Eliminating

In what the regulators consider a prudent way of eliminating long, costly litigation, Las Vegas, NV-based Southwest Gas Corp. Friday reached agreement with the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC’s) pipeline safety division in the aftermath of Feb. 2 residential natural gas explosion that damaged part of a home, but spared the residents. An ACC spokesperson announced the agreement.

The American Gas Association (AGA) has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review FERC’s order eliminating the contract term limit for matching competing bids by pipeline shippers exercising their right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) in replacing expiring contracts.

FERC has upheld an October 2002 decision eliminating the contract term limit for existing pipeline shippers who exercise their rights of first refusal (ROFR) to retain transportation capacity under contracts that are due to expire in the near term.

FERC has upheld an October 2002 decision eliminating the contract term limit for existing pipeline shippers who exercise their rights of first refusal (ROFR) to retain transportation capacity under contracts that are due to expire in the near term.

Houston-based Reliant Resources Inc. (RRI) confirmed Monday that it is eliminating jobs as part of an overall cost-cutting plan. No other details were provided, however, RRI is scheduled to report its second quarter earnings on Tuesday.

Short-term mitigation measures implemented by FERC in U.S. power markets have resulted in the elimination of price signals in certain parts of the country and have set in motion the “ultimate death spiral” by mitigating below the price of entry, Julie Simon, vice president for policy at the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), told a power industry conference last Thursday.

The current pace of power plant construction could very well lead to the elimination of generation capacity shortages in practically every U.S. regional power market over the next one to three years, according to a new study recently completed by ICF Consulting.

The current pace of power plant construction could very well lead to the elimination of generation capacity shortages in practically every U.S. regional power market over the next one to three years, according to a new study recently completed by ICF Consulting.

While power outages were still viewed as an inevitability thissummer in California, a comprehensive legislative, regulatory andcommercial solution to mounting energy debts was less certain lastweek as reports surfaced that creditors might force bankruptcy onthe state’s two ailing utilities.