The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety(OPS) has issued an industry-wide bulletin advising operators andowners of gas transmission pipelines to review their monitoringprograms and operations for detecting the presence of internalcorrosion on their systems.
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Alberta Orders Shut In of 146 Wells
The founding cornerstone of regulation in Canada’s chiefenergy-supplier jurisdiction has turned out to be alive and well— and operating at the expense of natural gas producers.
Sour Gas Drilling Near Calgary Approved
At the cost of a long fight and new orders to work overtime onimproving their community relations, Canadian producers have won avictory preserving access to a major drilling target: “sour”natural gas, laced with lethal hydrogen-sulphide.
Sour Gas Drilling Near Calgary Approved
At the cost of a long fight and new orders to work overtime onimproving their community relations, Canadian producers have won avictory preserving access to a major drilling target: “sour”natural gas, laced with lethal hydrogen-sulphide.
Congestion Relief for Power Grid Gets FERC Nod
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week voted out twokey companion orders whose objective is to minimize the threat of arepeat of price spikes in the electricity market in the near termand beyond.
LG&E Utilities Implementing PBR
LG&E Energy Corp. utility subsidiaries Louisville Gas andElectric and Kentucky Utilities received orders from the KentuckyPublic Service Commission (PSC) implementing performance-basedratemaking (PBR) effective July 2.
FERC Refuses to Stay Sonat’s Northern Alabama Project
FERC last week denied Midcoast Interstate Transmission’s requestfor a limited stay of the orders giving Southern Natural Gas(Sonat) the go-ahead to build an extension of its mainline intonorthern Alabama.
Court Orders Indiana Utilities to Break Up ProLiance Energy
Indiana Gas Co. and Citizens Gas, Light & Coke said theyplan to appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court an appellate courtdecision issued last week ordering the break-up of their jointventure energy marketing company, ProLiance Energy, which sellsmore than 200 Bcf of gas and 3 million MWh of power per year.
NYPSC Aims to Spark Competition; Orders LDCs to Quit Gas Sales in 3 to 5 Years
Retail gas competition in the state of New York clearly needs ajump start, and the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) gaveit one last week. The PSC announced it will force the state’s localdistribution companies to cease selling gas within three to sevenyears.
NYPSC Orders LDCs to Exit Merchant Function
Retail gas competition in the state of New York clearly needs ajump start, and the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) gaveit one yesterday. The PSC announced it will force the state’s localdistribution companies to cease selling gas within three to sevenyears.