010

Wellinghoff Overrides ALJ in ROE Overrecovery Proceeding

FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, acting as Motions Commissioner, Tuesday overrturned and stayed decisions by an administrative law judge (ALJ) in a Section 5 complaint proceeding involving Northern Natural Gas Co.

April 29, 2010

Oregon LNG Backers Criticize FERC, State Hearings

Three days of local town hall sessions conducted by a FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) that ended last Thursday in Portland, OR, regarding a proposal to build a third LNG receiving terminal in the state drew strong criticism from the project’s backers, who allege that the process is secretive and undemocratic. Separately, a second LNG terminal proponent filed in the Oregon Court of Appeals against the state Land-Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) for rejecting county approvals of its project.

April 26, 2010

Oregon LNG Backers Cry Foul at FERC Inquiry

Three days of local town hall sessions conducted by a FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) that end Thursday in Portland regarding a proposal to build a third LNG receiving terminal in Oregon drew strong criticism from the project’s backers, who allege that the process is secretive and undemocratic.

April 22, 2010

Oregon LNG Backers Cry Foul at FERC Inquiry

Three days of local town hall sessions conducted by a FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) that end Thursday in Portland regarding a proposal to build a third LNG receiving terminal in Oregon drew strong criticism from the project’s backers, who allege that the process is secretive and undemocratic.

April 22, 2010

ALJ Rules Former Amaranth Trader Manipulated Gas Markets

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) has issued an initial decision finding that former Amaranth natural gas trader Brian Hunter manipulated the gas futures market between February and April 2006, which subsequently took a toll on physical gas contracts over which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has jurisdiction.

February 1, 2010