Empowers

New York Issues Subpoenas Over Production Estimates

The attorney general of New York has issued subpoenas to three companies looking to develop oil and gas resources in the Marcellus Shale, part of an investigation into how the companies calculated production estimates and drilling costs to investors.

August 22, 2011

California Climate Fees on Gas Stir Confusion

A section of California’s global climate change law (AB 32) empowers state air pollution regulators to charge fees on providers of fuels that contribute to the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But it is still unclear how officials intend to collect an estimated $54 million in fees during the next three years. Natural gas and electric utilities are confounded with the user-fee approach to paying for the six-year implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

May 4, 2009

California Climate Change Administrative Fees Stir Confusion

A section of California’s global climate change law (AB 32) empowers state air pollution regulators to charge fees on providers of fuels that contribute to the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But it is still unclear how officials intend to collect an estimated $54 million in fees during the next three years. Natural gas and electric utilities are confounded with the user-fee approach to paying for the six-year implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

May 4, 2009