Outdated

A standoff between the city of San Francisco and its major private-sector utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), that is preventing the last few miles of outdated cast iron gas pipelines in the city from being replaced has caused state regulators to enter the dispute.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA), academia, industry and analysts on Tuesday continued to question why the New York Times (NYT) relied on misleading, outdated information — and failed to contact key resources — before publishing damning articles about the U.S. shale gas industry.

Nova Scotia’s energy policy is outdated, said Larry Hughes, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax, citing a 60% collapse in estimated natural gas reserves offshore Nova Scotia last year to only 1.35 Tcf (from an original estimate of 3.5 Tcf), the production declines at the Sable Offshore Energy Project and the industry’s turn to liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports.

Citing the more than two years since its approval and the new investigation of the state’s natural gas utility system, the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday suspended the long-standing Southern California Gas Co. unbundling settlement. What, if anything, is eventually implemented will be decided in a future proceeding after the first phase is completed this summer on the new statewide gas investigation.

Citing the more than two years since its approval and the new investigation of the state’s natural gas utility system, the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday suspended the long-standing Southern California Gas Co. unbundling settlement. What, if anything, is eventually implemented will be decided in a future proceeding after the first phase is completed this summer on the new statewide gas investigation.

Documents furnished by PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest Corp. (PG&E-GTN) to FERC fail to “conclusively establish” that the pipeline can demand one year of reservation charges as collateral from non-creditworthy shippers to guarantee continued transportation service, according to Denver, CO-based e prime Inc., a subsidiary of Xcel Energy.

Documents furnished by PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest Corp. (PG&E-GTN) to FERC fail to “conclusively establish” that the pipeline can demand one year of reservation charges as collateral from non-creditworthy shippers to guarantee continued transportation service, according to Denver, CO-based e prime Inc., a subsidiary of Xcel Energy.