Delivering

Delivering a pre-holidays gift to the state’s consumers, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) in mid-December ordered keeping electric rates unchanged and decreasing retail natural gas rates for two utilities — Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS) and Wisconsin Power & Light (WP&L). The changes are effective Thursday with the start of the new year.

Saxon Oil Co. Ltd.’s Central Kansas Gas Gathering Co. LLC (CKGG) subsidiary is reactivating its 100-mile gas gathering system in central Kansas and will begin delivering natural gas within the next 30 days.

Hours after delivering his State of the Union address, President Bush Wednesday issued an executive order that seeks to “strengthen the environmental, energy and transportation management” of the federal government.

Residential customers of four utilities delivering natural gas in New Jersey will be paying between 2.82% to 10.6% more in increased commodity costs starting Sept. 1, according to orders approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU). The orders were the latest in a round of increases being approved for utilities across the country as the price of natural gas increases.

Phoenix, AZ, appears to be a popular destination for new natural gas deliveries as both Transwestern Pipeline and El Paso Natural Gas are working on delivering new supplies from their mainlines into the area.

Phoenix, AZ, appears to be a popular destination for new natural gas deliveries as both Transwestern Pipeline and El Paso Natural Gas are working on delivering new supplies from their mainlines into the area.

Priding itself on “delivering results, not promises,” San Diego-based Sempra Energy laid out a bullish outlook for both its cash-cow utility and merchant sectors, confident for the most part that it has the flexibility and financial strength to maintain a successful mix of utility, merchant energy, trading, international and energy services businesses, along with becoming a gatekeeper of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in North America.

Priding itself on “delivering results, not promises,” San Diego-based Sempra Energy laid out a bullish outlook for both its cash-cow utility and merchant sectors, confident for the most part that it has the flexibility and financial strength to maintain a successful mix of utility, merchant energy, trading, international and energy services businesses, along with becoming a gatekeeper of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in North America.

Southern Natural Gas last week sought FERC clearance to begin delivering natural gas over new pipeline looping facilities on Sept. 1 to meet the expanding demand of industrial and power generation customers in the Southeast.