Glaring

Lack of Energy/Water Strategies a ‘Glaring Omission’

Few companies have either energy or water strategies, and fewer still have integrated energy-water strategies — “a glaring omission” — according to a white paper issued Tuesday by a pair of independent advisers to Deloitte LLP.

May 23, 2012

Producer Group Wants More Guidance on Gas Quality Issues

FERC took a “notable first step” earlier this month when it issued its long-awaited policy statement on natural gas quality and interchangeability, but the agency still needs to provide the industry with more guidance on key policy issues, a producer coalition told the agency last Wednesday.

June 26, 2006

Producer Group Seeks More Guidance on Gas Quality Issues

FERC took a “notable first step” last week when its issued its long-awaited policy statement on natural gas quality and interchangeability, but the agency still needs to provide the industry with more guidance on key issues, a producer coalition told the agency Wednesday.

June 23, 2006

Post-Hurricanes, Large Customers, Utility Battle Over NW Natural Gas Retail Contracts

As a glaring footnote to natural gas price volatility sparked immediately after the two big Gulf of Mexico hurricanes late last summer, Portland, OR-based Northwest Natural Gas Co. and some of its largest customers are locked in a dispute over retail natural gas deals the utility offered them.

January 24, 2006

GAO Advises FERC to Adjust Civil Penalties for Inflation

Citing FERC’s glaring delinquency in this area, the General Accounting Office (GAO) last week called on the Commission to take regulatory action to bring its civil penalties that are covered under the Inflation Adjustment Act (IAA) more in line with inflation.

July 22, 2002