Associations

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line shippers, industry associations and customer advocate groups have accused Panhandle affiliate Southwest Gas Storage of charging “unjust and unreasonable” rates for jurisdictional storage services, and have called on FERC to act quickly to provide some rate relief.

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line shippers, industry associations and customer advocate groups have accused Panhandle affiliate Southwest Gas Storage of charging “unjust and unreasonable” rates for jurisdictional storage services, and have called on FERC to act quickly to provide some rate relief.

In a letter sent to FERC commissioners last week, top officials with associations representing public power, investor-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives voiced concerns over railroad coal delivery problems and the possibility that those difficulties could have a negative impact on U.S. power grid reliability.

Thirty-eight trade associations, including several key natural gas-related groups, have called on President Bush to satisfy the requirements of legislation that was signed into law a year ago and appoint an administrator for the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

The major natural gas and oil associations, price publishers NGI and Platts, the Intercontinental Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange joined Tuesday in one last plea to Congress — to the conferees on the energy bill — to take note of the progress made over the last three years in voluntary price reporting and not impose a new mandatory system.

Industrial customers, associations and environmental/energy efficiency activists have become unlikely allies to pressure Congress and the Bush administration to take steps to bridge the gap between natural gas supply and demand, promote the construction of new gas pipelines and storage facilities and foster greater conservation and energy efficiency by consumers.

Industrial customers, associations and environmental/energy efficiency activists have become unusual allies in order to press Congress and the Bush administration to take steps to bridge the gap between natural gas supply and demand, promote the construction of new gas pipelines and storage facilities and foster greater conservation and energy efficiency by consumers.

Natural gas trade associations last week were divided over recommendations in a Senate Republican policy paper that call on Congress in the next session to terminate open-access requirements and introduce market pricing for natural gas pipelines and storage facilities, as well as reduce the regulatory confusion between states and the federal government and speed up capital cost recovery of energy investments.

Natural gas trade associations are divided over recommendations in a Senate Republican policy paper that call on Congress in the next session to terminate open-access requirements and introduce market pricing for natural gas pipelines and storage facilities, as well as reduce the regulatory confusion between states and the federal government and speed up capital cost recovery of energy investments.