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FERC has given Yukon Pacific Co. LP a three-year extension to begin construction of its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Alaska. It was the company’s third request to push back the construction start-up date.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday gave environmental clearance to ANR Pipeline’s Eastleg expansion project that would supply natural gas to new power generation capacity in Wisconsin.

FERC has granted Greenbrier Pipeline Co. LLC’s request for a two-year extension to build and put into operation its proposed 279-mile pipeline that would serve local distributors and power generators in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Uncle Sam offered the Terminator-turned-governor an offer he and California couldn’t refuse Thursday: a government-industry-university research team and up to $50 million in a five-year program to develop a hydrogen-based transportation infrastructure in the nation’s most populous and motor vehicle-inundated state.

Embattled El Paso Corp. said last Tuesday it received waivers from lenders on its $3 billion revolving credit facility in order to deal with potential issues arising from the company’s major downward adjustment to its oil and natural gas reserves.

Embattled El Paso Corp. said Tuesday it received waivers from lenders on its $3 billion revolving credit facility in order to deal with potential issues arising from the company’s major downward adjustment to its oil and natural gas reserves.

Former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig on Friday was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to 51 months in federal prison, without parole, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $1 million fine after Wittig last summer was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, four counts of making false bank entries and one count of money laundering.

Former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig on Friday was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to 51 months in federal prison, without parole, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $1 million fine after Wittig last summer was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, four counts of making false bank entries and one count of money laundering following a 10-day jury trial.

Marking yet another major step in its ongoing efforts to establish efficient, reliable power markets in the U.S. and prevent undue discrimination in the provision of electric transmission services, FERC last Tuesday conditionally approved an application filed last year by Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to establish a regional transmission organization (RTO).