For the second time in four months, Broome County, NY, legislators have voted against an application from Denver-based Inflection Energy to lease acreage for natural gas drilling. In a 10-3 vote late Thursday, the county’s legislature killed an Inflection proposal to pay the county $2,250-2,750/acre to lease 3,200 acres for five years for gas drilling. A previous proposal, which would have paid $3,000/acre for 5,500 acres, was withdrawn by County Executive Barbara Fiala this summer after the legislature said it would not approve the plan. Inflection had removed from its proposal some Marcellus Shale acreage that includes county parkland or acreage adjacent to parkland. Both proposals offered a 20% royalty. A de facto moratorium on drilling in the state, which was put in place two years ago, remains in effect while the Department of Environmental Conservation reviews its permitting regulations (see Shale Daily, Oct. 13).
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Pennsylvania Putting the Pressure on Marcellus Gas Drilling
Pennsylvania legislators continue to wrestle over details of a $28 billion state budget, and a severance tax on natural gas drilling, possibly to be passed as a separate measure later this year, remains on the table. At the same time, the state’s regulators are pressuring drillers in the Marcellus Shale to improve the safety and environmental impact of their operations.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Split Again on Gas Severance Tax
A budget deal reached more than three weeks ago by Pennsylvania lawmakers fell apart late Thursday after Democratic legislators tried once again to impose a tax on, among other things, natural gas extraction.
Colorado Republicans Try to Thwart Energy Rules Overhaul
A small group of Colorado’s Republican-led lawmakers are trying to convince fellow state legislators to reconsider their plans to enact revised energy regulations, which are scheduled to take effect beginning in April.
TransCanada, AK Producers Disagree on Pipeline Prospects
While a TransCanada Corp. executive was assuring Alaska legislators that the current price of natural gas was not going to undermine the multi-billion-dollar Alaska gas pipeline project, producers BP Energy and ConocoPhillips warned a meeting of Alaska industrials that a host of factors, including lower natural gas prices, could affect pipeline prospects.
TransCanada, AK Producers Disagree on Pipeline Prospects
While a TransCanada Corp. executive was assuring Alaska legislators that the current price of natural gas was not going to undermine the multi-billion-dollar Alaska gas pipeline project, producers BP Energy and ConocoPhillips warned a meeting of Alaska industrials that a host of factors, including lower natural gas prices, could affect pipeline prospects.
Colorado Republicans Try to Thwart Energy Rules Overhaul
A small group of Colorado’s Republican-led lawmakers is trying to convince fellow state legislators to reconsider their plans to enact revised energy regulations, which are scheduled to take effect beginning in April.
WVA Legislators Fail to Tackle Rewrite of Royalty Law
West Virginia legislators went home for the rest of the year Tuesday without acting on Gov. Joe Manchin’s proposed legislation that sought to rewrite the state’s royalty law.
FERC Transmission Siting Authority in EPAct Comes Under Attack
Democratic and Republican lawmakers and state legislators last week hurled a series of attacks at provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) that they say allow federal regulators to usurp state authority over the siting and construction of electric transmission lines.
Alaska Gasline Bill Offers 10-Year Gas Production Tax Exemption
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin asked state legislators for a redo Friday, as she delivered a revamped natural gas pipeline bill that she said was “fair, transparent and competitive.”
