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California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey delivered the latest salvo in the simmering jurisdictional fight over a proposed Long Beach, CA, LNG facility, disputing FERC Commissioner Joseph Kelliher’s claim that exclusive federal jurisdiction is necessary to further development of LNG imports in the United States.

California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey delivered the latest salvo in the simmering jurisdictional fight over a proposed Long Beach, CA, LNG facility, disputing FERC Commissioner Joseph Kelliher’s claim that exclusive federal jurisdiction is necessary to further development of LNG imports in the United States.

Seven Massachusetts’ Democrats have called on the federal government to place Boston Harbor and Everett, MA, on high security alert (Orange Level) whenever liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers enter the harbor to be offloaded at the Distrigas import terminal.

Seven Massachusetts’ Democrats have called on the federal government to place Boston Harbor and Everett, MA, on high security alert (Orange Level) whenever liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers enter the harbor to be offloaded at the Distrigas import terminal.

No movie was involved, but “The Big Chill” descended on the Northeast Tuesday and sent delivered prices in New England skyrocketing as high as $30. Outside the Northeast, the market was decidedly mixed around flatness with numbers ranging from a quarter down to half a dollar higher.

Production from Dominion’s “wet” gathering system that was being delivered off-system to Equitrans at the Copley and West Union interconnect meters must be shut in immediately, Dominion said shortly after the start of Wednesday’s gas day. “At this point, we do not know when deliveries can resume.” The pipeline has had mixed success in trying to move to Equitrans wet system gas upstream of Hastings (WV) Extraction Plant that was shut in after an Oct. 31 explosion and fire at the plant (see Daily GPI, Nov. 18).

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week delivered a more favorable report on natural gas storage, price and production in its short-term energy outlook for July, but it stressed the market was not out of the woods yet and had far to go before reaching the traditional 3 Tcf storage level by the start of the next heating season.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) delivered a much more favorable report on natural gas storage, price and production in its short-term energy outlook for July, but it stressed the market was not out of the woods yet and had far to go before reaching the traditional 3 Tcf storage level by the start of the next heating season.

Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP has notified FERC that it is withdrawing its application to build its eastern Long Island (ELI) extension due to “lack of continued customer support for this project,” which would have provided approximately 175,000 Dth/d of new firm transportation service to the expanding natural gas market through a new line under Long Island Sound from Connecticut.