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Later this month, a Nebraska district court will hear argumentsfrom Kinder Morgan subsidiary KN Energy, which has charged severalmunicipalities in the western part of the state with attempting toregulate the gas company’s rates by requiring it to pay into astate loan fund, and when it refused to pay the charge, enactingordinances to not allow a surcharge on gas purchases.

Chevron announced last week it has filed a petition asking theU.S. Supreme Court to hear a $742 million breach-of-contract casefirst brought against Gulf Oil Co. in 1982 by Cities Service Co.,which was bought by Occidental in 1984. Dawn Soper, a Chevronspokesperson, said it is now up to the court to rule on thepetition.

Chevron announced it has filed a petition asking the U.S.Supreme Court to hear a $742 million breach-of-contract case firstbrought upon Gulf Oil Co. in 1982 by Cities Service Co., which wasbought by Occidental in 1984. Dawn Soper, a Chevron spokesperson,said it is now up to the court to rule on the petition.

Columbia Energy CEO Oliver G. (Rick) Richard gazed deep into acrystal ball yesterday for the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgiaand saw thousands of municipal gas customers using the Internet tochoose from among a plethora of alternative gas suppliers. All themunicipals saw through that crystal, however, was Richard on theother side.