Preserve

To the chagrin of other local officials and conservationists, the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, CA, has chosen to use funds originally earmarked to preserve open space in the midst of urban sprawl to instead tap a long-idle oilfield in the middle of densely populated Southern California.

In last Thursday’s story titled “Senate Amendment Would Preserve FERC’s Market Authority” (see Daily GPI, May 20), NGI incorrectly stated that both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission carried out legal action against Amaranth Advisors LLC and its principal over the manipulation of gas futures prices in 2006. Both agencies have carried out legal action only against Amaranth Advisors LLC. NGI regrets the error.

Nicor Gas is seeking a decoupling mechanism to preserve revenue in the face of declining throughput as part of a rate hike request at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Meanwhile, two other Illinois gas utilities said their decoupling mechanisms just yielded a million-dollar payback to customers.

Canadian regulators should avoid forcing gas utilities out of the regulated merchant function, according to a new discussion paper by Roland George of consulting firm Purvin and Gertz. “System gas and direct sales gas can co-exist in the retail market,” George said. The paper was released recently by the Conference Board of Canada and Canadian Gas Association (CGA), which represents Canada’s local distribution companies (LDC).

Canadian regulators should avoid forcing gas utilities out of the regulated merchant function, according to a new discussion paper by Roland George of consulting firm Purvin and Gertz. “System gas and direct sales gas can co-exist in the retail market,” George said. The paper was released recently by the Conference Board of Canada and Canadian Gas Association (CGA), which represents Canada’s local distribution companies (LDC).

In the latest chapter of a hotly contested environmental issue, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unveiled the final version of an interim national strategy outlining the steps it will take to protect and restore the sage grouse habitat on America’s public lands.

In the latest chapter of a hotly contested environmental issue, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unveiled the final version of an interim national strategy outlining the steps it will take to protect and restore the sage grouse habitat on America’s public lands.

In the latest chapter of a hotly contested environmental issue, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unveiled the final version of an interim national strategy outlining the steps it will take to protect and restore the sage grouse habitat on America’s public lands.

Favorable rulings on the MarketLink and Independence Pipelineprojects at the Dec. 15 FERC meeting are “absolutely critical topreserve any realistic opportunity” for the proposed facilities tobe built and operating by the targeted November 2000 deadline, saysa senior official at Williams Gas Pipelines – Transco.