Following customer complaints of health problems, California regulators on Thursday asked Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) to allow its customers to opt-out of the ongoing effort to install smart natural gas and electric meters. Some customers have alleged that radio frequencies used by the meters are causing a wide range of ailments.
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Pennsylvania Won’t Regulate Small Gathering Lines, for Now
An effort to give Pennsylvania regulators more oversight over intrastate pipelines likely won’t extend to gathering lines in remote corners of the state, but would instead create a registry of those rural pipelines.
Pine Prairie Gas Futures Contracts ‘New Direction’ For CME
In an effort to better serve its customers, CME Group is introducing three natural gas futures contracts physically delivered at Pine Prairie Energy Center (PPEC) in Evangeline Parish, LA, which is owned by PAA Natural Gas Storage LP.
CME Heads in ‘New Direction’ with Pine Prairie Gas Futures Contracts
In an effort to better serve its customers, CME Group is introducing three new natural gas futures contracts physically delivered at Pine Prairie Energy Center (PPEC) in Evangeline Parish, LA, which is owned by PAA Natural Gas Storage LP.
Ohio’s Incoming Governor Says Marcellus Shale Could Be ‘Godsend’
Ohio will devote time and effort to take part in the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, Gov.-elect John Kasich said last week.
Cabot, Pennsylvania Settle Gas Migration Lawsuit
Residents of Dimock Township in Susquehanna County, PA, whose drinking water supplies were contaminated by natural gas, are to receive a share of $4.1 million that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. agreed to pay under a settlement negotiated with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Calais LNG’s Fate in Hands of Maine Regulators
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (MBEP) is scheduled to vote Thursday on a motion to end Calais LNG’s effort to build a $1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, import facility and pipeline project in Calais, ME.
Save The Bay Takes Weaver’s Cove Fight to Hess Shareholders
In an effort to undermine Hess Corp.’s long-standing plan for the Weaver’s Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River, MA, Rhode Island-based Save The Bay is hoping to persuade the diversified energy giant’s investors from backing the project through an open letter. Weaver’s Cove Energy, a joint venture of Hess Corp. and Poten & Partners, said the letter is “factually incorrect” and is typical of the environmental group’s campaign to attack the project through the press.
Save The Bay Takes Weaver’s Cove Fight to Hess Shareholders
In an effort to undermine Hess Corp.’s long-standing plan for the Weaver’s Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River, MA, Rhode Island-based Save The Bay is hoping to persuade the diversified energy giant’s investors from backing the project through an open letter. Weaver’s Cove Energy, a joint venture of Hess Corp. and Poten & Partners, said the letter is “factually incorrect” and is typical of the environmental group’s campaign to attack the project through the press.
New York County Weighing Marcellus Drilling Options
One New York county in the midst of the Marcellus Shale may be looking to promote natural gas drilling in an effort to regain jobs that have left the area since the Empire State instituted a de facto moratorium on drilling two years ago.