Marks

Independent oil and natural gas producers gave high marks to the House Resources Committee for passing two bipartisan bills last week that would reform the 30-year-old Endangered Species Act (ESA), placing a heavier burden on the federal government to show a species is endangered before actually listing it and foreclosing its habitat to development.

Independent oil and natural gas producers gave high marks last week to the House Resources Committee for passing two bipartisan bills last week that would reform the 30-year-old Endangered Species Act (ESA), placing a heavier burden on the federal government to show a species is endangered before actually listing it and foreclosing its habitat to development.

A group of independent natural gas and oil producers gave high marks last week to the Bush administration for its plan to overturn a Clinton ban on road building in the national forests, which had placed more than 58 million acres of national forest lands off-limits to energy exploration and production, logging and other activities.

A group of independent natural gas and oil producers gave high marks to the Bush administration for its plan to overturn a Clinton ban on road building in the national forests, which had placed more than 58 million acres of forest lands off-limits to energy exploration and production, logging and other activities.

With just a smidgen of mild softness in the mix, prices mostly ranged from flat to up about 15 cents Monday. A clear majority of gains were in single digits. Forecasts calling for chilly to cold but hardly severe weather in much of the U.S. and Canada this week — seasonable conditions, in other words — plus returning industrial load after the weekend were chiefly responsible for the modest rally.

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed $88 million in budget cuts for energy efficiency research and development in fiscal 2005 marks a “retreat” from the agency’s prior commitment to tackle escalating natural gas prices, said the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) last week.

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed $88 million in budget cuts for energy efficiency research and development in fiscal 2005 marks a “retreat” from the agency’s prior commitment to tackle escalating natural gas prices, said the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

UGI Utilities, Consumers Energy, South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G) and Southwest Gas received top marks last week in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2003 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. The overall customer satisfaction measurement is based on five factors (in order of importance): company image, price and value, billing and payment, customer service, and field service.

UGI Utilities, Consumers Energy, South Carolina Electric and Gas and Southwest Gas received top marks in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2003 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.