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FERC has dismissed a plea by a Florida citizens advocacy group to stay Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) construction of a new compressor station as part of the pipeline’s Phase V expansion project in the state.

FERC continued to smile upon natural gas pipeline projects right up until the very end of last week. Late Friday, the agency dismissed a plea by a Florida citizens advocacy group to stay Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) construction of a new compressor station as part of the pipeline’s Phase V expansion project in the state.

A federal court judge Thursday denied the Department of Justice’s request to dismiss a lawsuit seeking documents from Vice President Dick Cheney and his energy task force related to the development of the national energy policy last year.

Putting to rest the capacity release contract dispute raised by Tenaska Marketing Ventures against Northern Border Pipeline Co. in the wake of Enron Corp.’s bankruptcy, FERC ruled last Wednesday in favor of Northern Border, denying Tenaska’s complaint against the pipeline.

In his second appearance on Capitol Hill, a more confident, almost brash Jeffrey K. Skilling denied that he lied to Congress last month or ever misled long-time Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay about the controversial off-the-book partnerships that prompted the devastating collapse of the energy trading company last year. But lawmakers in the end were far from convinced.

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling denied Tuesday that he lied before Congress earlier this month or ever misled long-time Chairman Kenneth Lay about the controversial off-the-book partnerships that prompted the devastating collapse of the energy trading company last year.

Under intense questioning from an unfriendly House subcommittee Thursday, Enron Corp.’s former CEO Jeffrey Skilling denied knowing that the controversial off-the-book partnerships that led to the company’s collapse were intended to hide debt and boost earnings.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week denied a producer group’s petition for review of a lower court ruling that upheld a Clinton administration prohibition on oil and natural gas leasing in forest lands in Montana.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week denied a producer group’s petition for review of a lower court ruling that upheld a Clinton administration prohibition on oil and natural gas leasing in forest lands in Montana.