Concerted

Flaring Wastes 5% of Global Gas Output, Says GE Energy

Technology exists to curtail natural gas flaring, but it will take a concerted effort worldwide to capture the lost gas, an energy arm of General Electric Co. (GE) said in a new report.

April 6, 2011

CPUC, Edison Smell Victory in El Paso FERC Case

In the midst of a concerted public relations/lobbying blitz by their cornered regulatory prey, El Paso Corp., lawyers who have built the case for alleged market power abuses by the Houston-based gas pipeline giant are unabashedly confident that they will get a favorable decision from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the end of this year.

October 21, 2002

BPA Downgrades Rate Hike Considerably — to 46%

A concerted push by utilities and industries in the Pacific Northwest to implement load reductions means that the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will only have to raise wholesale power rates by 46% starting the first of October, a not insubstantial rate hike, but a far cry from the 250% or more increases being bandied about by the BPA just two months ago (see Daily GPI, April 11; June 8).

July 2, 2001