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Recent six- to 10-day temperature outlooks by the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) have been off by a mile, and CPC Senior Forecaster Ed O’Lenic admits the atmospheric situation currently is the “kind that forecasters dread.”

Tucked away in the corner of the spacious and empty Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center earlier this month, a joint federal-local port hearing on Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal drew many community stakeholders, but only three independent citizens, none of whom objected to accelerated preliminary environmental review.

Tucked away in the corner of the spacious and empty Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center last Thursday night a joint federal-local port hearing on Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal drew many community stakeholders, but only three independent citizens, none of whom objected to accelerated preliminary environmental review.

The controversy over how to define natural gas gathering in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is likely to ratchet up a few notches at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and in the courts in the months ahead.

The controversy over how to define natural gas gathering in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is likely to ratchet up a few notches at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and in the courts in the months ahead.

What’s an El Paso Corp. shareholder to do? With the annual shareholder meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. CST Tuesday in Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center, the incumbent board of directors will know in less than 48 hours whether they will remain in control of the massive energy services corporation or whether they will be replaced by a tenacious group of energy professionals.

With the annual shareholder meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. CST Tuesday in Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center, El Paso Corp.’s incumbent board of directors will know then whether they will remain in control of the massive energy services corporation or whether they will be replaced by a tenacious group of energy professionals.

In its lawsuit, Allegheny Energy has asked the New York Supreme Court, where the complaint was filed, to rescind the purchase agreement, in effect reversing the transaction, and require Merrill Lynch to give it back money that it paid to purchase GEM. Allegheny Energy also wants the investment firm to pay punitive and compensatory damages of at least $475 million.

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is scheduled to release a new study Tuesday that documents the adverse impacts of electric and natural gas market restructuring on some residential consumers. The five-state study is the first product of an on-going project to examine the impacts of restructuring on residential consumers, particularly low- and moderate-income households.