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A pair of rules proposed by the Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that would list as endangered the gunnison sage grouse, which is found in Colorado and Utah, and designate 1.7 million acres of critical habitat for the bird under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), would cost the two states more than $290 million annually, according to a drafteconomic analysisreleased by FWS last week.

The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season is deep into its second half and there has yet to be any significant threat to natural gas and oil interests in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). But with the flood of onshore natural gas that has come out of U.S. shale plays in recent years, would a hurricane in the GOM have the same impact on prices and supply as storms have in the past?

Alaska’s Cook Inlet was thought to have been played out for natural gas development. However, recent promising producer activity there has moved the state to seek the reopening of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility for fear that without it there may not be a market for the potential gas.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Thursday said he would join Republicans in voting against former Colorado regulator Ron Binz for FERC chairman, which would sink the nomination if the rest of the votes in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee split along party lines.

FERC Thursday approved Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s application to increase the compression capacity along its 300 Line to meet the growing demand for interstate natural gas transportation service in the northeastern United States and Canada.

A FERC quarterly update of various regional efforts to coordinate natural gas and electric markets shows that the New England and Northeast generation markets will continue to be the most gas-dependent during the upcoming heating season.

Former Colorado regulator Ron Binz, nominated for FERC chairman, said he was bullish on natural gas and expects applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals to proceed through the agency as usual.

The Senate confirmation hearing for former Colorado regulator Ronald Binz to join FERC is still a day away, but already the fireworks have started.

FERC on Monday approved a joint request for temporary waivers of certain agency regulations to facilitate the $3.75 billion sale of Apache Corp. Gulf of Mexico assets to Fieldwood Energy LLC.