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Chevron Energy Solutions, a performance contracting subsidiary of ChevronTexaco, announced Wednesday it has added the non-federal business portion of CMS Viron Energy Services to its growing energy engineering business, a move designed to bolster its presence in the education and state and local government markets, where CMS Viron has secured hundreds of contracts.

Kern River Gas Transmission received final authorization from FERC on Friday to begin transportation services May 1 on its massive 2003 Expansion Project. Company officials told the Commission last Monday that construction was on schedule and shippers needed about seven days to line up gas supply and market commitments and to make their nominations on the pipeline.

Kern River Gas Transmission has requested final authorization from FERC to begin transportation services on its massive 2003 Expansion Project, which is expected to be ready for service on May 1. Company officials told the Commission on Monday that construction is on schedule and shippers need about seven days to line up gas supply and market commitments and make their nominations on the pipeline. Kern has asked for final FERC approval by April 21.

Market price projections and the advent of expanded native generation load have the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) on the prowl for more of its own natural gas supplies, a muni official heading the effort said last week in an interview with NGI.

Market price projections and the advent of expanded native generation load have the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) on the prowl for more of its own natural gas supplies, a muni official heading the effort said Tuesday in an interview with Power Market Today.

The field of firms in the U.S. formed to buy gas and power assets expanded last week after StoneCap Management LLC announced the formation of the StoneCap Group L.P., whose principals include two former Dynegy Inc. executives, Hugh Tarpley and Milton Scott.

Picking up from where she left off last year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she plans to introduce legislation this week to bolster the authority of federal regulators to detect and penalize companies that defraud and manipulate energy markets.

Picking up from where she left off last year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she plans to introduce legislation next week to bolster the authority of federal regulators to detect and penalize companies that defraud and manipulate energy markets.

The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Friday issued a 1,000-page draft proposal that could expand oil and natural gas drilling in more than 8 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) in Alaska.