Nominations

The Interior Department is accepting nominations from federal agencies, industry, academia, national and research organizations for representatives to serve on the newly established Offshore Energy Safety Advisory Committee.

Southern California Gas said Saturday morning it was declaring a systemwide high-linepack OFO on the Intraday 1 nominations cycle for that day. The tolerance for positive daily imbalances was set at 10%. The OFO was continued through Sunday before being allowed to expire Monday.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday will consider the nominations of Cheryl A. LaFleur and Philip D. Moeller to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate, LaFleur, a former executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, would fill the seat vacated by former Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who left the agency in late December (see NGI, Jan. 11). LaFleur, a Democrat, retired in 2007 from National Grid, which delivers electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast and owns natural gas distributor KeySpan (see NGI, March 15). Moeller, a sitting Commissioner, is being considered for another term at FERC. A Republican, he has served on the Commission since July 2006 (see NGI, July 17, 2006). His current term expires on June 30.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday is scheduled to consider the nominations of Cheryl A. LaFleur and Philip D. Moeller to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate LaFleur, a former executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, would fill the seat vacated by former Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who left the agency in late December (see Daily GPI, Dec. 23, 2009 ). LaFleur, a Democrat, retired in 2007 from National Grid, which delivers electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast and owns natural gas distributor KeySpan. Moeller, a sitting commissioner, is being considered for another term on the Commission (see Daily GPI, March 10). A Republican, he has served on the Commission since July 2006 (see Daily GPI, July 17, 2006). His current term expires on June 30.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday is scheduled to consider the nominations of Cheryl A. LaFleur and Philip D. Moeller to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If confirmed by the Senate LaFleur, a former executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, would fill the seat vacated by former Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who left the agency in late December (see Daily GPI, Dec. 23, 2009 ). LaFleur, a Democrat, retired in 2007 from National Grid, which delivers electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast and owns natural gas distributor KeySpan. Moeller, a sitting commissioner, is being considered for another term on the Commission (see Daily GPI, March 10). A Republican, he has served on the Commission since July 2006 (see Daily GPI, July 17, 2006). His current term expires on June 30.

Due to forecasts of milder weather, Dominion rescinded Conform Transportation Services to Scheduled Nominations and FTNN Hourly Limit OFOs for its PL-1 service area that had been issued late last week.

Due to forecasts of milder weather, Dominion rescinded Conform Transportation Services to Scheduled Nominations and FTNN Hourly Limit OFOs for its PL-1 service area that had been issued late last week.

Tennessee said it was lifting Monday the systemwide OFO Action Alert it had implemented Sunday, and it also had resumed allowing Park and Loan Payback nominations.

Enterprise Product Partners LP’s High Island Offshore System LLC (HIOS) last Thursday was able to accept nominations and “resume some level of service” from all receipt locations to all delivery points by bypassing a Gulf of Mexico (GOM) compressor station damaged by a recent fire, the company said.