PG&E Corp. has named Anthony Earley as its new chairman, CEO and president. Earley is the first PG&E CEO to come from outside the utility in PG&E’s more than 100-year history. As head of Michigan-based DTE Energy and its core businesses of Detroit Edison Co. and Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Earley was credited with running two of the nation’s more respected electric and natural gas utility companies, according to PG&E lead director Lee Cox, who has been serving as interim CEO since Peter Darbee left earlier this year (see NGI, May 2). “We looked across the industry and found the person best qualified to help us win back public confidence,” Cox said. Earley began his utility career with Long Island Lighting Co. in 1985 and joined DTE in 1994. He previously was an officer in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine program, and holds an undergraduate degree, as well as graduate engineering and law degrees, from the University of Notre Dame.
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CPUC Shakes Up Safety Unit in Wake of San Bruno Review
California regulators are looking for a new head of the state’s reorganized Consumer Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) in response to recommendations from an independent review panel that called for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to change the way it oversees natural gas pipeline safety in the wake of last year’s devastating pipeline rupture in San Bruno, CA. The CPUC is looking nationwide for a new CPSD director.
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A Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sale that was delayed by the Macondo well blowout is back on the calendar for December, the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) said. During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on July 15 BOEM Director Michael Bromwich said the federal agency was “working very hard to do a lease sale in the western Gulf before the end of the year.” If it is delayed, “it would only slip a very little bit” to January. “We’ve been pushing very hard because we know how important it is to get that lease sale.” The western leasing area of the GOM generally is viewed as less attractive commercially to oil and gas operators than tracts in the central GOM, where the Macondo well was being drilled. A sale of central GOM leases remains on track to be completed before June 30, when the current five-year leasing plan is scheduled to expire, the BOEM chief said.
Western GOM Lease Sale Planned
A Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sale that was delayed by the Macondo well blowout last year is back on the calendar for December, the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) said last week.
Pipeline Safety Chief Unsure if ‘System Under Stress’
The head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) last Thursday was joined by the oil and natural gas industry in calling for Congress to pass a strong pipeline reauthorization bill this year in light of the rash of pipeline accidents in the past year.
PHMSA Head Uncertain if Pipe Accidents ‘Sign of System Under Stress’
The head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Thursday was joined by the oil and natural gas industry in calling for Congress to pass a strong pipeline reauthorization bill this year in light of the rash of pipeline accidents in the past year.
NTSB Chief: Previous Leak on San Bruno Pipe
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) last week criticized Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and said she was “very disappointed” that the company had been slow to reveal there had been a leak in 1988 on a section of its gas transmission Line 132, which exploded in San Bruno, CA, last September.
NTSB Chair Tours San Bruno Site, Chides PG&E
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday toured the site of last September’s gas transmission pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA, taking time to criticize Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and offering additional recommendations for improving communications between pipeline operators and communities.
Shale Industry Considers Going on the Offensive
The shale industry might need to go on the offensive against its critics, the head of an advocacy group told an audience in Pittsburgh last Tuesday.
Shale Industry Considers Going on the Offensive
The shale industry might need to go on the offensive against its critics, the head of an advocacy group told an audience in Pittsburgh Tuesday.
