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Trunkline LNG said Friday it had completed inspections of the Lake Charles, LA terminal and would accept sendout nominations for Saturday. While the terminal was capable of accepting new shipments, LNG vessels were still unable to transit the Calcasieu Ship Channel and Industrial Canal due to debris and restrictions imposed by the Coast Guard and other government agencies, Trunkline said.

Pacific Gas & Electric issued a customer-specific low-inventory OFO for Thursday.

Sendout capacity at the Trunkline LNG facility near Lake Charles, LA is limited to 700 MMcf/d until further notice due to two vaporizers being taken out of service for unscheduled repairs, the company said Friday.

High gasoline and crude oil prices led Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and eight other U.S. senators to call on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last Monday to block the purchase of Unocal by ChevronTexaco and to review mergers that led to the formation of ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco.

High gasoline and crude oil prices led Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and eight other U.S. senators to call on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Monday to block the purchase of Unocal by ChevronTexaco and to review mergers that led to the formation of ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco.

Sendout capacity at the Trunkline LNG facility in Lake Charles, LA will be limited to 900,000 Dth/d during pump maintenance beginning Feb. 10. Peaking sendout is expected to return to 1 million Dth/d on Feb. 15.

Charles Fox, deputy chief of staff for New York Gov. George Pataki, last Thursday disclosed that the state will soon issue regulations detailing the framework on how to site liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Empire State.

Charles Fox, deputy chief of staff for New York Gov. George Pataki, on Thursday disclosed that the state will soon issue regulations detailing the framework on how to site liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the Empire State.

Northeast Utilities’ (NU) board appointed Charles W. Shivery as its new chairman, president and CEO effective immediately. Shivery, who has been interim CEO since January when Michael G. Morris left to become CEO of American Electric Power, becomes NU’s sixth chairman in its 38-year history. Shivery, 58, was previously president of NU’s competitive group, responsible for the strategic growth and performance of NU’s competitive energy businesses, which include Select Energy, Select Energy Services, Northeast Generation Services and Northeast Generation Co., which together provide electricity, gas and specialized generation services in the 11 state region from Maine to Maryland. He joined NU in 2002, having retired earlier that year as co-president of the Constellation Energy Group, parent company of Baltimore Gas & Electric (BG&E).