Crackdown

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday reiterated that its crackdown on greenhouse gases (GHG) will not be immediate and that the agency still plans on taking a phased-in approach.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday reiterated that its crackdown on greenhouse gases (GHG) will not be immediate and that the agency still plans on taking a phased-in approach.

Continuing its regulatory crackdown on energy contracts that it deems act as “significant price discovery contracts” (SPDC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said it will include positions in the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Henry Hub natural gas contract in its weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports.

Continuing its regulatory crackdown on energy contracts that it deems act as “significant price discovery contracts” (SPDC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said it will include positions in the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Henry Hub natural gas contract in its weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports.

Southern Company Services (SCS) agreed to pay $350,000 as FERC continued its crackdown last week on violators of the agency’s capacity-release rules, including the shipper-must-have-title (SMHT) requirement and the prohibition on buy-sell transactions.

Southern Company Services (SCS) agreed to pay $350,000 as FERC continued its crackdown on violators of the agency’s capacity-release rules, including the shipper-must-have-title (SMHT) requirement and the prohibition on buy-sell transactions.

FERC is continuing its crackdown on violators of its shipper-must-have-title (SMHT) requirement, approving two separate stipulation and consent agreements in late December that require Sempra Energy Trading LLC and DCP Midstream LLC to pay a combined penalty of nearly $800,000.

FERC Tuesday continued its crackdown on violators of its shipper-must-have-title (SMHT) requirement, approving two separate stipulation and consent agreements that require Sempra Energy Trading LLC and DCP Midstream LLC to pay a combined penalty of nearly $800,000.

In a major win for clean air activists in general and the natural gas industry in particular, the Department of Justice (DOJ) last Tuesday removed the roadblock it had placed in the path of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of “new source review” (NSR) actions against a large number of dirty coal and oil-burning power plants and oil refineries. DOJ said the EPA enforcement actions are consistent with the Clean Air Act, and ongoing prosecutions should proceed.