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A district court judge in Washington, DC has blown a major hole in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of 18 Midwest municipal gas utilities accusing five major natural gas companies of engaging in activities to “control and unlawfully” raise the price of gas in the United States in restraint of trade or commerce.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) last Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

As expected, the changing of the guard in the Alaska governor’s mansion has brought with it a rethinking of plans for a natural gas pipeline to carry production from the state’s gas-rich North Slope to the Lower 48. The state has thrown open the doors to new proposals for monetizing its gas resource, and one project backer is calling the change in approach “a breath of fresh air.”

As expected, the changing of the guard in the Alaska governor’s mansion has brought with it a rethinking of plans for a natural gas pipeline to carry production from the state’s gas-rich North Slope to the Lower 48. The state has thrown open the doors to new proposals for monetizing its gas resource.

A federal district court judge in Maine has dismissed a lawsuit brought by six residents of the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation who were seeking to derail the Quoddy Bay LNG facility proposed for development on tribal land. The judge ruled the residents lacked standing and their claims were not ripe for adjudication.

A federal district court judge in Maine has dismissed a lawsuit brought by six residents of the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation who were seeking to derail the Quoddy Bay LNG facility proposed for development on tribal land. The judge ruled the residents lacked standing and their claims were not ripe for adjudication.

With severe cold already well established in much of the interior West and Western Canada, and cold fronts having brought winter-like chills back into the Midwest and poised to do the same Thursday for the Northeast and South, the cash market rang up double-digit gains across the board Wednesday. An 11.8-cent futures advance the day before gave added support.

Reliant Energy Services Inc. (RES) and CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC) have brought a complaint against Kern River Gas Transmission, claiming the pipeline’s credit requirements for Reliant’s transportation agreements are unreasonable and violate FERC’s 2005 policy statement governing pipe collateral practices.