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Key House energy lawmakers expressed support for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) working together to combat manipulation in energy markets, saying that their jurisdictional authorities were complementary.

Interstate natural gas pipelines expressed support for the direction of FERC’s proposed policy statement that would allow the use of master limited partnerships (MLP) in proxy groups to determine oil and gas pipelines’ return on equity (ROE). But they had some concerns with the particulars. Local distribution companies (LDCs), on the other hand, urged FERC to move cautiously, while major producers viewed the policy statement as a short-term patch..

Interstate natural gas pipelines expressed support for the direction of FERC’s proposed policy statement that would allow the use of master limited partnerships (MLP) in proxy groups to determine oil and gas pipelines’ return on equity (ROE). But they had some concerns with the particulars. Local distribution companies (LDC), on the other hand, urged FERC to move cautiously.

A coalition of natural gas supplier and consumer groups last Thursday expressed support for FERC’s effort to improve the quality of the financial information that interstate pipelines are required to file with the agency quarterly and annually. It asked FERC to quickly implement a series of “minor” changes to agency financial forms to ensure shippers are armed with adequate information about the pipelines that transport their gas.

A coalition of natural gas supplier and consumer groups Thursday expressed support for FERC’s effort to improve the quality of the financial information that interstate pipelines are required to file with the agency quarterly and annually. It asked FERC to quickly implement a series of “minor” changes to agency financial forms to ensure that shippers are armed with adequate information about the pipelines that transport their gas.

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) last week expressed supported for the recent call by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick for only U.S. crews to be used on tankers transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the state’s ports.

The entire seven-member Connecticut congressional delegation expressed its “strong and united opposition” to Broadwater Energy LLC’s controversial deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in a recent letter to FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher.

The entire seven-member Connecticut congressional delegation expressed its “strong and united opposition” to Broadwater Energy LLC’s controversial deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in a letter Friday to FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher.

Natural gas association officials last Wednesday publicly expressed optimism about working with a new Democratic Congress, although they acknowledged that the direction of energy policy would likely shift to alternative energy and away from oil and gas in the short run, and that offshore drilling legislation — if not passed by the current Republican-controlled Congress in the lame-duck session — would become a back-burner issue.