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FERC on Wednesday voted to retain its existing policy on selective discounting for natural gas interstate pipelines, allowing them to offer discounts to customers to compete effectively with other gas pipelines.

Questar Corp. said two of its subsidiaries have reached agreements with the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation allowing the company to conduct gas exploration and production (E&P) on tribal lands in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah and to construct gas gathering and processing infrastructure to serve the area.

FERC last Wednesday adopted a policy statement allowing regulated energy companies, such as interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities, that are partnerships to reflect actual or potential income tax liability in their cost-of-service rates.

FERC on Wednesday adopted a policy statement allowing regulated energy companies, such as interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities, that are partnerships to reflect actual or potential income tax liability in their cost-of-service rates.

Elizabethtown Gas, a unit of AGL Resources Inc., last week petitioned New Jersey regulators to establish a Pipeline Replacement Program (PRP) Recovery Rider allowing it to collect costs from customers for the accelerated replacement of about 88 miles of elevated pressure 8- to 12-inch cast iron main on its distribution system.

Elizabethtown Gas, a unit of AGL Resources Inc., on Tuesday petitioned New Jersey regulators to establish a Pipeline Replacement Program (PRP) Recovery Rider allowing it to collect costs from customers for the accelerated replacement of about 88 miles of elevated pressure 8- to 12-inch cast iron main on its distribution system.

The idea of allowing regional transmission organizations (RTOs) to also serve as regional reliability entities that would be formed under pending comprehensive energy legislation on Capitol Hill drew several negative reviews from power industry participants at a gathering in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

A new rule for oil and gas production in federal offshore waters now provides rights-of-use and easement, allowing companies easier access to areas adjacent to their leases, according to the Minerals Management Service (MMS).

A bankruptcy court judge last week approved a motion filed by bankrupt NRG Power Marketing allowing it to reject a power contract previously entered into with Edison Mission Marketing & Trading Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Edison International.