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Responding to comments on its report on methods for evaluating the hazards of LNG leaks from tankers, FERC staff said it was modifying certain analysis elements and would continue to use updated methodologies in individual cases as new technical information becomes available.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) said Thursday that it modified and then adopted a stipulation and recommendation from Columbia Gas of Ohio and a collaborative group of parties that relates to Columbia’s rate, natural gas choice program, gas cost recovery, and long-term forecast report, among other things.

East Tennessee Natural Gas has filed an amendment to its Patriot expansion-extension project to reflect the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) decision to scrap its plans to build a 510 MW power generation facility in the state, as well as a decision by another customer — Cogentrix affiliate Henry County Power LLC — to delay the construction of its proposed 1,080 MW generation facility in Virginia.

With two more months of breathing room to work out a deal,Southern California Gas Co. has substantially modified its originalrestructuring proposal for the resumption of settlementnegotiations this week in Los Angeles. With SoCalGas leading theway, representatives of 75 interested parties are attempting tohammer out a consensus on how further unbundling is shaped forCalifornia’s natural gas industry.

Connecticut regulators, bowing to pressure from marketers, havelowered penalty rates and delayed opening of the market for smallindustrials and large commercial customers of state LDCs until Jan.1.