Attacking

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has a message for the natural gas industry: stop attacking coal. “This is an incredibly dangerous premise to go forward on as a state and as a country,” the governor said Thursday. “Once you go at each other’s throat, nobody wins.”

After attacking the $5 mark for the majority of the afternoon, the October natural gas futures contract finally broke below that psychological support level near the end of the open outcry session, notching a low on the day of $4.955 before settling at $4.965, down 10.9 cents on the day.

FERC Chairman Curt Hebert, a former chairman of the MississippiPublic Service Commission, assured state regulators last week atNARUC’s winter committee meetings in Washington, D.C., that theCommission will focus intently on clearing the backlog of 2,000cases clogging up the corridors at 888 First Street NE. Heattributed the backlog mainly to the Commission’s attention toCalifornia’s energy crisis.

FERC Chairman Curt Hebert, a former chairman of the MississippiPublic Service Commission, assured state regulators yesterday atNARUC’s winter committee meetings in Washington, D.C., that theCommission will focus intently on clearing the backlog of 2,000cases clogging up the corridors at 888 First Street NE. Heattributed the backlog mainly to the Commission’s attention toCalifornia’s energy crisis.