The refusal of the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee to approve the nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the federal bench last week is expected to tie up future nominations in the upper chamber for the foreseeable future, including the nomination of Joseph T. Kelliher to fill the vacancy on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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ALJ Advocates Money Settlement in El Paso Dispute
FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge Curtis Wagner Jr. yesterday “strongly encourage[d]” parties to reach a monetary settlement in the high-profile case in which California regulators have accused El Paso Natural Gas and El Paso Merchant Energy Co. (EPME) of illegally manipulating natural gas prices in California and committing affiliate violations.
August 31, 2001
OPS Gives El Paso More Time to Dispute Proposed Fine, Violations
The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) has given El Paso Natural Gas until mid-October to respond to “probable violations” in carrying out the required internal corrosion-control procedures and other measures prior to the fatal explosion on its system in New Mexico last August.
August 27, 2001
OPS Gives El Paso More Time to Dispute Proposed Fine, Violations
The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) has given El Paso Natural Gas until mid-October to respond to “probable violations” in carrying out the required internal corrosion-control procedures and other measures prior to the fatal explosion on its system in New Mexico last August.
August 21, 2001
Gas Project Development in BC Halted Over Land Dispute
On-again, off-again wrangling with natives over land claims and resource development has erupted yet again in an area undergoing a boom in gas exploration in northeastern British Columbia, setting back one gas project but not noticeably slowing down the overall pace of producer expansion.
August 20, 2001
Gas Project Development in BC Halted Over Land Dispute
On-again, off-again wrangling with natives over land claims and resource development has erupted yet again in northeastern British Columbia, setting back one natural gas project but not noticeably slowing down the overall pace of producer expansion.
August 17, 2001
El Paso Continues to Dispute Price-Manipulation Findings
A Washington D.C. attorney for El Paso Merchant Energy Co. accused Southern California Edison of “cherry-picking” historical gas price data and comparing it to more recent prices for natural gas sold in California in an effort to prove that the merchant power generator illegally manipulated prices in the state during 2000.
June 7, 2001
Shippers Dispute Kern’s Wheeler Ridge Sales
Chevron, Amoco Production, CanWest Gas Supply, Aera Energy and RME Petroleum have called on FERC to stop Kern River Gas Transmission from overselling delivery point rights at Wheeler Ridge into the Southern California Gas Co. distribution system.
March 26, 2001
Shippers Dispute Kern’s Wheeler Ridge Sales
Chevron, Amoco Production, CanWest Gas Supply, Aera Energy andRME Petroleum have called on FERC to stop Kern River GasTransmission from overselling delivery point rights at WheelerRidge into the Southern California Gas Co. distribution system. TheFirm Shippers said in comments filed this week that, in a situationstrangely similar to the recent El Paso capacity reallocation case,Kern River has oversold capacity at Wheeler Ridge, and its proposedexpansion project will only exacerbate the situation (DocketCP01-31).
March 21, 2001
AGA, Producers Dispute ‘Title’ Rule
Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission starts thinkingabout the next generation of natural gas transportation rules, itshould pay attention to how its latest Order 637 rules areenforced, Indicated Producers said in comments submitted to theCommission this week.
October 25, 2000
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