Alleging

A class action lawsuit alleging that KN Energy Inc., now KinderMorgan Inc., violated federal securities laws, committed fraud andmisrepresented itself has been filed in U.S. District Court for theDistrict of Colorado by a Denver law firm. Dyer & Shuman LLPsaid it had filed the lawsuit on March 8 on “behalf of persons whopurchased or otherwise acquired the shares of KN EnergyInc…between March 19, 1997 and March 9, 1999.”

A class action lawsuit alleging that KN Energy Inc., now KinderMorgan Inc., violated federal securities laws, committed fraud andmisrepresented itself has been filed in U.S. District Court for theDistrict of Colorado by a Denver law firm. Dyer & Shuman LLPsaid it had filed the lawsuit on March 8 on “behalf of persons whopurchased or otherwise acquired the shares of KN EnergyInc…between March 19, 1997 and March 9, 1999.” Kinder Morgan hadno comment on the lawsuit.

Alleging the law that created the framework for a deregulatedelectric market in Nevada will be detrimental and unfair to theirstockholders and their customers, Nevada Power and Sierra PacificPower filed in federal court last week to have the law declaredunconstitutional.

Alleging the law that created the framework for a deregulatedelectric market in Nevada will be detrimental and unfair to theirstockholders and their customers, Nevada Power and Sierra PacificPower filed in federal court yesterday to have the law declaredunconstitutional.

Enron Americas LNG Co. has withdrawn its protest alleging that Southern LNG Inc. showed preferential treatment when it awarded the entire capacity of its facility on Elba Island in Georgia, which it is seeking to reactivate, to its marketing affiliate. Since filing the protest in August, the two companies “have negotiated a commercial resolution regarding the future use of the Elba Island Terminal.” Enron LNG said it now supports Southern LNG’s bid for a preliminary determination by Dec. 31 and final approval in the first quarter of 2000 to upgrade and reactivate the mothballed terminalling facility. (See Daily GPI, Aug. 19).

Another class action suit was filed against Triton Energy onbehalf of shareholders alleging the company misrepresented thevalue of its assets and prospects for the company. The most recentsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District ofTexas on behalf of those who acquired common stock on or betweenMarch 30 and July 17, says statements by the company and certainexecutives drove its stock price up during the class period.

The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) issued a complaint and offerof settlement to Mitchell Energy & Development alleging pasttechnical violations of drilling and completion rules. Thecomplaint involves 112 wells, all of which were drilled more than35 years ago. The TRC said the actual depth of the surface casingset in each well was shorter than the depth required by andreported to the commission. Mitchell said there is no evidence ofpollution from the wells.