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The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) noted an emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy in its recent 2009 annual report to Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm and the Michigan legislature.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) noted an emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy in its recent 2009 annual report to Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm and the Michigan legislature.

Pipeline companies are putting much more emphasis on stakeholder outreach in their plans for pipeline construction, including extensive communication with all stakeholders as part of early planning right on through construction. And they are incorporating changes where possible to address issues raised by state and local governments, advocacy groups and property owners.

Pipeline companies are putting much more emphasis on stakeholder outreach in their plans for pipeline construction, including extensive communication with all stakeholders as part of early planning right on through construction. And they are incorporating changes where possible to address issues raised by state and local governments, advocacy groups and property owners.

With an emphasis on upgrading hurricane prediction technology and landfall probability, federal agencies involved in hurricane research said last week that they have mapped out the future of hurricane forecasting capabilities in the publication “Interagency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones: The Way Ahead.”

With an emphasis on upgrading hurricane prediction technology and landfall probability, federal agencies involved in hurricane research said Tuesday that they have mapped out the future of hurricane forecasting capabilities in the publication “Interagency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones: The Way Ahead.”

With an emphasis on its electric utility operations, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. notified the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Monday that it intends to file for a $654 million rate increase later this year to be effective in 2007.

With a sobering re-emphasis of its basic energy and energy-related businesses, Spokane, WA-based Avista Corp. announced last week that two of its longtime executives were retiring, and rather than filling the positions the company will collapse their duties into expanded roles for two existing executives at the company. It is part of a “realignment” of its overall management structure that stresses “back-to-basics,” a company spokesperson said.

The strength of the upstream sector holds the key to the performance of integrated oil and gas companies going forward, as poor quarterly earnings and lower forecasts going into 2003 require independents and majors to rethink their operating strategies.