Distributor

As the White House ponders a successor for outgoing FERC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, a municipal gas distributor group has called on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to act promptly on the pending nominations of Jon Wellinghoff and Phillip D. Moeller to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

A municipal natural gas distributor group Friday expressed “strong disagreement” with the Treasury Department’s claim that a House-approved bill authorizing greater Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversight of the natural gas market is unwarranted.

Atmos Energy Corp., the largest natural gas distributor in Louisiana and Mississippi, hopes to have 70% of its most affected customers back in service within six months and 90% in service within a year, the CFO said Wednesday.

Las Vegas, NV-based Southwest Gas Corp., the gas-only utility distributor to 1.6 million customers in three states, reported decreased first-quarter profits, with warmer-than-normal weather and higher operating costs cited as the chief culprits. Net income was $32.8 million, or 88 cents/basic share, in the first quarter, down from $41 million, or $1.19/basic share, in the same period in 2004.

Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp., the country’s largest pure natural gas distributor, said last Wednesday that it has entered into a letter of intent with Energy Transfer Partners LP. to jointly construct, own and operate a large-diameter intrastate gas pipeline in the northern portion of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp., the country’s largest pure natural gas distributor, said Wednesday that it has entered into a letter of intent with Energy Transfer Partners LP. to jointly construct, own and operate a large-diameter intrastate gas pipeline in the northern portion of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Boise, ID-based Intermountain Gas Co. wants to expand its transmission capacity in three places as part of a new five-year gas procurement plan before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. The regulators are giving stakeholders and the general public through Nov. 16 to comment on Intermountain’s proposals.

Boise, ID-based Intermountain Gas Co. wants to expand its transmission capacity in three places as part of a new five-year gas procurement plan before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. The regulators are giving stakeholders and the general public through Nov. 16 to comment on Intermountain’s proposals.

Boise, ID-based Intermountain Gas Co. wants to expand its transmission capacity in three places as part of a new five-year gas procurement plan before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. The regulators are giving stakeholders and the general public through Nov. 16 to comment on Intermountain’s proposals.