The Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas is showing a lot of promise for natural gas producers. Now, two advocacy groups hope that promise translates into more dollars for Arkansas residents.
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Fayetteville Shale Cited by Advocacy Groups in Calls for Tax Hike
The Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas is showing a lot of promise for natural gas producers. Now, two advocacy groups hope that promise translates into more dollars for Arkansas residents.
Groups Urge FERC to Deny Hackberry Exemption for Cove Point LNG Expansion
A consumer advocacy group and environmental organization last Monday urged FERC to deny a request by Dominion Cove Point LNG to exempt a 800 MMcf/d sendout capacity expansion of the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in eastern Maryland from the agency’s open-season and cost-of-service regulations.
Groups Urge FERC to Deny Hackberry Exemption for Cove Point LNG Expansion
A consumer advocacy group and environmental organization on Monday urged FERC to deny a request by Dominion Cove Point LNG to exempt a 800 MMcf/d sendout capacity expansion of the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in eastern Maryland from the agency’s open-season and cost-of-service regulations.
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The Bellingham, WA-based Pipeline Safety Trust Wednesday named Carl Weimer, a local leader in an environmental advocacy group, as its first executive director. The organization was founded and funded in the aftermath of a petroleum pipeline explosion in 1999 in the state that claimed three lives and drew court-ordered criminal fines of $4 million to establish an endowment. The group was one of the driving forces behind the “SAFE Bellingham” program formed as a result of the 1999 pipeline explosion. The chief executive of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the state’s pipeline safety agency, Carole Washburn, praised Weimer as an “excellent choice” to head the pipeline safety unit, noting that he has “fostered a good partnership” between the state regulatory commission and SAFE Bellingham. He understands both the rules and the stakeholders’ interests, Washburn said. The Trust was formed from the efforts of SAFE Bellingham and the families of two of the 1999 explosion’s victims, advocating better pipeline oversight and accident prevention programs.
FERC Denies Stay of FGT Compressor Construction
FERC has dismissed a plea by a Florida citizens advocacy group to stay Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) construction of a new compressor station as part of the pipeline’s Phase V expansion project in the state.
Public Citizen: Enron Used Political Connections
A report by Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, has charged that Enron Corp. used its political connections to its advantage in the electric deregulation battle and was “completely dependent on the removal of government oversight.”
Nader Group Targets Enron’s Politics
A report by Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, charges that Enron Corp. used its political connections to its advantage in the electric deregulation battle and was “completely dependent on the removal of government oversight.” Meanwhile, in an interview with the news media, former CEO Jeffrey Skilling said that his resignation last August had nothing to do with a belief that the company was failing. He also said the past few months have been the worst of his life.
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NiSource Inc., headquartered in Merrillville, IN, is expanding its Washington, D.C. presence to enhance the company’s advocacy efforts on federal government issues, and beginning June 4, Rebecca T. Sczudlo will be the company’s vice president of federal government affairs. Sczudlo has 20 years experience in government affairs and communications, including seven years as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She also has worked for Shell Oil Co. as a government affairs representative. She will report to NiSource CEO Gary Neale on policy matters and to Ramon Arredondo, assistant to Neale, administratively.
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NiSource Inc., headquartered in Merrillville, IN, is expanding its Washington, D.C. presence to enhance the company’s advocacy efforts on federal government issues, and beginning June 4, Rebecca T. Sczudlo will be the company’s vice president of federal government affairs. Sczudlo has 20 years experience in government affairs and communications, including seven years as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She also has worked for Shell Oil Co. as a government affairs representative. She will report to NiSource CEO Gary Neale on policy matters and to Ramon Arredondo, assistant to Neale, administratively.