Adoption

On the 10th anniversary of adoption of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s (PG&E) unbundling and opening up of its natural gas transmission pipeline and storage system in what has come to be called its Gas Accord, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last Thursday approved a 31-party settlement creating Gas Accord IV covering 2008 through 2010. Separately, the CPUC also approved the utility’s proposed program for retail gas user rebates this winter as rewards for conserving energy in the height of the space heating season.

On the 10th anniversary of adoption of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s unbundling and opening of its natural gas transmission pipeline and storage system in what has come to be called its Gas Accord, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday approved a 31-party settlement creating Gas Accord IV covering 2008 through 2010.

With the adoption of the 2005 update of California’s Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) slated for next month, the presiding member of the five-member California Energy Commission (CEC), charged with publishing the guidebook for the governor and legislature earlier this month, expressed his frustration with the state’s effort to reshape a coherent, effective energy strategy.

Adoption of a proposal made by Xcel Energy Services (XES) to implement cost-based rates for the Southwestern Public Service Co. (SPS) and Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) control areas does not mean that FERC should scrap a probe examining possible affiliate abuse involving XES and affiliates, Occidental Permian Ltd. and Occidental Power Marketing, L.P. told FERC on Tuesday.

Independent oil and natural gas producers last Thursday championed the Agriculture Department’s adoption of a final rule that they say will open up 58.5 million acres of remote national forest lands to road building, energy exploration and production and other development.

Independent oil and natural gas producers on Thursday championed the Agriculture Department’s adoption of a final rule that they believe would open up 58.5 million acres of remote national forest lands to road building, energy exploration and production and other development.

Senate leadership canned an attempt by Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK) to force a vote on the adoption of energy legislation as amendments to the defense authorization bill. Inhofe had submitted Sen. Frank Murkowski’s energy bill and the House energy legislation (H.R. 4) as prospective amendments to the $340 billion defense spending bill.

Senate leadership canned an attempt by Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK) to force a vote on the adoption of energy legislation as amendments to the defense authorization bill. Inhofe had submitted Sen. Frank Murkowski’s energy bill and the House energy legislation (H.R. 4) as prospective amendments to the $340 billion defense spending bill.

The EIA said its “Short-Term Energy Outlook” will reflect netreductions in projections for energy demand due to the agency’sadoption of the National Oceanographic and AtmosphericAdministration’s (NOAA) weather premises of a three-decade longwarming trend. The report is set to be published Sept. 7.