Lobbying

The decision by ConocoPhillips to pull its membership from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) leaves the lobbying group with its shortest membership roster since the group was formed in 1966.

The decision by ConocoPhillips to pull its membership from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) leaves the lobbying group with its shortest membership roster since the group was formed in 1966.

A major natural gas utility group said Tuesday it plans to launch an “aggressive lobbying campaign” this year to win congressional support for stand-alone natural gas legislation aimed at expanding access to domestic supplies.

A coalition of Pennsylvania state agencies has joined with utilities serving the state in lobbying to establish a pilot program in Pennsylvania to receive a share of natural gas collected as royalties by the federal government as an additional resource for helping low-income families this winter.

As a promotional and lobbying gesture, Mitsubishi Corp.-backed Sound Energy Solutions (SES) committed late Tuesday that its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Long Beach, CA, harbor will meet all of the new LNG safety standards released earlier in the month by the federal Department of Transportation (DOT). The new rules, however, won’t require any change in design or plans for the receiving terminal, said SES’s Long Beach-based chief executive Tom Giles.

As a promotional and lobbying gesture, Mitsubishi Corp.-backed Sound Energy Solutions (SES) committed late Tuesday that its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Long Beach, CA, harbor will meet all of the new LNG safety standards released earlier in the month by the federal Department of Transportation (DOT). The new rules, however, won’t require any change in design or plans for the receiving terminal, said SES’s Long Beach-based chief executive Tom Giles.

Dual proposals by Michigan Consolidated Gas (MichCon) to lower commodity costs and raise distribution charges will in the long run increase monthly gas bills for the typical residential customer by 7% on an annualized basis.

Dual proposals by Michigan Consolidated Gas (MichCon) to lower commodity costs and raise distribution charges will in the long run increase monthly gas bills for the typical residential customer by 7% on an annualized basis.

In the midst of a concerted public relations/lobbying blitz by their cornered regulatory prey, El Paso Corp., lawyers who have built the case for alleged market power abuses by the Houston-based gas pipeline giant are unabashedly confident that they will get a favorable decision from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the end of this year.