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Faulty wireless meter-reading transponders are the source of a controversy brewing in Utah between Questar Gas and its customers and advocacy groups as the utility attempts to back-bill approximately 500 of its customers nearly $500,000.

Algonquin Gas Transmission has asked FERC to approve a settlement that attempts to resolve a number of natural gas quality and interchangeability issues associated with the transportation of regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) on its pipeline system.

Algonquin Gas Transmission has asked FERC to approve a settlement that attempts to resolve a number of natural gas quality and interchangeability issues associated with the transportation of regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) on its pipeline system.

In the wake of the Sept. 16 fire at the Cheyenne Plains Compressor Station, Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline said it has found itself between a rock and a hard place as it attempts to “satisfy competing and currently incompatible goals.”

Another chapter in California’s growing attempts to harness its abundance of solar energy was written in the wee hours of last Wednesday morning when the state legislature passed a statewide incentive program for solar water heating (AB 1470). The measure will now go to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is expected to sign it, according to the environmental group that helped craft the bill. The final Assembly vote was 43-29.

Another chapter in California’s growing attempts to harness its abundance of solar energy was written in the wee hours Wednesday morning when the state legislature passed a statewide incentive program for solar water heating (AB 1470). The measure will now go to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is expected to sign it, according to the environmental group that helped craft the bill. The final Assembly vote was 43-29.

Shell Exploration and Production Co., which was said to have made earnest attempts to purchase a big stake in the Barnett Shale of Texas, will instead sell its claim, about 50,000 net acres, a spokesperson told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Thursday. The properties, which are being sold so that Shell can focus on other exploration priorities, are expected to fetch around $200 million.

Shell Exploration and Production Co., which was said to have made earnest attempts to purchase a big stake in the Barnett Shale of Texas, will instead sell its claim, about 50,000 net acres, a spokesperson told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Thursday. The properties, which are being sold so that Shell can focus on other exploration priorities, are expected to fetch around $200 million.

Repelled from last week’s attempts to break through the $8 resistance area, June natural gas futures on Monday worked lower for a change, trading within a slim 13-cent range before settling at $7.779, down 15.9 cents from Friday’s close.