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As part of an annual review and overview for state lawmakers, California’s chief utility regulator, Michael Peevey, last Wednesday provided a broad energy picture that included higher rates for electricity and natural gas but increased reliability, infrastructure additions and renewable/energy efficiency programs. Peevey also pointed to streamlining of the regulatory processes last year, compared to the previous year.

The Bush administration has drawn new boundaries in the eastern Gulf of Mexico that give Louisiana authority over waters that are close to 100 miles from Florida’s shores, and includes portions of the gas-rich Lease Sale 181, according to a legislative aide for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), a staunch opponent of oil and gas drilling off the Sunshine State’s coastline. But Interior Department and offshore industry officials say Nelson’s office is overreacting.

Duke Energy and ConocoPhillips have named Michael J. Bradley to lead their efforts to form a new energy master limited partnership (MLP) out of Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS), which will be the general partner. Jim Mogg, chief development officer at Duke Energy, will serve as chairman of the new venture. Duke and ConocoPhillips also plan to adjust their ownership shares of DEFS later this year to 50-50 from its current 70-30 split, in which Duke owns the larger stake. Bradley, 50, was formerly group vice president of gathering and processing of DEFS.

Two new commissioners, Michael V. Dunn and Fred Hatfield, and one returning commissioner, Acting Chairman Sharon Brown-Hruska, were sworn in last Monday at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and options trading in the United States. The term of Walter L. Lukken, a fourth CFTC commissioner, began in August 2002 and ends next April.

Two new commissioners, Michael V. Dunn and Fred Hatfield, and one returning commissioner, Acting Chairman Sharon Brown-Hruska, were sworn in Monday at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and options trading in the United States. The term of Walter L. Lukken, a fourth CFTC commissioner, began in August 2002 and ends next April.

Two new commissioners, Michael V. Dunn and Fred Hatfield, and one returning commissioner, Acting Chairman Sharon Brown-Hruska, were sworn in Monday at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and options trading in the United States. The term of Walter L. Lukken, a fourth CFTC commissioner, began in August 2002 and ends next April.

Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams is pushing for legislation to give an investment tax credit to oil and gas operators that drill exploratory wells in the state. Williams, speaking to the Texas Energy Planning Council recently, said the credit would accelerate exploratory drilling and combat the state’s production decline rates.

Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams is pushing for legislation to give an investment tax credit to oil and gas operators that drill exploratory wells in the state. Williams, speaking to the Texas Energy Planning Council last week, said the credit would accelerate exploratory drilling and combat the state’s production decline rates.

California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey delivered the latest salvo in the simmering jurisdictional fight over a proposed Long Beach, CA, LNG facility, disputing FERC Commissioner Joseph Kelliher’s claim that exclusive federal jurisdiction is necessary to further development of LNG imports in the United States.