With their backs to the wall, the three main North Slope producers are not likely to withhold their vast reserves of Alaskan gas from a pipeline going south to market because they could be accused of antitrust behavior, and it would work against the interest of their shareholders to pass up the opportunity to monetize stranded gas, an executive of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. told Alaska legislators Thursday.
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Governor Backs Alaska Taking Ownership Position in Gas Pipeline
Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski told a legislative committee that he supports the state taking an equity position in the construction of a massive natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48 states. He also said Alaska’s three natural gas producers back the state having an equity stake in the line.
October 25, 2004
Governor Backs Alaska Taking Ownership Position in Gas Pipeline
Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski told a legislative committee last week that he supports the state taking an equity position in the construction of a massive natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48 states.
October 19, 2004
TX Railroad Commissioner Backs Expanded Tax Credits for State’s Energy Industry
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams is pushing for legislation to give an investment tax credit to oil and gas operators that drill exploratory wells in the state. Williams, speaking to the Texas Energy Planning Council last week, said the credit would accelerate exploratory drilling and combat the state’s production decline rates.
September 1, 2004
DOT Says GTI Surcharge Needed to Maintain Integrity of Gas Pipe System
The Department of Transportation (DOT) said it backs a proposal to continue a government-mandated surcharge to fund a $48 million natural gas industry research and development budget for Gas Technology Institute (GTI), citing the need for the development of new technologies to assure the integrity of the interstate gas pipeline system.
August 9, 2004
DOT Says GTI Surcharge Needed to Maintain Integrity of Gas Pipe System
The Department of Transportation (DOT) said it backs a proposal to continue a government-mandated surcharge to fund a $48 million natural gas industry research and development budget for Gas Technology Institute (GTI), citing the need for the development of new technologies to assure the integrity of the interstate gas pipeline system.
August 5, 2004
IPAA Backs Bush Plan to Overturn Roadless Ban
A group of independent natural gas and oil producers gave high marks last week to the Bush administration for its plan to overturn a Clinton ban on road building in the national forests, which had placed more than 58 million acres of national forest lands off-limits to energy exploration and production, logging and other activities.
July 19, 2004
IPAA Backs Bush Plan to Overturn Roadless Ban
A group of independent natural gas and oil producers gave high marks to the Bush administration for its plan to overturn a Clinton ban on road building in the national forests, which had placed more than 58 million acres of forest lands off-limits to energy exploration and production, logging and other activities.
July 14, 2004
FTC Backs FERC’s Market Power Test, But Calls For Better Screening
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) attorney told FERC last Wednesday that there was no need for the agency to redo its four-pronged test for assessing market power, but he recommended that it update the screens or the thresholds that correspond to each prong in the analysis. Notably, he said the Commission should consider adopting rebuttable presumption screens for each prong.
June 14, 2004
Florida PSC Backs FP&L Power Plant Expansion Proposal
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday unanimously approved Florida Power & Light Co.’s (FP&L) proposed Turkey Point power plant expansion plan as the best, most cost-effective project to meet customer needs for electricity beginning in 2007.
June 7, 2004
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