California’s lower state legislative house Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee postponed action Monday on four energy proposals, while passing out a liquefied natural gas (LNG) assessment bill and failing to approve a proposed energy agency consolidation/reorganization proposal. The LNG measure (AB 993) now moves to the Appropriations Committee.
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Diverse Coalition Asks Bush White House, Congress to Take on Natural Gas Problems
Industrial customers, associations and environmental/energy efficiency activists have become unlikely allies to pressure Congress and the Bush administration to take steps to bridge the gap between natural gas supply and demand, promote the construction of new gas pipelines and storage facilities and foster greater conservation and energy efficiency by consumers.
Diverse Coalition Asks Bush White House, Congress to Take on Natural Gas Problems
Industrial customers, associations and environmental/energy efficiency activists have become unusual allies in order to press Congress and the Bush administration to take steps to bridge the gap between natural gas supply and demand, promote the construction of new gas pipelines and storage facilities and foster greater conservation and energy efficiency by consumers.
House-Senate Conferees Say Jurisdiction Over LNG Facilities Rests With FERC
Congress has clarified that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, not the states, has exclusive jurisdiction over the approval and siting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
House-Senate Conferees Say Jurisdiction Over LNG Facilities Rests With FERC
Congress over the weekend clarified that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, not the states, has exclusive jurisdiction over the approval and siting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
House-Senate Conferees Say Jurisdiction Over LNG Facilities Rests With FERC
Congress over the weekend clarified that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, not the states, has exclusive jurisdiction over the approval and siting of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
Lawmakers Ask DOE Secretary to Restore Gas Group
A group of senators and House members from the Northeast and Midwest have called on Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to restore an interagency working group on natural gas within 60 days.
Lawmakers Ask DOE Secretary to Restore Gas Group
A group of senators and House members from the Northeast and Midwest have called on Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to restore an interagency working group on natural gas within 60 days.
Conferees Add Marginal Well Tax Credit to Corporate Tax Cut Bill
Independent oil and natural gas producers scored a big victory Wednesday when House-Senate conferees approved a proposal that would establish a tax credit for marginal oil and gas wells when energy prices drop to low levels as part of the conference report on the broad corporate tax cut legislation (H.R. 4520).
Semco Suspends Dividend to Get Financial House Back in Order
In the first major action since George A. Schreiber, former chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston’s Global Energy Group, took over as Semco Energy’s new president and CEO in March, the local gas distribution company announced Thursday that it was suspending its $0.075 per share dividend effective immediately in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet, improve its credit rating and fund future growth.