FERC staff has sent Dominion Cove Point LNG LP back to the drawing board after its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Calvert County, MD came up short during an initial agency inspection in late May.
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CERA: FERC’s Western Report Flunks Economics 101
In the harshest criticism yet of FERC staff’s final report on Price Manipulation in the Western Markets, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) said the report “fails to substantiate and support its major premises, conclusions and recommendations,” and could lead the nation “into scarcities and disruptions” (see NGI, March 31).
CERA: FERC’s Western Report Flunks Economics 101
In the harshest criticism yet of FERC staff’s final report on Price Manipulation in the Western Markets, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) said the report “fails to substantiate and support its major premises, conclusions and recommendations,” and could lead the nation “into scarcities and disruptions” (see Daily GPI, March 27).
OPS Gets High Marks from NTSB, but Flunks with Congress
While the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) took it on the chin during a House subcommittee mark-up of pipeline safety legislation last Thursday, its chief detractor, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), removed the agency from its “Most Wanted List” after it responded to two remaining recommendations for safety improvements to pipelines.
Powder River Basin DEIS Flunks EPA Review
Development of federal leases in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana will have to await a revised plan to mitigate the impact of brine brought to the surface in coalbed methane drilling on rivers in the area, according to a review published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week.