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A federal judge in Wyoming last Thursday ordered the U.S. Interior Department to decide on 47 long-pending oil/gas leases. U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal gave the federal agency 30 days to act.

The Supreme Court of Arkansas on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit against the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) for leasing thousands of state-protected wildlife acres in the Fayetteville Shale for gas exploration.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants to move quickly on legislation that would significantly raise the $75 million cap on a producer’s liability for economic damages from oil spills in the offshore, a spokesman said.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chose an economist to be the newest regulator on the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC). Nancy Ryan, the regulatory body’s current deputy executive director for policy, gives the CPUC a full complement of regulators a month after the Senate refused to reconfirm Rachelle Chong, a telecommunications attorney and former member of the Federal Communications Commission, to a full six-year term. Ryan, 49, has expertise in energy markets, climate change policy and the public health and ecological impacts of energy production, and she worked for several years in the environmental sector. The appointment requires Senate confirmation within a year’s time. Ryan has been a member of the CPUC management team since January 2006 when she began as CPUC President Michael Peevey’s chief energy adviser and served as his chief of staff from April 2007 to February 2009.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chose an economist to be newest regulator on the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC). Nancy Ryan, the regulatory body’s current deputy executive director for policy, gives the CPUC a full complement of regulators a month after the Senate refused to reconfirm Rachelle Chong, a telecommunications attorney and former member of the Federal Communications Commission, to a full six-year term.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chose an economist to be newest regulator on the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC). Nancy Ryan, the regulatory body’s current deputy executive director for policy, gives the CPUC a full complement of regulators a month after the Senate refused to reconfirm Rachelle Chong, a telecommunications attorney and former member of the Federal Communications Commission, to a full six-year term.

Nancy Argenziano, who has served on the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) since May 2007, was unanimously elected PSC Chairman for a two-year term to begin Jan. 2. Prior to her PSC appointment, Argenziano served more than 10 years in the Florida legislature. She was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1996 and served there until her election to the state’s Senate in 2002. Argenziano is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. In October Gov. Charlie Crist said he would not reappoint current PSC Chairman Matthew Carter or Commissioner Katrina McMurrian, and he named two new commissioners whose terms are set to begin Jan. 2.

Nancy Argenziano, who has served on the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) since May 2007, was unanimously elected PSC Chairman for a two-year term to begin Jan. 2. Prior to her PSC appointment, Argenziano served more than 10 years in the Florida legislature. She was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1996 and served there until her election to the state’s Senate in 2002. Argenziano is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. In October Gov. Charlie Crist said he would not reappoint current PSC Chairman Matthew Carter or Commissioner Katrina McMurrian, and he named two new commissioners whose terms are set to begin Jan. 2.

Cap-and-trade (CAT) legislation is expected to hit the House floor Friday for debate and possible vote, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Tuesday.