Governors

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and several state attorneys general Monday signed a letter asking President Obama to pull the final rule on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and Indian lands at the federal level.

The governors of Oklahoma and Colorado said more than 100 bids from dealers in 28 states have come in as part of a 22-state effort to get bids from the auto industry to supply natural gas vehicles (NGV) for government fleets in each of the states.

Governors last week fast-tracked efforts to makeover statewide fleets with natural gas vehicles (NGV), announcing Friday that more than 100 bids were issued in the 22-state effort, with Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and Honda all wanting in on the action.

New Jersey wants the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to ultimately oversee the approval process for natural gas well sites in the river basin, and is calling for a strict limit to the initial number of production wells to be drilled once it adopts regulations on hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has joined two other western governors to ask FERC to speed approval of El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline Project, which would carry natural gas from the Rockies to the West Coast.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has joined two other western governors to ask FERC to speed approval of El Paso Corp.’s Ruby Pipeline Project, which would carry natural gas from the Rockies to the West Coast.

Industrial energy consumers object to language in the economic stimulus bill that would require state governors to support decoupling of electricity and natural gas volumes from prices in order to receive energy efficiency grants.

Industrial energy consumers object to language in the $816 billion House economic recovery bill that would require state governors to support decoupling of electricity and natural gas volumes from prices in order to get more stimulus funds.

A crowded field of former and existing western governors and former Clinton-era officials are topping the list of candidates being mentioned for secretary of the Interior Department in an Obama administration.