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Claiming that the proposed rate increase for Duke Energy Ohio’s natural gas customers is “unreasonable” and “should be rejected,” the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) filed testimony Tuesday at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). The OCC said Duke’s rate plan could cost residential, commercial and industrial customers $500 million over the next several years.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) has called on FERC to dismiss a complaint brought by a Victoria, TX-based energy company, claiming it is simply “parroting without any independent support” the same allegations of natural gas price manipulation that the agency outlined in its July show cause order against ETP and affiliates.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) has called on FERC to dismiss a complaint brought by a Victoria, TX-based energy company, claiming it is simply “parroting without any independent support” the same allegations of natural gas price manipulation that the agency outlined in its July show cause order against ETP and affiliates.

Claiming that old abandoned oil and natural gas wells are a danger to the public, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell said the state will invest $2.3 million to plug 150 of the wells on private property in 10 counties.

Claiming that old abandoned oil and natural gas wells are a danger to the public, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell said the state will invest $2.3 million to plug 150 of the wells on private property in 10 counties.

John Special, a self-described gas futures trader claiming to have been damaged by Amaranth Advisors LLC’s alleged manipulation of natural gas prices, has filed a class action lawsuit against the failed hedge fund and several others, including former Amaranth trader Brian Hunter.

Sitting in stark contrast to recent studies claiming a precipitous drop in Powder River Basin sage grouse populations, an environmental consultant hired by the energy industry to review the data found that the birds’ numbers are in fact on the rise, “even in heavily developed areas.”

Sitting in stark contrast to recent studies claiming a precipitous drop in Powder River Basin sage grouse populations, an environmental consultant hired by the energy industry to review the data found that the birds’ numbers are in fact on the rise, “even in heavily developed areas.”

Hudson Transmission Partners LLC, a developer of a new transmission line in New York, has lodged a complaint against the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), claiming that NYISO’s “unreasonable and unduly discriminatory interpretation and implementation” of its open-access transmission tariff is threatening the timely development of Hudson’s transmission project.