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After stirring up a flap among a newly elected combination of regulators, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday rescinded a mandatory prohibition against one of its five members facing criminal charges, replacing it with a softer resolution that would make it voluntary for any member who is a criminal or civil defendant to recuse themselves from votes on internal personnel and administrative matters at the commission.

FERC last Wednesday established a hearing to resolve a flap over Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s bid to build an interconnect to a pipeline along the coast of Louisiana that it jointly maintains and operates with Columbia Gulf Transmission. The Commission, however, suspended the start of the hearing to give the two pipeline companies a chance to work out the dispute on their own before a settlement judge.

FERC on Wednesday established a hearing to resolve a flap over Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s bid to build an interconnect to a pipeline along the coast of Louisiana that is jointly maintained and operated with Columbia Gulf Transmission. The Commission, however, suspended the start of the hearing while the two pipeline companies engage in settlement talks before a settlement judge.

An attempt by California regulators to assert jurisdiction over proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Long Beach harbor “casts a cloud of uncertainty” over the development of the project, the project developer told FERC last Tuesday.

The attempt by California regulators to assert jurisdiction over proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Long Beach harbor “casts a cloud of uncertainty” over the development of the project, the project developer told FERC Tuesday.

The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) said that state gas customers can expect to see approximately $30.3 million in refunds stemming from cases involving Kansas ad valorem (property) taxes unlawfully collected during the period of 1983 through 1988 by natural gas producers from Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline (formerly Williams) and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line customers.

The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) said Tuesday that state gas customers can expect to see approximately $30.3 million in refunds stemming from cases involving Kansas ad valorem (property) taxes unlawfully collected during the period of 1983 through 1988 by natural gas producers from Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline (formerly Williams) and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line customers.

With an informal inquiry under way by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Reliant Resources Inc. CEO Steve Letbetter revealed last week that the company suspended an employee in its accounting department and another employee in the risk management division who apparently were involved in the company’s earnings restatement, first announced in February. Reliant Resources said earlier this month that the SEC had launched in informal inquiry, but the CEO said he was unaware of any outstanding issues.