After a drawn out and at times contentious process that pitted Illinois power companies against the state’s attorney general, governor and a leading utility watchdog group, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) last Tuesday voted unanimously to authorize Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) and several Ameren companies — Central Illinois Public Service, Central Illinois Light Co. and Illinois Power — to conduct a joint auction to purchase electricity to serve nearly 4.9 million customers.
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LA Development and SoCalGas Storage Pitted Against Each Other
In yet another irony to the California energy foibles, while state officials are scrambling to expand natural gas transmission and storage capabilities in the state, one of Southern California Gas Co.’s most urban-based underground storage facilities is under siege from opponents of a massive coastal mixed-use residential/commercial development between Marina del Rey, CA, and a 50-year-old gas storage operation.
Court Hands Coalbed Victory to Amoco, Royalty Owners
The 7-to-1 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of AmocoProduction Co. in the case that pitted the company and numerousroyalty owners against the Southern Ute Indian Tribe is good newsfor coalbed methane gas production, observers said.