New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey last week petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a boundary dispute with the state of Delaware involving the construction of an off-loading pier that would serve a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal along the Delaware River in Logan Township, NJ.
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Congressional Lawmakers Back CA Regulators in Dispute over LNG Jurisdiction
A coalition of 18 congressional members are siding with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in its challenge to FERC’s claim of “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solution’s planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.
Enron Loses Key Round at FERC in Sierra Pacific Contract Clash
A previous bankruptcy court ruling in an ongoing dispute between Enron and Nevada Power Co. and Sierra Pacific Power Co. over termination payments stemming from 2001 power contracts is not the final word in the squabble, a FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) ruled on Thursday, allowing related proceedings at the federal agency to continue.
FERC Looks to Tennessee, Columbia Gulf to Resolve Interconnect Dispute
FERC on Wednesday established a hearing to resolve a flap over Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s bid to build an interconnect to a pipeline along the coast of Louisiana that is jointly maintained and operated with Columbia Gulf Transmission. The Commission, however, suspended the start of the hearing while the two pipeline companies engage in settlement talks before a settlement judge.
ExxonMobil Appeals to Alabama Supreme Court in Royalties Dispute
ExxonMobil last week filed an appeal with the Alabama Supreme Court challenging a $3.5 billion punitive damage award concerning royalties the state argues it is owed by the oil major for offshore natural gas leases.
ExxonMobil Appeals to Alabama Supreme Court in Royalties Dispute
ExxonMobil on Tuesday filed an appeal with the Alabama Supreme Court challenging a $3.5 billion punitive damage award concerning royalties the state argues it is owed by the oil major for offshore natural gas leases.
U.S. Energy Files Cross-Appeal in RWE Nukem Inc. Dispute
Firing the latest shot in what has been a long and heated argument, U.S. Energy Corp. and Crested Corp., doing business as USECC, reported Tuesday that in October it filed a cross-appeal of the judgment entered by the U.S. District Court of Colorado on Aug. 1, which ordered RWE Nukem, Inc. and its subsidiary, Cycle Resource Investment Corp., to pay USECC $20,044,183.
El Paso, EOC Shippers Resolve Dispute Over Access to Reserve Capacity Pool
El Paso Natural Gas and 14 East of California (EOC) customers last week filed a joint settlement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which they said represented a “fair and reasonable resolution of all issues involving access” by the EOC shippers to an agency-established temporary 110 MMcf/d capacity pool on the system.
El Paso, EOC Shippers Resolve Dispute Over Access to Reserve Capacity Pool
El Paso Natural Gas and 15 East of California (EOC) customers filed a joint settlement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which they said represents a “fair and reasonable resolution of all issues involving access” by the EOC shippers to an agency-established temporary 110 MMcf/d capacity pool on the system.
Seattle Attorney Says FERC Credibility on the Line in Refund Case
If FERC ultimately finds in favor of various power suppliers in a dispute over whether refunds should be ordered as a result of dysfunctional power prices in the Pacific Northwest in 2000-2001, such a decision would have a “devastating impact” on the credibility of both the federal agency and its staff, an attorney representing the City of Seattle said last Monday.