Innovative

Columbia Gas of Ohio customers may soon be able to lock in natural gas prices for three years under a plan unveiled by Centrica subsidiary Direct Energy.

Marathon Oil Co. is making good on its two-year-old sustainable value growth plan, which is giving the integrated major new avenues to pump up its reserves and its options by moving its focus to worldwide partnerships and technological innovation, according to CEO Clarence P. Cazalot.

Marathon Oil Co. is making good on its two-year-old sustainable value growth plan, which is giving the integrated major new avenues to pump up its reserves and its options by moving its focus to worldwide partnerships and technological innovation, according to CEO Clarence P. Cazalot.

Advancing its reputation as one of the more innovative pipelinesin the industry when it comes to rate making, Reliant Energy GasTransmission (REGT) submitted a rate filing with FERC that willgive customers an ‘in-kind’ balancing option. The plan is part ofto its Automatic Nomination Service (ANS), a ‘just-in-time’ supplymanagement service.

Advancing its reputation as one of the more innovative pipelinesin the industry when it comes to ratemaking, Reliant Energy GasTransmission (REGT) submitted a rate filing with FERC that willgive customers an ‘in-kind’ balancing option. The plan is part ofto its Automatic Nomination Service (ANS), a ‘just-in-time’ supplymanagement service.

The U.S. utility meter market is growing at a pace of about 3% ayear, rallied by innovative vendors who are winning market sharewith communication-enabled, low-priced meters that offset thesingle-phase residential meters, according to a new researchreport.

Northern Natural’s innovative volumetric rate proposal, whichcould provide customers with a method of better managing weatherrisk, is headed to a technical conference and further FERC andindustry scrutiny.

Northern Natural’s innovative volumetric rate proposal, whichcould provide customers with a method of better managing weatherrisk, is headed to a technical conference and further FERC andindustry scrutiny.

Describing Northern Natural Gas’ recent all-new approach torates as “innovative,” FERC yesterday gave the go-ahead for anexamination of its components as “a useful test case” accompanyingthe Commission’s generic regulatory review.