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No Shortage of Opinions on Pennsylvania Tax

Pennsylvania lawmakers have until Oct. 1 to keep a pledge that they would enact a severance tax on natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale. Observers say whether that will happen is uncertain while pressure intended to shape the outcome is coming from all sides, including the energy industry.

September 6, 2010

Allegheny National Forest at Center of Drilling Dispute

A lawsuit pitting Pennsylvania’s energy industry and some state officials against the U.S. Forest Service’s plans to enact federal drilling rules in Allegheny National Forest appears headed to mediation.

June 15, 2009

Drilling Dispute Continues in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest

A lawsuit pitting Pennsylvania’s energy industry and some state officials against the U.S. Forest Service’s plans to enact federal drilling rules in Allegheny National Forest appears headed to mediation.

June 11, 2009

Colorado Republicans Try to Thwart Energy Rules Overhaul

A small group of Colorado’s Republican-led lawmakers are trying to convince fellow state legislators to reconsider their plans to enact revised energy regulations, which are scheduled to take effect beginning in April.

February 2, 2009

Colorado Republicans Try to Thwart Energy Rules Overhaul

A small group of Colorado’s Republican-led lawmakers is trying to convince fellow state legislators to reconsider their plans to enact revised energy regulations, which are scheduled to take effect beginning in April.

January 27, 2009

CFTC Seeks to Rein in Lightly Regulated Commodity Contracts

In advance of a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Wednesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a report calling on Congress to enact legislative changes giving the agency heightened oversight authority of certain lightly regulated contracts in exempt commercial markets (ECM) that perform significant price discovery for commodities in interstate commerce.

October 25, 2007

FERC Issues Proposed Rules to Implement PUHCA Repeal

FERC last week proposed rules to implement the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and to enact the new Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005) [RM05-32-000]. The PUHCA repeal notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) marks the third major action FERC has taken to implement the Energy Policy Act of 2005 enacted this summer.

September 19, 2005

Report Sees 30 Tcf Gas Market by 2020 if Favorable Policies Enacted

Natural gas supply and demand will exceed 30 Tcf by 2020 if policy makers swiftly enact measures that are favorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, construction of an Alaskan gas pipeline and open up U.S. lands that currently are off limits to producers, according to a new report released by the American Gas Foundation (AGF) Monday.

February 15, 2005

Report Sees Gas Prices Surging without Improved Land Access, LNG and Alaska Pipeline

Prices for natural gas by 2020 could more than double to $13.76 depending on whether policy makers enact bold measures to expand the U.S. gas supply in the upcoming years, according to a new report to be released by the American Gas Foundation (AGF) later this month.

February 7, 2005

Report Sees Gas Prices Surging without Improved Land Access, LNG and Alaska Pipeline

Prices for natural gas by 2020 could more than double to $13.76 depending on whether policy makers enact bold measures to expand the U.S. gas supply in the upcoming years, according to a new report to be released by the American Gas Foundation (AGF) later this month.

February 7, 2005