Pilot LNG LLC has landed a new partner to help it develop the Gulf Coast’s first facility dedicated entirely to refueling vessels with LNG. The company said it has entered a joint venture with Seapath, which invests in maritime infrastructure, to help fund a $150 million project in the Galveston Bay area southeast of Houston…
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Chesapeake Utilities Snaps Up NextEra’s Florida City Gas in $923M Deal
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. has agreed to pay $923 million in cash to acquire NextEra Energy Inc. subsidiary Florida City Gas (FCG), which, once complete, is expected to more than double Chesapeake’s natural gas business in the state. FCG, a subsidiary of NextEra’s Florida Power & Light Co., owns and operates about 3,800 miles of distribution…

Natural Gas Futures Nudge Higher as Traders Zero In on Continued Heat; Cash Strong
Natural gas futures were higher on Monday after the weekend models showed hot weather returning to the Lower 48 following the Labor Day holiday. After soaring to a $2.695 intraday high, the September Nymex gas futures contract settled at $2.579/MMBtu, up 3.9 cents from Friday’s settlement. October futures edged up only eight-tenths of a cent…

NextEra ‘Running Hard’ at Green Hydrogen, Planning to Blend in Natural Gas Pipeline
Florida-based NextEra Energy Inc. is taking advantage of federal incentives to boost its advantage in renewable natural gas (RNG) and green hydrogen. CFO Kirk Crews highlighted how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is boosting the company’s ability to add the clean energy assets to its portfolio as it aims to supply a growing customer base…

Natural Gas Forward Curves Retreat as Deadly Ian Rages Across Southeast
With natural gas production remaining stout – even amid temporary shut-ins ahead of Hurricane Ian – and cooler weather leaving its mark on storage inventories, natural gas forward prices continued to fall during the Sept. 22-28 week, according to NGI’s Forward Look. In the latter part of the period, all attention was on Florida, where…

Duke’s Proposed Rate Hike in Florida Designed to Offset Natural Gas Price Volatility
Duke Energy Florida earlier this month proposed an electricity rate hike to mitigate the impact of volatile natural gas prices. The “fuel adjustment” would be tacked onto residential, commercial and industrial power bills from March through at least February 2023, the Duke Energy Corp. subsidiary said. The measure would translate to a $6.62 increase in…

Trump Reverses Course on Offshore Drilling by Extending, Expanding Atlantic Ban
In a policy about-face, President Trump extended a moratorium on oil and natural gas development in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and expanded the ban to the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The president, speaking Tuesday in Jupiter, FL, near his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, threw a political bone to…
Mirabito Launches Carbon Offset Plan for Florida Customers
Genie Energy subsidiary Mirabito Natural Gas has launched MirabitoClean to offset the carbon emissions of its Florida customers, which in turn would fund renewable energy projects around the United States.

Callahan Intrastate Pipeline to Expand Natural Gas Service to Northeast Florida
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. affiliate Peninsula Pipeline Co. and SeaCoast Gas Transmission affiliate TECO Peoples Gas (PGS) plan to jointly develop a pipeline to bring additional natural gas capacity to the Jacksonville area of northeastern Florida, the companies said Wednesday.
Florida Lawmakers Move to Ban Unconventional Drilling
Florida lawmakers have advanced a pair of bills designed to prohibit hydraulic fracturing, which is used in unconventional drilling.