Congress should put in place a process to begin lifting the congressional and executive branch moratoria to unlock “very significant potential resources” in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the East and West Coasts, independent producer and local distribution company (LDCs) groups recommended to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Friday.
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IPAA and AGA Call for Review of Offshore Moratoria, Other Policy Changes
Congress should put in place a process to begin lifting the congressional and executive branch moratoria to unlock “very significant potential resources” in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the East and West Coasts, independent producer and local distribution company (LDCs) groups recommended to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Friday.
Producers: Proposed Open Season Regs for Alaska Pipe Flout Congressional Directive
FERC’s proposed regulations governing the conduct of open seasons on an Alaska natural gas pipeline flout the directive of Congress because they favor the three dominant producers in the state — BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, contend competing producers.
Producers: Proposed Open Season Regs for Alaska Pipe Flout Congressional Directive
FERC’s proposed regulations governing the conduct of open seasons on an Alaska natural gas pipeline flout the directive of Congress because they favor the three dominant producers in the state — BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, contend competing producers.
FERC Keeps Eye on Reliability As Congressional Action Remains Fuzzy
If Congress doesn’t move forward with a comprehensive energy bill that includes electric reliability provisions or a stand-alone power reliability bill, FERC and the power industry “are going to have to work together to figure out what we can do to try to prevent a repeat of the blackout in August of 2003,” a top official with FERC said last Wednesday at a meeting sponsored by the Energy Bar Association (EBA).
Missouri’s Top Regulator Seeks More LIHEAP Funds to Deal with High Gas Prices
Faced with inflated natural gas prices, Missouri’s top regulator has called on the state’s congressional delegation to seek additional federal low-income energy assistance dollars for Missouri families in need.
House Lawmakers Urge CA Regulators to Hold Public Hearings on LNG, Gas Projects
Eleven members of California’s congressional delegation have called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to hold “public evidentiary hearings” to air proposals and issues related to planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and other natural gas projects.
House Lawmakers Urge CA Regulators to Hold Public Hearings on LNG, Gas Projects
Eleven members of California’s congressional delegation have called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to hold “public evidentiary hearings” to air proposals and issues related to planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and other natural gas projects.
Republicans to Publish Draft Energy Conference Bill; Democrats Can Submit Changes Later
Starting off on the wrong foot, Republican and Democratic congressional conferees directed to come up with a comprehensive energy bill came to the end of their first week of conferring deeply divided over how to proceed in the second and third weeks.
Congressional Panel Rejects Allowing States to Opt Out of SMD
A U.S. House subcommittee last week voted down a proposal that would have allowed states to opt out of FERC’s pending standard market design (SMD) for U.S. wholesale power markets.