The policy portion of the broad energy bill containing key natural gas and electricity initiatives may have made its farewell appearance on the Senate floor for the year last week, as senators voted not to invoke cloture on an amendment that sought to piggyback energy policy provisions to unrelated legislation banning Internet access taxes. This was the latest and perhaps biggest setback in what has been a string of setbacks for the energy bill in the Senate this year.
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Meteorologists Agree: Baby, it’s Cold Outside
Most of the folks in the Lower 48 states apparently won’t be reaching for their flip-flops and suntan lotion anytime soon. Salomon Smith Barney meteorologist Jon Davis warned the “WINTER IS NOT OVER!” last week and a number of other weather forecasters agreed.
Meteorologists Agree: Baby, it’s Cold Outside
It appears that most of the Lower 48 states will not be reaching for their flip-flops and suntan lotion anytime soon as a number of weather forcasting agencies are calling for winter weather to go on, and on, and on. While pointing out that the storm now approaching the East will not be as fierce as the President’s Day “city storm,” Salomon Smith Barney meteorologist Jon Davis warned “WINTER IS NOT OVER!”
First Round of Bidding On El Paso Flops
El Paso Natural Gas last week said it awarded only a smallfraction of the 1.35 BBtu/d of soon-to-be available firm capacityon its system to one shipper — Williams Energy Marketing andTrading — following its recent open season. “There were no bigwinners,” noted El Paso President Richard Baish. The pipelinerejected the majority of shipper bids because they failed to meetthe “minimum revenue threshold” requirements for the capacity.
First Round of Bidding on El Paso Flops
El Paso Natural Gas announced yesterday that it awarded only asmall portion of the 1.4 Bcf/d of soon-to-be available capacity onits system to one shipper – Williams Energy Marketing and Trading.The pipeline rejected the majority of shipper bids because theyfailed to either meet or exceed the “minimum revenue threshold”requirements for the capacity.
CNG Flip-Flops on Northeast Gas Need, Other Pipe Projects Say
The sponsors of Independence Pipeline and Millennium Pipelineprojects contend CNG Transmission Corp. is speaking with a forkedtongue when it comes to assessing the future need for new pipelinecapacity to the Northeast market.
CNG Flip-Flops on Capacity Needs, Other Pipe Projects Say
The Independence Pipeline and Millennium Pipeline projectscontend CNG Transmission Corp. is speaking with a forked tonguewhen it comes to the need for new pipeline capacity to supply thegrowth in gas demand that’s expected for the Northeast market.