Holidays

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) staffers planning to go Down Under over the holidays to escape talk of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and their market impacts might want to reconsider. LNG and gas markets are a source of controversy in Australia, too.

Earthquakes such as the one that forced a wastewater disposal well in Youngstown, OH, to be closed at the beginning of the year can be avoided if oil, natural gas and service companies are more knowledgeable of the local and regional geology.

The Ohio company that owns a wastewater disposal well in Youngstown shut down by state regulators for allegedly triggering a series of earthquakes will pay for a study to determine the cause of the seismic activity.

Before leaving for the holidays, the Senate finally got around to confirming former Iowa regulator John Norris to FERC. The move all but guarantees that the Commission will not run into quorum problems in the New Year.

Before leaving for the holidays Thursday, the Senate finally got around to confirming former Iowa regulator John Norris to FERC. The move all but guarantees that the Commission will not run into quorum problems in the New Year.

Delivering a pre-holidays gift to the state’s consumers, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) in mid-December ordered keeping electric rates unchanged and decreasing retail natural gas rates for two utilities — Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS) and Wisconsin Power & Light (WP&L). The changes are effective Thursday with the start of the new year.

Just in time for the holidays, Cheniere Energy Inc. filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) applications for permits to construct liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals in Sabine Pass, LA and Corpus Christi, TX along with two related natural gas pipelines

Just in time for the holidays, Cheniere Energy Inc. filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) applications for permits to construct liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals in Sabine Pass, LA and Corpus Christi, TX along with two related natural gas pipelines

Congress went home for the holidays last week with a massive $400 billion overhaul of Medicare under its belt, but passage of a comprehensive energy bill eluded it for the third year in a row. The bill became deadlocked in the Senate when Republican-led proponents were unable to find two additional votes to push the measure through, effectively stranding the bill in Congress until next year. GOP leaders vowed to pick up where they left off when they return for the second session in late January.