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Acknowledging that the energy policy recommendations he released last week are aimed more at federal than state jurisdictions, California’s Attorney General Bill Lockyer Thursday told a state Senate energy committee that he is prepared to continue the legal fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to change what he characterized as “antiquated” federal energy statutes and inadequate FERC enforcement.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is urging FERC to reject a recently announced settlement between Dynegy Inc. and FERC staff aimed at resolving charges that Dynegy tried to manipulate California’s electricity markets in 2000-2001.

Joining the ever-growing list of proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals aimed at serving U.S. markets, BP threw its hat into the crowded ring Thursday, announcing a planned terminal for southern New Jersey.

Joining the ever-growing list of proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals aimed at serving U.S. markets, BP threw its hat into the crowded ring Thursday, announcing a planned terminal for southern New Jersey.

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) last week initiated a rulemaking procedure aimed at reforming the state’s bid rule for new generation projects. The rule has come under fire from power suppliers who view the current bidding process as heavily stacked in favor of investor-owned utilities (IOUs).

While El Paso Corp. aimed its complaint at Congress over a FERC law judge decision that it failed to fill its pipeline during the western energy crisis, the pipeline industry association advised FERC it was concerned that the decision, if ratified, could cause other pipelines to operate in an unsafe manner.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. has announced the start of a two-month long open season to bid for about 300 MMcfd/ of space on a proposed new line, the Kinder Morgan West Texas Pipeline (KMWTP), designed to provide natural gas producers in the Permian Basin with additional firm transportation outlets west and to the growing Mexican market, and provide shippers in the El Paso, Texas area with an alternative competitive pipeline.

The San Diego attorney spearheading a high-profile class action lawsuit aimed at Dynegy and four other merchant generators selling in California’s wholesale power market Tuesday told the San Diego Union-Tribune in a news report that the state’s energy consumers would be better served by Enron Corp. going into bankruptcy rather than being rescued in a merger.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced several new projects aimed at expanding future approaches for storing natural gas, improving gas transportation and pipeline reliability and integrity.