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With the caveat that city council approval ultimately is needed, the oversight board for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Monday okayed the framework for the nation’s largest municipal utility to acquire its own natural gas reserves as part of a consortium of public power utilities, and adopted a formal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) calling for 20% green power sources by 2017.

While refusing to throw in the towel on competition in U.S. electricity markets, the Electricity Consumers Resource Council (ELCON) last Monday asserted that today’s power markets are plagued by a series of problems — including an inadequate transmission grid and icy relations between federal and state regulators — that must be fixed if restructuring is to successfully advance in the country.

Wal-Mart for the last four months has been procuring power for its stores and distribution centers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market through a power-buying desk, and the giant retailer is not ruling out applying this strategy to other power markets in the U.S., although a Wal-Mart official said that the company doesn’t have any imminent plans to do so.

Representatives of the so-called Natural Gas Council Plus (NGC) group last Wednesday proposed guidelines for controlling the energy content of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and domestic gas streams.

Representatives of the so-called Natural Gas Council Plus (NGC) group on Wednesday proposed guidelines for controlling the energy content of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and domestic gas streams.

Natural Gas Council (NGC) members on Wednesday will present to FERC the results of a 14-month long effort to reach a consensus on the hot-button issues involving the energy content of the domestic gas stream and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Richard J. Sharples, former president of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. who has chaired the Natural Gas Supply Association and the Natural Gas Council, has been named executive director of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, a Washington, DC-based group representing LNG facility owners, operators, transporters and natural gas users.

Richard J. Sharples, former president of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. who has chaired the Natural Gas Supply Association and the Natural Gas Council, has been named executive director of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, a Washington, DC-based group representing LNG facility owners, operators, transporters and natural gas users.

Richard J. Sharples, former president of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. who has chaired the Natural Gas Supply Association and the Natural Gas Council, has been named executive director of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, a Washington, DC-based group representing LNG facility owners, operators, transporters and natural gas users.