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Colorado Producers Challenge Longmont’s Fracking Ban

The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) late Monday filed a lawsuit in a county district court seeking to invalidate the city of Longmont’s ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) within its city limits. COGA told the court the resolution essentially is a ban on oil/natural gas drilling.

December 20, 2012

FERC Imposes Penalties for Capacity Release Rules Violations

The almost $7 million to be forfeit by Constellation NewEnergy-Gas Division LLC and the $400,000 levied against Entergy New Orleans Inc. in separate cases for violations of FERC’s capacity release rules could have been much higher if the companies had not self-reported the violations, FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher said in announcing consent agreements with the companies Tuesday.

March 12, 2008