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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley last Wednesday urged FERC to reject AES Corp.’s Sparrows Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Baltimore County, MD, saying the project raised serious safety concerns.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley Wednesday questioned the safety of AES Corp.’s Sparrows Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposed for Baltimore County, MD, and asked the agency to reject the project.

Illinois utility watchdog Martin Cohen fell two state Senate votes shy of being appointed the new chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) on Thursday. He is the first ICC appointee ever rejected by the state Senate.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed Martin Cohen, who has served as executive director of the state’s Citizens Utility Board (CUB) for the last 12 years, as chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Cohen will be the first consumer advocate ever to lead the ICC.

The Canadian subsidiary of Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Martin Creek, Conroy Black and Lookout Butte oil and gas properties to Ketch Resources Ltd. for $207 million. The transaction is expected to close by May 31.

The Canadian subsidiary of Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Martin Creek, Conroy Black and Lookout Butte oil and gas properties to Ketch Resources Ltd. for $207 million. The transaction is expected to close by May 31.

Sonat reported experiencing an unscheduled outage Tuesday on its 10-inch La Rose Field Line in St. Martin Parish, LA. The pipeline declared force majeure and said no nominations will be scheduled until further notice at the La Rose Field Receiving Station. Only one producer with an “insignificant” amount of production was affected, a spokeswoman said.

Former FERC Chairman Martin L. Allday has expressed “deepconcern” about the Commission’s proposals to lift the price cap onshort-term capacity and to negotiate terms and conditions oftransportation service, saying they could threaten the successstory of Order 636. Allday’s Commission was the architect of therule that led to the restructuring of the natural gas industry.