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The U.S. Senate Thursday defeated efforts to include a $32 billion tax package in the underlying broad energy bill (HR 6), but Democrats scored a procedural victory to limit debate on the measure.

Questar Exploration and Production (E&P) plans to spend more than $1 billion to limit the impact of its operations in the Wyoming Pinedale Anticline area on habitat and wildlife, a company official told the House Natural Resources Committee last Tuesday.

Questar Exploration and Production (E&P) plans to spend more than $1 billion to limit the impact of its operations in the Wyoming Pinedale Anticline area on habitat and wildlife, a company official told the House Natural Resources Committee Tuesday.

Southern California Gas did not extend a high-linepack OFO beyond Friday.

SoCalGas declared an operational flow order (OFO) during the evening cycle for Thursday’s gas day. SoCalGas said it will limit all nominations to the Transportation Service Access Quantity (TSAQ) in the fourth operating cycle for the above date. When injection capacity falls below 850 MMcf/d, confirmations of firm storage injection nominations will be reduced. Customers must ensure that all deliveries into the SoCalGas system are within 110% of expected usage.

The Senate overwhelmingly voted Monday to limit debate and prevent a potential filibuster of legislation that would open up the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas exploration and production, a move that all but assures approval of the bill this week. A final vote on passage of the bill (S. 3711) could come as early as Tuesday.

Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich last Thursday vetoed legislation passed by state lawmakers that, among other things, would limit pending power rate hikes for Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) customers to 15% through May 31, 2007 and fire the current set of commissioners at the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC).

Maryland lawmakers last week passed veto-proof legislation that, among other things, would limit pending power rate hikes for Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) customers to 15% through May 31, 2007 and hand pink slips to the current set of commissioners at the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC).

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents investor-owned utilities, opposes any effort by Congress to limit utility access to natural gas for electric generation, dictate what fuel should be used to produce electricity or federally mandate the efficient dispatch of generation plants, EEI President Tom Kuhn told a Senate panel Tuesday.