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A federal judge in Erie, PA, has refused to overturn a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) ban on surface and groundwater withdrawals in the Allegheny National Forest for oil and gas operations, asserting that laws protecting access to mineral rights are not applicable to water rights.

After FERC Thursday rebuffed challenges to its rule asserting authority over major noninterstate pipelines (intrastates) for the first time, an attorney for a major intrastate pipeline group said the case was likely headed to appellate court.

After FERC Thursday rebuffed challenges to its rule asserting authority over major noninterstate pipelines (intrastates) for the first time, an attorney for a major intrastate pipeline group said the case was likely headed to appellate court.

Asserting that it is seeking to prevent anticompetitive activities, widespread market manipulation and collusion to fix electricity prices, retail electric provider (REP) Utility Choice Electric (UCE) on Thursday said that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court-Houston Division against TXU, American Electric Power (AEP), APX and Reliant, among other defendants.

In closed session, the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday decided it will appeal FERC’s decision asserting “exclusive jurisdiction” over the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal planned for the Port of Long Beach, CA, by Mitsubishi’s U. S.-based subsidiary, Sound Energy Solutions (SES). On a related issue, it was unclear if the CPUC had denied a request for rehearing by SES of the state commission’s order that it submit to state regulation as a “utility” under California law.

In closed session, the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday decided it will appeal FERC’s decision asserting “exclusive jurisdiction” over the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal planned for the Port of Long Beach, CA, by Mitsubishi’s U. S.-based subsidiary, Sound Energy Solutions (SES). On a related issue, it was unclear if the CPUC had denied a request for rehearing by SES of the state commission’s order that it submit to state regulation as a “utility” under California law.

FERC laid down the legal gauntlet for California regulators last Wednesday by asserting “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solutions’ planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.

FERC laid down the legal gauntlet for California regulators Wednesday by asserting “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solutions’ planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.

Asserting that the current landscape for merger-related activity in the utility sector is “kind of barren,” Dominion Resources Inc. CEO Thomas Capps on Friday denied rumors that the Virginia-based power company is in merger talks with another unnamed company.