Firing the latest shot in what has been a long and heated argument, U.S. Energy Corp. and Crested Corp., doing business as USECC, reported Tuesday that in October it filed a cross-appeal of the judgment entered by the U.S. District Court of Colorado on Aug. 1, which ordered RWE Nukem, Inc. and its subsidiary, Cycle Resource Investment Corp., to pay USECC $20,044,183.
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ANWR Said to Face Better Odds in Senate This Time Around
Get ready for another heated debate in the Senate over whether to open up a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas exploration and production. This time, however, Capitol Hill observers believe the odds are in favor of ANWR development.
ANWR Said to Face Better Odds in Senate This Time Around
The stage is set for another heated debate in the Senate over whether to open up a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas exploration and production. This time, however, Capitol Hill observers believe the odds are in favor of ANWR development.
Guardian Expects to Make Midwest Debut in Mid-December
After years of bickering, protests and heated controversy, Guardian Pipeline has been completed and is scheduled to begin delivering natural gas supplies to northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin markets before mid-December, says a spokesman for CMS Energy, a partner in the pipeline. But there is one glitch.
Guardian Expects to Make Midwest Debut in Mid-December
After years of bickering, protests and heated controversy, Guardian Pipeline has been completed and is scheduled to begin delivering natural gas supplies to northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin markets before mid-December, says a spokesman for CMS Energy, a partner in the pipeline. But there is one glitch.
AGA Says Gas-Heated Homes on the Rise
Natural gas usage levels are continuing a strong growth trend as more and more consumers are using the commodity to heat their homes. Of the single-family homes constructed in 2000, 70% of them featured natural gas heat, according to the 2000 Residential Natural Gas Market Survey released Friday by the American Gas Association (AGA). Electric heat captured 27%, followed by heating oil at 3%, the survey found.
Political Wars Heat Up in CA Over Energy Consultants
Controversy, fueled by increasing political tensions, heated up last week about a group of private sector consultants brought on the state payroll by Gov. Gray Davis in the past six months to help California wrestle with its electricity problems, including the state’s role in buying bulk wholesale power.
NU Files Suit, Seeks to Recover Merger Premium
The legal battle between former merger candidates NortheastUtilities and Consolidated Edison heated up a notch yesterday witha breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by NU against ConEd that seeksdamages of more than $1 billion, including the proposed premium inCon Edison’s $26.70/share purchase offer. NU’s share price hastumbled from the mid-$20 to a 52-week low last week of $18.21.
Long Island Pipe Projects Duke It Out
The battle for a new pipeline to serve Long Island, NY, heatedup this week as two companies announced significant market supportfor both of their projects. Tennessee Gas Pipeline announced thatits Connecticut-Long Island (CT-LI) Lateral Project attractedrequests for 1.6 Bcf/d of firm transportation capacity, while DukeEnergy Gas Transmission said its Islander East pipeline drew 1.2Bcf/d in shipper requests.
Power Market Soars; CA-ISO Lowers Price Caps
The finger-pointing and calls for market intervention — mostnotably centered on electricity price caps —heated up fasterthan the temperatures on both coasts this week, with merchantgenerators and incumbent regulated utilities drawing the ire ofstate and federal policymakers.