Administrative

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) has certified an uncontested partial rate settlement that he says could net shippers on Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line millions of dollars in savings.

A group of more than 50 European investors stands to collect a record US$352.6 million, plus administrative costs, from Royal Dutch Shell to settle a class action lawsuit filed over the producer’s alleged overbooking of oil and natural gas reserves over a five-year period. A U.S. settlement is expected in the next few weeks.

A group of more than 50 European investors stands to collect a record US$352.6 million, plus administrative costs, from Royal Dutch Shell to settle a class action lawsuit filed over the producer’s alleged overbooking of oil and natural gas reserves over a five-year period. A U.S. settlement is expected in the next few weeks.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) last Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

Exelon Corp.’s Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) said Wednesday an administrative law judge assigned to review the utility’s proposal to help customers manage increasing electricity costs has endorsed the plan and has recommended full Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approval.

In a favorable decision for Kern River Gas Transmission and interstate natural gas pipelines in general, FERC last Thursday rejected an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) recommendation of a single-digit return on equity (ROE) for the Wyoming-to-California pipeline in favor of one in the double-digit range.

In a favorable decision for Kern River Gas Transmission and interstate natural gas pipelines in general, FERC on Thursday rejected an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) recommendation of a single-digit return on equity (ROE) for the Wyoming-to-California pipeline in favor of one in the double-digit range.

TXU Corp.’s ambitious plans for a build-out of coal-fired generation in Texas stumbled Wednesday when a pair of state administrative law judges (ALJs) recommended denial of an air emissions permit for a 1,600 MW plant in central Texas.