Orders

Appeals Court Denies Bid to Review FERC Approval of Patriot Pipeline

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC on Friday denied a petition for review of FERC orders approving East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.’s Patriot Pipeline in the Southeast.

July 13, 2004

FERC Orders FGT to Establish Energy Content Standards to Accept LNG into System

FERC last Thursday ordered Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) to revise its tariff within the next 30 days to specify standards for the energy content of the domestic gas stream and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), clearing the way for the introduction of regasified LNG into its pipeline system.

June 21, 2004

Explosive Enron Tapes Set Off Firestorm; Wood Orders Review by FERC Staff

Calling Enron Corp. a “sad chapter in energy history,” FERC Chairman Pat Wood last Thursday directed staff attorneys to immediately review the explosive new audiotapes and other documents related to Enron’s activities during the 2000-2001 energy crisis, as well as all Enron proceedings pending before the Commission, to determine what further steps the agency may need to take in pending cases.

June 21, 2004

FERC Orders FGT to Establish Energy Content Standards to Accept LNG into System

FERC on Thursday ordered Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) to revise its tariff within the next 30 days to specify standards for the energy content of the domestic gas stream and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), clearing the way for the introduction of regasified LNG into its pipeline system.

June 18, 2004

Skilling Chastised by Judge Who Orders Rehab, Curfew

In Houston on Friday, U.S. District Judge Frances Stacy added restrictions to ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s $5 million bond after an altercation in New York City last month (see Daily GPI, April 13). Stacy told Skilling she will revoke his bond unless he gets both alcohol and mental health treatment, follows a curfew and gets a job or does volunteer work.

May 10, 2004

FERC Has ‘Concerns’ with Southern Star Lateral Project, Orders Pipe to Respond

FERC last week ordered Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc., formerly Williams Gas Pipelines Central, to respond to the agency’s “concerns about the progress” on the pipeline company’s lateral project in Kansas and Missouri.

April 26, 2004

FERC Upsets Arbitrator’s Ruling Against CA Cities, Orders Refunds

In a surprising move, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Tuesday reversed an arbitrator’s decision denying claims by six California cities that they were unfairly charged for generation dispatched in early 2000 to replace service from reliability must-run (RMR) units that were unavailable at the time.

April 26, 2004

CPUC Orders Investigation Putting Long Beach LNG Under State Regulation

Drawing a legal distinction between facilities and companies developing them, the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday unanimously instituted an investigation of the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Long Beach Harbor, including the determination that the Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary proposing to build the terminal is a “public utility” under California law and must gain CPUC approval to build the project.

April 23, 2004

FERC Cites ‘Concerns’ with Southern Star Lateral Project, Orders Pipe to Respond

FERC has ordered Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc., formerly Williams Gas Pipelines Central, to respond to the agency’s “concerns about the progress” on the pipeline company’s lateral project in Kansas and Missouri.

April 22, 2004

FERC Orders Vegetation Management Reports Filed by June 17

FERC last week directed transmission-operating utilities to file reports at the Commission detailing their vegetation management practices in transmission corridors by June 17 and, in a related move, issued a policy statement that clarifies FERC’s power grid reliability policies and objectives.

April 19, 2004