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Union Workers Protest El Paso’s Safety Record at FERC

About 40 angry union workers blasted El Paso Corp.’s safety and financial record Wednesday morning in front of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where commissioners were holding their regular bi-weekly meeting. The AFL-CIO affiliated Pipeline Workers of America (PWOA) handed out flyers that said, “Say No to Blue Atlantic,” El Paso’s proposed 1,000-mile, 36-inch diameter Atlantic pipeline system that would bring gas to New York and New Jersey from offshore Nova Scotia.

January 16, 2003

Sempra Not Worried About Argentina Gas Utility Investments

Argentina’s scrambled economy that has drawn front-page attention from some major U.S. financial news media so far does not worry San Diego-based Sempra Energy, which has significant interest in two natural gas utilities.

December 23, 2002

DTE Energy Expresses Interest in Buying FirstEnergy Ohio Plants

DTE Energy has made a non-binding bid in response to FirstEnergy Corp.’s placing a ‘for sale’ sign in front of four of its predominantly coal-fired power plants in Ohio, after a deal to sell those assets to NRG Energy Inc. collapsed over the summer, a spokesperson for DTE Energy told NGI last Wednesday.

December 16, 2002

Mild Weather Brings Futures Back to Familiar $3.00 Level

With little on either the technical or fundamental news front, natural gas futures shuffled sideways and lower yesterday, as traders weighed moderating temperatures against the potential for a bullish storage report Wednesday. At the closing bell the September contract was 4.1 cents lower at $2.999. The 12-month strip suffered only a minor setback, down 1.6-cents at $3.443.

August 14, 2001

Two Canadian Provinces Shine In Electric Choice Efforts

Bucking the overall trend in Canada of little to no progress on the electric competition front, Alberta and Ontario earned high marks in a recently released report issued by the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM).

May 14, 2001

Two Canadian Provinces Shine In Electric Choice Efforts

Bucking the overall trend in Canada of little to no progress on the electric competition front, Alberta and Ontario earned high marks in a recently released report issued by the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM).

May 8, 2001

Mexico’s Electricity Reform Not Expected Soon

Tax reform is taking front seat to electricity reform in Mexico, and officials say that hope is fading to change the country’s state-run power sector until the next session of congress convenes in September. The current congress adjourns April 30.

April 16, 2001

Mexico’s Electricity Reform Not Expected Soon

Tax reform is taking front seat to electricity reform in Mexico, and officials say that hope is fading to change the country’s state-run power sector until the next session of congress convenes in September. The current congress adjourns April 30.

April 10, 2001

Con Ed Seeks to Prevent Abuses Up Front

Consolidated Edison Inc. called on FERC last Tuesday to enactmechanisms to limit the potential for price spikes in the New Yorkwholesale power market this summer.

January 29, 2001

Con Ed Seeks to Prevent Abuses Up Front

Consolidated Edison called on FERC yesterday to protect itscustomers this summer by instituting mechanisms to reduce potentialprice spikes in the New York wholesale power market.

January 24, 2001