The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has begun taking comments on Idaho Power Co.’s request for a three-year extension of a cogeneration contract with theJ.R. Simplot Co.’s Pocatello, ID, natural gas-fueled fertilizer plant. The utility’s deal calls for an average of 10 MW/month from the plant, which has a 15.9 MW capacity and is a qualifying facility under the U.S. Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act. The PUC is taking comments through Feb. 4.
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FERC Extends NED Comment Period by One Week
Opponents of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC’s Northeast Energy Direct (NED) — and everyone else — have about another week to comment on the project at FERC. The commission extended the comment period to Jan. 15 to make up for technical difficulties with its eFiling system that prevented some document submissions over the holidays.
January 5, 2016
USFS Raises Questions on Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Route
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has filed more than 300 comments with FERC that primarily question the necessity of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s (ACP) proposed pathway through the Monongahela and George Washington national forests.
August 5, 2015
Multiple NatGas Projects Slated For FERC Review
FERC staff Thursday announced environmental reviews of several natural gas projects: Annova LNG Brownsville; Dominion Transmission Inc.’s Leidy South Expansion; Trans-Pecos Pipeline LLC’s Presidio, TX, Border Crossing; Texas LNG Brownsville LLC; and the Rio Grande LNG project.
July 24, 2015
CFTC Reopens Comment Period on Position Limit Rulemaking
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reopening the comment period on a proposed rulemaking designed to limit speculative trading in the swaps markets.
December 2, 2014
CFTC Again Extends Comment Period for Rulemaking Proposals
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has for a second time extended the comment period for two rulemakings aimed at limiting speculative trading in the swaps markets. The agency proposed the rules late last year.
June 27, 2014
Ohio PUC Urges FERC To Step-Up On Gas-Electric Coordination, Market Impacts
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Thursday took the unusual step of publicly announcing that it had filed extensive comments with FERC imploring the Commission to more closely examine the market impacts that resulted from last winter’s unseasonable cold and high natural gas prices.
May 16, 2014
On Industry Requests, Interior Extends Comments on Offshore Liability Limits
Federal rules to increase penalties for offshore facilities involved in oil spills has been delayed to give the oil and natural gas industry more time for review, the Department of Interior said this week.
March 20, 2014
BLM Asked to Go Back to Drawing Board on Frack Rule
Judging from the tenor and content of the comments that have been filed on the revised hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may have to go back to the drawing board on the draft rule for a third time.
August 26, 2013
Kansas Regulators Eye Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
Kansas state regulators have proposed a set of rules requiring oil and natural gas drilling companies to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking). A public hearing by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) will he held Aug. 15 to review the draft rules as part of a 60-day public comment period now under way.
July 24, 2013
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