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A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) called “unjust and unreasonable” Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) proposal to hold incoming customers at its Washington Storage Field in Louisiana responsible for the higher costs for replenishing base gas when exiting customers exercise their option to buy facility base gas at low historic prices.

In a blow to FERC’s enforcement case against Energy Transfer Partners’ Oasis Pipeline LP, a presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) last Tuesday dismissed the agency’s most serious charge against the pipeline — that its discriminated against nonaffiliated shippers in favor of affiliated shippers.

In a blow to FERC’s enforcement case against Energy Transfer Partners’ Oasis Pipeline LP, the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) Tuesday dismissed the agency’s charge that the pipeline discriminated against nonaffiliated shippers in favor of affiliated shippers.

FERC last Thursday ordered an administrative law judge (ALJ) hearing to determine whether certain natural gas futures trading activities by Amaranth Advisors LLC, seven affiliates and two former traders violated the agency’s anti-manipulation regulations.

FERC Thursday ordered an administrative law judge (ALJ) hearing to determine whether certain natural gas futures trading activities by Amaranth Advisors LLC, seven affiliates and two former traders violated the agency’s anti-manipulation regulations.

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) last Tuesday granted enforcement staff’s request to issue subpoenas for several nonparty companies to appear or produce documents at the hearing of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP, which stands accused of manipulating physical natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Chanel (HSC) and Waha trading hub on various dates from December 2003 through December 2005.

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) Tuesday granted enforcement staff’s request to issue subpoenas for several nonparty companies to appear or produce documents at the hearing of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP, which stands accused of manipulating physical natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Chanel (HSC) and Waha trading hub on various dates from December 2003 through December 2005.

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) has certified and recommended that FERC approve Algonquin Gas Transmission’s proposed contested settlement that attempts to resolve a number of natural gas quality and interchangeability issues associated with the transportation of regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) on its pipeline system.

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) has certified an uncontested partial rate settlement that he says could net shippers on Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line millions of dollars in savings.