America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) is launching a nationwide advertising campaign designed to get people thinking and talking about their energy choices, and to see natural gas as a “foundational fuel.” The ad campaign will be “very visible,” with television and online components, as well as personal outreach through ANGA customer groups, said spokesman Dan Whitten. It would be the first major public outreach since Martin J. Durbin was named president and CEO (see NGI, April 1). Durbin had been executive vice president of government affairs at the American Petroleum Institute, where he led advocacy efforts on behalf of the oil and gas industry. Former president and CEO Regina Hopper resigned in February under pressure from the board (see NGI, Feb. 11).
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Mexican Shale Discovery Prompts $10.4B Pipeline Plan
Prompted in large part by the recent discovery of significant shale gas deposits in the country’s north and east, Mexico will invest $10.4 billion to build more than 2,800 miles of natural gas pipelines and local distribution networks by 2018, a nearly 40% increase compared with the country’s current pipeline network, President Felipe Calderon said.
Gas-Rich Alaska Weighing Supply Options
Although the odds for a Lower 48 gasline originating in Alaska’s North Slope appear to be waning, the state has choices to consider for serving the needs of consumers in the interior and Southcentral regions of the state.
Earth Biofuels Enters LNG Arena with Apollo LNG Acquisition
Expanding its stable of alternative fuel choices, Dallas-based Earth Biofuels Inc. said last week that it has acquired Apollo LNG Inc. from Apollo Resources International Inc. in exchange for Earth Biofuels common stock. The value of the stock involved in the transaction is not being disclosed, a Earth Biofuels spokesman said.
Earth Biofuels Enters LNG Arena with Apollo LNG Acquisition
Expanding its stable of alternative fuel choices, Dallas-based Earth Biofuels Inc. said Tuesday that it has acquired Apollo LNG Inc. from Apollo Resources International Inc. in exchange for Earth Biofuels common stock. The value of the stock involved in the transaction was not being disclosed, a Earth Biofuels spokesman said.
FERC Lays Out Price Reporting Choices, Requests Quick Industry Response
A “Staff Paper on Price Formation Issues” issued Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lays out proposals for standardizing the reporting of natural gas and electric prices, and asks for industry comments by June 20, if possible, in advance of FERC’s scheduled June 24 conference on the issue.
FERC Lays Out Price Reporting Choices, Requests Quick Industry Response
A “Staff Paper on Price Formation Issues” issued Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lays out proposals for standardizing the reporting of natural gas and electric prices, and asks for industry comments by June 20, if possible, in advance of FERC’s scheduled June 24 conference on the issue.
EISA, NEM Battle Price Caps, Re-Regulation and Lack of Supply
More power generation, more competitive choices for customersand less regulation are the keys to limiting power price increases,according to the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), and theNational Energy Marketers Association (NEM), which are mountingseparate attempts to diffuse growing public outrage over energyprice increases.
IPPs Battle Price Caps, Re-Regulation
More power generation, more competitive choices for customersand less regulation — not more — are the keys to limiting powerprice increases, according to independent power producers,attempting to diffuse growing public outrage over price increases.
