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A pro-energy/business group has released a study that warns New England is at risk for higher energy costs and price volatility than was thought a year ago. Energy project delays and cancellations, as well as new energy policies, could cause more economic harm through 2020 than previously estimated, it said.

The battle over the proposed Constitution Pipeline into New York State got rougher on Monday after the state’s attorney general (AG) asked FERC to investigate the pipeline for allegedly cutting trees and taking other unauthorized actions for the project.

The battle over the proposed Constitution Pipeline into New York State got rougher on Monday after the state’s attorney general (AG) asked FERC to investigate the pipeline for allegedly cutting trees and taking other unauthorized actions for the project.

With state revenues rocked hard by low energy commodity prices, New Mexico state legislators are pushing a tax break for small oil-producing wells to keep them from being shut down.

President Obama didn’t say “natural gas” once during his January State of the Union speech, but ISO New England (ISONE) President Gordon Van Welie couldn’t stop talking about the fuel during a Tuesday briefing with reporters.

The drilling rights to an estimated 13,000 acres in New York’s Southern Tier will be released and litigation dropped as part of a major settlement reached Monday by Chesapeake Energy Corp. and about 200 landowners.

Physical natural gas for Tuesday delivery on average rose a dime Monday, with gains widespread and only a handful of points in the loss column. Particularly strong were East and Northeast points, boosted by high next-day power prices and forecasts calling for Tuesday readings as much as 20 degrees above normal.

Aided by a new state law, NW Natural is accelerating its initiative to expand the use and fueling infrastructure for natural gas vehicles (NGV), and CEO Gregg Kantor, speaking on a 2Q2013 earnings conference call Wednesday, said that there is a statewide interest in developing natural gas as a transportation fuel.