While it’s good that California regulators recently approved resource adequacy plans for the state, including setting reserve margin requirements for utilities, the “fundamental issues” that faced California in 2001 “have not been addressed,” FERC Chairman Patrick Wood told reporters last Thursday.
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FERC Sees Tight Winter Gas Market, Constraints in New England
The nation faces a number of negative conditions as the winter heating season begins: flat to negative natural gas production that is driving up prices, tight infrastructure capacity in certain regions (especially New England) and expected higher gas demand, FERC said in its “2004-05 Winter Energy Market Assessment,” which was released Thursday.
FERC Sees Tight Winter Gas Market, Constraints in New England
The nation faces a number of negative conditions as the winter heating season begins: flat to negative natural gas production that is driving up prices, tight infrastructure capacity in certain regions (especially New England) and expected higher gas demand, FERC said in its “2004-05 Winter Energy Market Assessment,” which was released Thursday.
Enron’s Lay Now Faces Two Trials, One with Skilling, Causey
Former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay is facing two separate criminal trials under a ruling made last week by a U.S. district judge in Houston. Under the rulings, Lay will be tried with former CEO Jeffrey Skilling and former chief accountant Rick Causey, and then will be tried for criminal charges related to his personal banking activities.
Enron’s Lay Now Faces Two Trials, One with Skilling, Causey
Former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay is facing two separate criminal trials under a ruling made late Tuesday by a U.S. district judge in Houston. Under the rulings, Lay will be tried with former CEO Jeffrey Skilling and former chief accountant Rick Causey, and then will be tried for criminal charges related to his personal banking activities.
Mackenzie Project Faces Daunting Regulatory Complexity
The scale of the regulatory hurdles faced by the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline project in Canada “rivals the complexity and uncertainty of regulatory and policy making found anywhere overseas,” according to gas analyst Paul Ziff.
Mackenzie Project Faces Daunting Regulatory Complexity
The scale of the regulatory hurdles faced by the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline project in Canada “rivals the complexity and uncertainty of regulatory and policy making found anywhere overseas,” according to gas analyst Paul Ziff.
Energy Tax Package Faces Critical Senate Votes
The $13 billion, 10-year energy tax package is expected to face several challenges this week from Republican senators seeking to strip it from the wider corporate tax cut bill (S. 1637). Few, however, were willing to speculate last week as to whether the energy tax provisions would survive to remain part of the broader tax legislation.
El Paso’s Arizona Storage Project Faces Stiff Local Opposition
El Paso Corp.’s proposed Copper Eagle gas storage project is facing the equivalent of a public stoning in Arizona even before the company decides to move forward with a FERC filing. But El Paso spokeswoman Kim Wallace said the project isn’t dead yet, and is sorely needed in the Southwest where there are only a few storage fields, none of which are in Arizona.
El Paso’s Arizona Storage Project Faces Stiff Local Opposition
El Paso Corp.’s proposed Copper Eagle gas storage project is facing the equivalent of a public stoning in Arizona even before the company decides to move forward with a FERC filing. But El Paso spokeswoman Kim Wallace said the project isn’t dead yet, and is sorely needed in the Southwest where there are only a few storage fields, none of which are in Arizona.