Opposition

Two Montana senators met with BP officials Monday to express their opposition to the energy company’s plan to drill for coalbed methane (CBM) on the Canadian side of the Flathead River basin, saying the wastewater from the activity would pollute Montana water.

The U.S. House Wednesday is scheduled to begin debating a resolution that expresses its opposition to efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to form a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of gas and its price to the world market.

The Powder River Basin Resource Council has filed pleadings in Wyoming district court in opposition to the governor’s rejection of reforms to the management of coalbed methane (CBM) discharge water. The citizens group said Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s move to block the “thoroughly debated citizen initiative” was “arbitrary, capricious and not in accordance with the law.”

The Powder River Basin Resource Council filed pleadings in Wyoming district court in opposition to the governor’s rejection of reforms to the management of coalbed methane (CBM) discharge water last week. The citizens group said Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s move to block the “thoroughly debated citizen initiative” was “arbitrary, capricious and not in accordance with the law.”

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman reaffirmed his opposition last Tuesday to the creation of an OPEC-like organization for natural gas, saying it would pose problems for both producing and consuming countries.

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman reaffirmed his opposition Tuesday to the creation of an OPEC-like organization for natural gas, saying it would pose problems for both producing and consuming countries.

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) went public last week in opposition to a request by Columbia Gas of Ohio to collect from its customers any current or future costs related to an investigation of natural gas risers, which are the vertical portion of the service line that connect the pipeline to the customer’s meter. The residential consumer utility advocate said in a filing at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) that the costs associated with the risers, or the investigation of the risers, should not fall to consumers.

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) went public Wednesday in opposition to a request by Columbia Gas of Ohio to collect from its customers any current or future costs related to an investigation of natural gas risers, which are the vertical portion of the service line that connect the pipeline to the customer’s meter. The residential consumer utility advocate said in a filing at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) that the costs associated with the risers, or the investigation of the risers, should not fall to consumers.

Over opposition from Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC), the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Friday approved a plan by Dominion East Ohio to eliminate gas-cost-recovery rates in favor of a pricing plan that sets rates based on a more market-based methodology. The OCC said the outcome would “not ensure customer savings.”