Differences

President Bush on Thursday called on Senate and House Republican leaders to resolve their differences and get a bill to him that would open more of the federal offshore to oil and natural gas drilling.

Citing deep philosophical differences with two increasingly entrenched colleagues, the newest California utility regulator, Susan Kennedy, indicated this week the current 3-2 split will continue among the five members of the California Public Utilities Commission. “And that is not necessarily bad if we’re consistent,” Kennedy said during a wide-ranging interview in her San Francisco office.

Split by growing philosophical differences and what role markets should play in the state’s energy industry, California regulators earlier this month cranked out actions on a number of seemingly routine issues, but only after much debate and narrow votes.

Split by growing philosophical differences and what role markets should play in the state’s energy industry, California regulators last Thursday cranked out actions on a number of seemingly routine issues, but only after much debate and narrow 3-2 votes won by a majority of the regulatory panel’s three newest members, including its president, Michael Peevey.

As a group of protesters from Mount Vernon, NY, looked on at Commission headquarters in Washington, DC, Wednesday, FERC voted out an interim order authorizing the construction of all but two miles of the Millennium Pipeline project to deliver natural gas into New York state.

Citing a number of irreconcilable differences, including issues related to management and organizational structure and questions raised about financial forecasts, Entergy Corp. and FPL Group last Monday said they were walking away from the altar and foregoing any further pursuit of their proposed merger.

Citing a number of irreconcilable differences, including issues related to management and organizational structure and questions raised about financial forecasts, Entergy Corp. and FPL Group yesterday said they were walking away from the altar and foregoing any further pursuit of their proposed merger.