Advocates

Clean fuel advocates in the utility and merchant energy sectors Tuesday lauded California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing a new law to help implement the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (AB 118), authored by his political ally in the state legislature, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.

The independent consumer unit at the California Public Utilities Commission, the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), July 5 released a recommendation to slash by $180 million the retail rates of Sempra Energy’s two California utilities, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E). An administrative law judge will later make a separate recommendation in the case.

The independent consumer unit at the California Public Utilities Commission, the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), Thursday released a recommendation to slash by $180 million the retail rates of Sempra Energy’s two California utilities, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E). An administrative law judge will later make a separate recommendation in the case.

House advocates of natural gas drilling plan to introduce legislation soon that would remove the congressional ban on gas exploration and drilling in much of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

House advocates of natural gas drilling plan to introduce legislation soon that would remove the congressional ban on gas exploration and drilling in much of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Back in 2003, wind power advocates maintained that if more turbines were planted on U.S. soil, fewer liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals would need to be sited on U.S. shores. An additional 100,000 MW of wind power in the next decade could supplant the need for LNG imports, wind backers said.

Although Virginia Gov. Mark Warner has vetoed a bill that advocates lifting the ban on natural gas exploration and production (E&P) off the state’s coastline, the debate on the issue is far from over, industry sources say.

Virginia’s Senate on Thursday passed an amended bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

A coalition of 23 environmental groups last Monday called on Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to veto a bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.