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The House last week passed by a wide margin a continuing resolution that allows the 27-year-old congressional moratorium on offshore oil and natural gas drilling, as well as a ban on oil shale exploration in the Intermountain West, to expire Tuesday. House Democrats, who waged a lengthy battle against offshore drilling, conceded that the odds of renewing the ban over the opposition of the White House were slim this year. The Senate was expected to follow suit and pass the CR over the weekend.

The House Wednesday passed by a wide margin a continuing resolution that allows the 27-year-old congressional moratorium on offshore oil and natural gas drilling to expire in less than a week. House Democrats, whose mostly formed a united front against offshore drilling, fractured in recent weeks, conceded that the odds of renewing the ban over the opposition of the White House were slim this year.

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has changed course and put his support behind a federal plan to manage oil and natural gas development on the Pinedale Anticline, which allows, among other things, up to 4,000 new wells to be drilled.

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has changed course and put his support behind a federal plan to manage oil and natural gas development on the Pinedale Anticline, which allows, among other things, up to 4,000 new wells to be drilled.

FERC has rejected a request by the American Public Gas Association (APGA) to rehear or reconsider a policy statement that allows oil and natural gas pipelines to use master limited partnerships (MLP) in proxy groups to determine their returns on equity (ROE) for ratemaking purposes.

FERC Friday rejected a request by the American Public Gas Association (APGA) to rehear or reconsider a policy statement that allows oil and natural gas pipelines to use master limited partnerships (MLP) in proxy groups to determine their returns on equity (ROE) for ratemaking purposes.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has adopted a stipulation that allows Duke Energy Ohio (DEO) to increase the rates it charges for natural gas distribution service. It is DEO’s first distribution rate increase since 2001.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has adopted a stipulation that allows Duke Energy Ohio (DEO) to increase the rates it charges for natural gas distribution service. It is DEO’s first distribution rate increase since 2001.

In a major win for interstate pipelines, FERC last Thursday adopted a policy statement that allows the use of master limited partnerships (MLPs) in proxy groups to determine oil and natural gas pipelines’ returns on equity (ROE) for ratemaking purposes. The new policy responds to the decline in publicly traded companies with substantial pipeline assets and the rise in MLPs in the pipe sector.