Apology

A Range Resources Corp. executive has released a written apology on the company’s website weeks after he told attendees of a Pennsylvania Bar Institute meeting that the company intentionally avoids siting its well pads next to wealthy neighborhoods where deep-pocketed residents could have the means to challenge development.

If the natural gas industry has its way, Gasland director Josh Fox won’t be “thanking the academy” for an Oscar on Feb. 27.

Under pressure from the general public and state officials, San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) on Monday issued a general apology to its customers and began offering more details on its massive billion-dollar-plus transition to an advanced metering system for its electric and natural gas utility customers. The utility released a 700-page report on its almost four-year-old effort to deploy smart meters for all of its customers.

The chairman of Chesapeake Energy Corp. wants an apology from Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell — but it’s not likely the Republican governor will oblige.

The chairman of Chesapeake Energy Corp. wants an apology from Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell — but it’s not likely the Republican governor will oblige.