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FERC has approved Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s request to amend its certificate to build an expansion that would create 165 MMcf/d of new firm transportation capacity to serve markets in the greater Washington, DC, and Baltimore metropolitan areas.

The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) Tuesday called on Congress to amend provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) that allow for the categorical exclusion of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews for certain oil and natural gas drilling in wildlife corridors and crucial wildlife habitat on federal lands.

FERC has approved Golden Pass Pipeline LP’s request to amend — for a second time — its certificate to build a pipeline in East Texas that will transport regasified natural gas from the Golden Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal now under construction in the southeastern part of the state.

Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline LP is seeking to amend its certificate approving the construction of its 117-mile main pipe system so it can build a small extension to accommodate a request of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) customer for flexibility.

A draft order released Thursday by FERC would amend Commission regulations to extend to five years from three the records retention requirement applicable to all transactions that fall under FERC’s market-based rate authorizations for power and natural gas. The decision completes the Commission’s recent modifications to its energy market behavior rules.

A shareholder lawsuit originally filed last year against Dynegy Inc. was amended on Friday to include more plaintiffs in a complaint that alleges the company hid an $850 million loan from Citicorp through an off-balance sheet transaction in 2000 to preserve its credit rating. The lawsuit is led by the University of California, which has lost millions on its Dynegy investments.

The Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO), pointing to gaps in gas price reporting during the March bidweek, has urged energy buyers and sellers to continue to submit data on transactions to “index developers” during the transition time until its complex and detailed new rules can be put in place. At the same time, another group, the Process Gas Consumers (PGC) representing end users whose processes require the use of natural gas, has advised FERC Chairman Pat Wood it is “strongly” opposed to the federal government taking a hand in the price reporting process for natural gas.

Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco) filed to amend a previously granted FERC certificate for its $189 million Momentum expansion project. The pipeline wants to phase in and reduce the size of the expansion due to changes in the needs of two power generation customers in the Southeast.

Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco) filed to amend a previously granted FERC certificate for its $189 million Momentum expansion project. The pipeline wants to phase in and reduce the size of the expansion due to changes in the needs of two power generation customers in the Southeast.