Natural gas prices are increasingly uniform across the country and “we are very, very close to having a national type of gas market,” Federal Energy Regulatory (FERC) officials said during a discussion Thursday of the FERC’s Summer 2010 Energy Market and Reliability Assessment.
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Pennsylvania Operators Stop Delivering Wastewater
Marcellus Shale gas operators in Pennsylvania are poised to comply with last month’s request by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop delivering wastewater to 15 municipal wastewater treatment facilities by Thursday (May 19).
May 20, 2011
Gas Drilling Threatens Susquehanna River, Says Report
American Rivers, which publishes an annual list of the “most endangered rivers” in the country, said Tuesday the dangers to water resources from natural gas drilling have lifted the Susquehanna River to the top of its 2011 compilation.
May 18, 2011
Prior-Day Screen Boost Pushes Cash Higher
Unable to ignore the 22-cent hike in April natural gas futures values on Thursday, cash point averages across the country followed suit on Friday with upticks mostly between a dime and 20 cents.
March 21, 2011
TVA, Washington State Plan to Curb Reliance on Coal
In separate announcements from opposite ends of the country, the state of Washington and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) moved forward with plans to reduce, or eliminate altogether, their reliance on coal to produce energy.
March 14, 2011
Washington State, TVA Plan to Curb Reliance on Coal
In separate announcements from opposite ends of the country, the state of Washington and the Tennessee Valley Authority moved forward with plans to reduce, or eliminate altogether, their reliance on coal to produce energy.
March 9, 2011
EPA Picks Potential Sites for Hydrofracking Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected several potential sites across the country to study the effects of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) on drinking water and groundwater.
February 22, 2011
Potential Sites for EPA Hydrofracking Study Chosen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected several potential sites across the country to study the effects of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) on drinking water and groundwater.
February 21, 2011
Generator’s Group Opposes Northeast-NSTAR Merger
The proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR, which would create one of the country’s largest utilities serving 500,000 natural gas customers as well as three million electric customers, would harm competitive energy markets in New England, according to the New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA).
January 17, 2011
Duke-Progress Combo Would Be Nation’s Largest Utility
Duke Energy (DUK) intends to acquire Progress Energy Inc. (PGN) in a $13.7 billion stock deal that would create the country’s largest utility, serving 7.1 million power customers in six regulated territories, the companies said last week. While the majority of the combined company’s generation would be coal-fired, natural gas and oil units would account for more than one-third of owned generating capacity.
January 17, 2011
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