The role the Natural Gas Supply Association “provides is unique,and our members haven’t given us any indication that they areanything but pleased,” said Rebecca McDonald, this year’s chair ofthe organization and the future senior vice president of global gasmarketing for BP-Amoco. McDonald was questioned by NGI aboutpersistent rumors that NGSA, which originally was created topromote the decontrol of natural gas, would be disbanded and itsfunctions rolled into the American Petroleum Institute. McDonaldsaid the two organizations address very different issues, with APIfocusing on upstream oil and gas and NGSA involved mainly indownstream activities. “NGSA has done a good job with a difficulttask.”
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AGA Leader Touts Emerging Energy Technologies
The distributed power movement and alternative energytechnologies got a boost from American Gas Association (AGA)Chairman David Biegler last week in his remarks at the 17thCongress of the World Energy Council (WEC) in Houston.
September 21, 1998
INGAA Proposes Landowner Notices
Attempting to head off proposed federal legislation, theInterstate Natural Gas Association of America has proposed new FERCprocedures requiring pipelines to notify affected landowners aboutnew construction plans on the first business day after filing acertificate application.
September 18, 1998
Biegler Touts Emerging Energy Technologies
The distributed power movement got a boost from American GasAssociation (AGA) Chairman David Biegler this week from remarksmade at the 17th Congress of the World Energy Council (WEC) inHouston. “Distributed power is attractive to consumers, especiallyin facilities like manufacturing plants, laundries and hospitalsthat need both electric power and thermal energy,” said Biegler,CEO of Texas Utilities. “It can cut costs, provide waste heat foron-site use and improve power quality and reliability.” Hepredicted distributed power could provide as much as 50 gigawattsof power by 2015, compared to less than 2 GW today.
September 17, 1998
NGSA Sees 200 Bcf of Demand from NOx Standards
The Natural Gas Supply Association said it expects an additional200 Bcf/year of incremental gas demand growth by 2005 from theEnvironmental Protection Agency’s new more competitive standardsfor NOx emissions from new power generation boilers. EPAAdministrator Carol Browner signed the final rule, Utility BoilerNox New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), last week.
September 9, 1998
Futures Lower in Pre-AGA Trade
The futures market opened stronger Wednesday, and looked poisedto remain range-bound ahead of the weekly American Gas Association(AGA) storage report. But a crowd of sellers came out in theafternoon, sending the September contract down 6.8 cents to $1.917.Estimated volume was 83,479.
August 20, 1998
INGAA Supports OCSLA Oversight in Gulf
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) isexpected to file a comprehensive plan today asking FERC to exertlighter handed regulation over all pipeline facilities in the Gulfof Mexico.
July 16, 1998
Pennsylvania Power Program Draws 1.1 Million
In the first week of enrollment in Pennsylvania’s ElectricChoice Program, 1.1 million electric customers across the statesigned up to participate, the Pennsylvania Electric Associationsaid yesterday.
July 10, 1998
AGA Sees Demand Growing 40% by 2015
The American Gas Association released a study yesterday thatforecasts gas consumption growth of 40% by 2015, fueled by strongindustrial demand growth, the dominance of gas-fired generation innew power plant construction and the popularity of gas in new homeand commercial construction. AGA projects gas will expand its shareof the U.S. energy market to 28% in 2015. Consumption is expectedto rise to 31.9 quadrillion Btus (roughly 31 Tcf) from about 22.9quads in 1997.
July 2, 1998
NGSA Gives Nod to EPA NOx Proposal
The Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) voiced its support forfuel- and generation-neutral nitrogen oxide requirements proposedby the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
June 26, 1998
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