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In an attempt to clarify its muddled policy on gathering, FERC last Thursday issued a policy statement that identifies the type of potentially abusive practices by offshore gathering affiliates that would frustrate the agency’s regulation of interstate natural gas pipelines enough to justify reassertion of jurisdiction over exempt gathering.

In an attempt to clarify its muddled policy on gathering, FERC Thursday issued a policy statement that identifies the type of potentially abusive practices by gathering affiliates that would frustrate the agency’s regulation of interstate pipelines enough to justify reassertion of jurisdiction over exempt gathering.

FERC last Thursday issued an administrative policy statement that identifies the process it will use when assessing civil penalties in enforcement actions that are not resolved through settlement.

FERC Thursday issued an administrative policy statement that identifies the process it will use in assessing civil penalties in enforcement actions that are not resolved through settlement.

El Paso Corp. disclosed last Monday it has furnished the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston with details of more incidents in which its employees gave deceptive information on natural gas trades to the energy trade publication, Platts’ Inside F.E.R.C. At the same time, federal prosecutors said in court the false reporting practices of El Paso traders were part of a two-year-old conspiracy to manipulate energy prices.

El Paso Corp. disclosed Monday it has provided the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston with details of more incidents in which its employees gave deceptive information on natural gas trades to the energy trade publication, Platts’ Inside F.E.R.C. At the same time, federal prosecutors said in court the false reporting practices of El Paso traders were part of a two-year-old conspiracy to manipulate energy prices.

Proposals, alternatives and mitigating measures covering two proposed offshore oil and natural gas lease sales of 1.5 million acres in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) have been identified by the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS). The two proposed sales under consideration are included in the MMS 2002-2007 oil and gas leasing program. Sale 189 is tentatively scheduled for December 2003, and Sale 197 is proposed for March 2005.

Proposals, alternatives and mitigating measures covering two proposed offshore oil and natural gas lease sales of 1.5 million acres in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) have been identified by the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS). The two proposed sales under consideration are included in the MMS 2002-2007 oil and gas leasing program. Sale 189 is tentatively scheduled for December 2003, and Sale 197 is proposed for March 2005.

Easing restrictions on backup emergency generators and implementing real-time and time-of-use pricing for all customers with electric demands that exceed 200 kW are steps the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says need to be taken immediately, along with a host of other short-term actions, in order to mitigate the impact of blackouts and reduce the likelihood of a widespread power outage in the West over the next two summers.