Municipal

A municipal natural gas distributor group Friday expressed “strong disagreement” with the Treasury Department’s claim that a House-approved bill authorizing greater Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversight of the natural gas market is unwarranted.

A group of Southern California municipal utilities led by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) struck a $300 million deal to purchase all of Denver-based Anshutz Oil & Gas Co.’s natural gas reserves in southwestern Wyoming. The assets being purchased include an interconnection to Kern River Gas Transmission.

Gas utilities and municipal gas companies believe the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) proposed monthly and annual liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage survey would lead to market confusion rather than provide important additional information about gas supply. The associations gave EIA’s planned Form 913 poor reviews and KeySpan also came out against the proposal.

Gas utilities and municipal gas companies believe the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) proposed monthly and annual liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage survey would lead to market confusion rather than provide important additional information about gas supply. The associations gave EIA’s planned Form 913 “thumbs down.” KeySpan also came out against the proposal.

Looking to get in on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) wave to the U.S., a group of southeastern U.S. rural electric cooperatives and municipal gas utilities have aggregated a portion of their gas loads for a request for proposals (RFP) to acquire long-term supplies of LNG.

Looking to get in on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) wave to the U.S., a group of southeastern U.S. rural electric cooperatives and municipal gas utilities have aggregated a portion of their gas loads for a request for proposals (RFP) to acquire long-term supplies of LNG.

Citing high gas prices and declining production, industrial companies and municipal gas utilities urged Interior Secretary Gale Norton last week to include language in the agency’s next five-year oil and gas leasing plan (2007-2012) that will allow for lease sales in areas currently subject to drilling moratoria.

Municipal utility company Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from energy companies regarding plans to convert its existing Richmond Plant LNG peak shaving facility, the largest facility of its kind in the nation in terms of storage and vaporization capacity, into a full-time import terminal on the Delaware River.

Municipal utility company Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) last week issued a request (RFP) for proposals from energy companies regarding plans to convert its existing Richmond Plant LNG peak shaving facility, the largest facility of its kind in the nation in terms of storage and vaporization capacity, into a full-time import terminal on the Delaware River.