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Legislators and state government officials in Ohio, as well as industry groups, are discussing a bill that, if enacted, would require oil and natural gas land agents to register with the state and provide homeowners with several disclosure forms.

Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn’s energy adviser, Richard “Dick” Burdette, 61, died last Wednesday from a heart attack. Burdette’s funeral was held Monday in Carson City, NV. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Burdette was named energy adviser in December 2003 after serving five years at the Nevada Public Utilities Commission as its manager of resource and market analysis. He was a consultant in several regulated industries, worked as a aide to a U.S. senator and was a public affairs officer and acting deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Transportation Department.

Although his state-of-the-state speech last Monday was short on energy specifics, Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn will push for more energy conservation efforts in the state in 2005, according to his energy adviser Richard Burdette.

Although his state-of-the-state speech late Monday was short on energy specifics, Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn will push for more energy conservation efforts in the state in 2005, according to his energy adviser Richard Burdette who spoke with NGI/Power Market Today shortly before the governor delivered his speech.

Kenneth Lay, once the toast of Houston’s social community and referred to by President Bush as “Kenny Boy,” on Thursday pleaded innocent to 11 criminal charges in connection with his actions at the failed company that he founded, Enron Corp. Lay, 62, who faces charges that in total carry 175 years in prison if he is convicted, also was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn Wednesday named his chief energy advisor to a four-year term on the three-member Nevada Public Utilities Commission, replacing a sitting commissioner who completed his four-year stint.