Groundwork

FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Curtis L. Wagner Jr. issued two orders last Monday that lay the groundwork for Natural Gas Act Section 5 proceedings into allegations that Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC and Ozark Gas Transmission LLC over-recovered their cost of service in 2008 and 2009, potentially resulting in unjust and unreasonable rates for shippers.

FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Curtis L. Wagner Jr. issued two orders Monday that lay the groundwork for Natural Gas Act Section 5 proceedings into allegations that Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC and Ozark Gas Transmission LLC over-recovered their cost of service in 2008 and 2009, potentially resulting in unjust and unreasonable rates for shippers.

Flanked by Senate and House leaders and key administration officials, President Obama Wednesday signed into law landmark legislation that lays the groundwork for the biggest overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the 1930s.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. will spend more in the Marcellus Shale through the rest of this year to lay the groundwork for a big drilling expansion in 2010, CEO Dan O. Dinges said last week.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. will spend more in the Marcellus Shale through the rest of this year to lay the groundwork for a big drilling expansion in 2010, CEO Dan O. Dinges said Tuesday.

Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Dan Boren (D-OK) are laying the groundwork for a bipartisan Congressional Natural Gas Caucus to focus greater attention on natural gas on Capitol Hill.

Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Dan Boren (D-OK) are laying the groundwork for a bipartisan Congressional Natural Gas Caucus, adding to recent activity aimed at making sure natural gas does not lose out in climate change legislation.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee late Wednesday voted out legislation to restrict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, laying the groundwork for a major fight between Democrats and Republicans on the floor next year.

A group of major natural-gas producers and exporters laid the groundwork Monday for what could turn out to be the formation of another world energy cartel, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.