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In an effort to establish targets for energy efficiency — similar to the existing Renewable Portfolio Standard intended to reverse the pattern of increasing energy use in New York — the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) initiated a proceeding to design an electric and natural gas Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EPS).

Security concerns at El Paso Corp.’s Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the coast of Georgia prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a permanent security zone around the facility’s mooring slip. The Coast Guard’s decision follows an incident last June in which a sailboat entered the slip and anchored for six hours one day before the scheduled arrival of an LNG carrier.

Security concerns at El Paso Corp.’s Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on the coast of Georgia prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a permanent security zone around the facility’s mooring slip. The Coast Guard’s decision follows an incident last June in which a sailboat entered the slip and anchored for six hours one day before the scheduled arrival of an LNG carrier.

With the state’s chief regulator weighing in, California is poised to establish final rules for natural gas transmission and storage in the state as the end of the second phase of a multi-year industry restructuring. After postponing the issue earlier this month, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is scheduled Sept. 21 to vote on the issue, which covers various bread-and-butter issues affecting the state’s vast transmission/storage system and its upcoming integration of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

With the state’s chief regulator weighing in, California is poised to establish final rules for natural gas transmission and storage in the state as the end of the second phase of a multi-year industry restructuring. After postponing the issue earlier this month, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is scheduled Sept. 21 to vote on the issue, which covers various bread-and-butter issues affecting the state’s vast transmission/storage system and its upcoming integration of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Environmental groups are targeting Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) in a series of print and radio advertisements for his decision to support a GOP-crafted compromise that would establish a 125-mile, no-drill buffer zone around Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Environmental groups are targeting Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) in a series of print and radio advertisements for his decision to support a GOP-crafted compromise that would establish a 125-mile, no-drill buffer zone around Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

A coalition of Pennsylvania state agencies has joined with utilities serving the state in lobbying to establish a pilot program in Pennsylvania to receive a share of natural gas collected as royalties by the federal government as an additional resource for helping low-income families this winter.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) decided Tuesday to establish emergency billing practices to create some relief for customers from high natural gas and power costs this winter.