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Natural gas industry stakeholders were encouraged to get up to speed and involved in the complicated and long implementation process now under way on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act during a panel discussion at the LDC Gas Forum: Rockies & West meeting Tuesday in Los Angeles.

According to Boehm, the sources are Arthur Berman of Labyrinth Consulting Services in Sugar Land, TX, and Deborah Rodgers, a full-time goat farmer and owner of Deborah’s Fort Worth Farmstead Goat Cheese.

In a billion-dollar case that promises to get more complicated in the wake of the San Bruno gas transmission pipeline explosion, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. signaled last Monday that a settlement may be near in its issue-laden general rate case at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

In a billion-dollar case that promises to get more complicated in the wake of the San Bruno transmission pipeline explosion, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. signaled Monday that a settlement may be near in its issue-laden general rate case at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

The proposed route and two alternative routes for Spectra Energy Corp.’s proposed Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) natural gas pipeline bisect a “very complicated” 66-acre property in Bayonne, NJ, owned by Texaco Downstream Properties Inc. (TDP) and should be realigned, the Chevron affiliate said in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing. The site, which was previously a lubricant blending facility and light products terminal, “is well along in the approval process” to be redeveloped into a residential development, according to TDP. Chevron requested that the pipeline route be realigned, “preferably off the property, but at a minimum to an area on the property that does not interfere with the ongoing remediation, the unique physical characteristics of the property or the planned redevelopment of the site.” Chevron and Spectra both say they are working together to try to resolve the issue. The project calls for Tetco to build a 16-mile, 30-inch diameter extension from Tetco’s pipeline in Staten Island, NY, through Bayonne and Jersey City in New Jersey to a Consolidated Edison plant in Manhattan, as well as expand Spectra’s Algonquin Gas Transmission system (see NGI, Jan. 4). The proposed facilities would be capable of transporting up to 800 MMcf/d of Marcellus Shale gas to the region and are targeted for service in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The proposed route and two alternative routes for Spectra Energy Corp.’s proposed Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) natural gas pipeline bisect a “very complicated” 66-acre property in Bayonne, NJ, owned by Texaco Downstream Properties Inc. (TDP) and should be realigned, the Chevron affiliate said in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. CEO Jim Hackett said last week the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has “complicated” the passage of an energy bill, but he’s still hopeful for passage of the delayed climate legislation, which would give a big boost to the natural gas industry.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has “complicated” the passage of an energy bill because one of its “central features” was to be offshore access, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. CEO Jim Hackett said Tuesday.

California’s complicated five-year transition to a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions recently hit a political snag that caused some environmental groups to question the motives of Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger’s administration. A political shakeup at the state agency charged with implementing the system surfaced July 2, but the governor’s team quickly rallied and at least one major environmental group on Friday reasserted its strong support for Schwarzenegger.