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Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS) said Wednesday it plans to spend $90 million on natural gas vehicles (NGV) and related fueling infrastructure, including six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations, 390 CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles.

President Trump reportedly plans to nominate at least two, but possibly three, individuals to FERC in a long-anticipated move that would restore the Commission’s quorum and allow it to continue with its work, including the approval of oil and natural gas pipelines.

President Trump reportedly plans to nominate at least two, but possibly three, individuals to FERC in a long-anticipated move that would restore the Commission’s quorum and allow it to continue with its work, including the approval of oil and natural gas pipelines.

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP received a favorable environmental assessment for its St. Charles Parish Expansion Project in Louisiana, which would add a 5,000 hp compression station and 900 feet of 16-inch diameter pipeline [CP16-478]. The project would provide up to 0.13 Bcf/d of natural gas to an Entergy Louisiana LLC proposed natural gas-fired power plant in the parish by enabling pressure management between Gulf South’s existing 24-inch diameter Index 270 pipeline and its 16-inch diameter 270-94 lateral. Entergy broke ground for the 980 MW St. Charles Power Station earlier this year.

An additional 2.5 Bcf of natural gas storage in the Northwest is now under construction as custom, very fast storage dedicated to local power generation needs, NW Natural senior executives said during an earnings conference call.

Ninety-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives from both sides of the aisle recently signed aletter asking President Trump to prioritize the nomination and confirmation of commissioners to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission “so that the current standstill at the agency can quickly be resolved.” Included in the list of signatures were 34 members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, including Joe Barton (R-TX), the committee’s vice chairman. The letter was dated Feb. 22, as was a secondletter sent to by more 14 Democratic members calling on Trump tobegin theprocess of filling vacancies at FERC. The logjam at FERC began days after Trump’s inauguration, when he namedCheryl LaFleur acting chairman and Norman Bay submitted his resignation effective Feb. 3. Without a quorum, FERC can conduct routine business, but commissioners cannot vote on important projects or rules.

Natural gas tried to energize one of the nation’s largest farm expos on Tuesday as Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) showed off its rural side in Tulare, CA, the heart of the state’s bread basket, which coexists with the third-largest U.S. oil producing operations.

By 2025, nearly one in 10 medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold globally will run on natural gas, according to a report released Thursday by Frost & Sullivan (F&S).

If all the new natural gas-fired power plants planned for this year and next come online, gas-fired generating capacity could reach its highest level since 2005, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday in a Today in Energy note.