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More California Cities Exploring Natural Gas Bans

Two Silicon Valley cities are the latest local jurisdictions in California to pursue bans on natural gas in building construction.

November 18, 2019

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The U.S. power industry saw several senior executive appointments recently, including a new chairman at Palo Alto, CA-based Electric Power Research Institute, which tapped Edison International CEO Ted Craver to head its board. In the public power sector, the Nebraska Public Power District named Pat Pope CEO. In the Pacific Northwest, Portland General Electric named Bill Nicholson senior vice president for customer service, transmission and distribution. Nicholson replaces Steve Hawke, who is retiring in July after 38 years with the utility.

April 18, 2011

Gas Well Blast in North Texas Injures One Person

Drillers apparently were trying to fix some problems with a new natural gas well in western Palo Pinto County, TX early Friday when the ground exploded, sending up a fireball seen 100 miles away. Only one person was slightly injured, according to a spokeswoman for the Texas Railroad Commission.

December 19, 2005

Oneok to Sell 400 Miles of Pipeline Assets

Oneok’s Palo Duro Pipeline Co. subsidiary announced it has reached an agreement to sell certain natural gas transmission and gathering pipelines and compression to an affiliate of Houston-based Enbridge Energy Partners LP. for approximately $13 million.

March 1, 2004

Oneok to Sell 400 Miles of Pipeline Assets

Oneok’s Palo Duro Pipeline Co. subsidiary Tuesday announced it reached an agreement to sell certain natural gas transmission and gathering pipelines and compression to an affiliate of Houston-based Enbridge Energy Partners LP. for approximately $13 million.

February 25, 2004

EPRI Rolls Out Campaign to Raise $100B for Grid Upgrades

A Palo Alto, CA-based non-profit, private energy-related research firm last week rolled out a public-education campaign aimed at raising $100 billion over a 10-year period to upgrade major electric transmission and distribution facilities, and to introduce technological changes to bring the power network in touch with the 21st Century.

September 1, 2003

Most Points Below Index But Up From End of March

Weekend prices were up by a few cents from end-of-March numbersin most cases Friday. The biggest upticks of about a dime or morewere concentrated at Northeast citygates and also at NorthernNatural’s demarc and Ventura points, where a bit of market-areachill lingered. Small declines of less than a nickel wereregistered in the Southwest basins and California.

April 3, 2000