Debates

The issue of liquids in the gas stream, a high dollar topic currently being debated in several forums, has reached a high decibel level in a tariff filing by ANR Pipeline. But while various segments of the industry maneuver for position on the generic issue, ANR wants to limit the debate to standards for running its own pipeline in the here and now.

The issue of liquids in the gas stream, a high dollar topic currently being debated in several forums, has reached a high decibel level in a tariff filing by ANR Pipeline. But while various segments of the industry maneuver for position on the generic issue, ANR wants to limit the debate to standards for running its own pipeline in the here and now.

Constant revisions to the weekly natural gas storage surveys contribute to undue market volatility, according to commenters on the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) proposed survey changes. The comments ranged from warnings that changes to the storage revisions policy could lead to market manipulation, to recommendations that companies frequently reporting revisions be penalized.

Constant revisions to the weekly natural gas storage surveys contribute to undue market volatility, according to commenters on the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) proposed survey changes (see Daily GPI, July 12). The comments ranged from warnings that changes to the storage revisions policy could lead to market manipulation, to recommendations that companies frequently reporting revisions be penalized.

Feeling someone in Washington, DC, is finally listening to them, the 18-state Western Governors Association and its allies applauded the Senate’s adoption of an amendment last Thursday to the proposed energy bill that the governors believe will ensure a “regional role” in the development and enforcement of electricity grid reliability standards. Arizona’s Gov. Jane Dee Hull, chairperson of the Denver-based western governors’ group, called the action “good news for consumers and the industry.”

The Senate Energy and Commerce Committee debated yesterdaywhether to get themselves off the hook for this summer by enactingstopgap electric reliability legislation or go for the gold of acomprehensive electric restructuring bill.