Presses

The American Gas Association (AGA) called on Congress Friday to increase funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to avoid a crisis situation this winter heating season.

The American Gas Association (AGA) called on Congress Friday to increase funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to avoid a crisis situation this winter heating season.

Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) has accused President Bush of failing to deliver on any of the promised benefits in his national energy plan, which marked its three-year anniversary last week.

With this week marking the three-year anniversary of the release of the Bush administration’s national energy policy, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) has accused the president of failing to deliver on any of the promised benefits in his plan.

In an effort to keep the energy bill on the front burner, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reminded gas consumers and the media what he said late last month: “I hope and pray that during the ensuing months without an energy bill we don’t have high spikes in natural gas prices and the people of our country asking: What have we done about it? Our answer is nothing. I hope that doesn’t happen. But I think there is a chance it will happen.”

In an effort to keep the energy bill on the front burner, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reminded gas consumers and the media what he said late last month: “I hope and pray that during the ensuing months without an energy bill we don’t have high spikes in natural gas prices and the people of our country asking: What have we done about it? Our answer is nothing. I hope that doesn’t happen. But I think there is a chance it will happen.”

On a day when the Aug. 14 blackout dominated Capitol Hill, a major interstate natural gas pipeline group last Wednesday urged the top energy lawmakers in the Senate and House not to overlook the importance of natural gas as they move to conference on a comprehensive energy bill, particularly its role in producing electricity.

On a day when the Aug. 14 blackout dominated Capitol Hill, a major interstate natural gas pipeline group Wednesday urged the top energy lawmakers in the Senate and House not to overlook the importance of natural gas as they move to conference on a comprehensive energy bill, particularly its role in producing electricity.

A former FERC commissioner and new head of a major natural gas pipeline group has called on Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to do “whatever is in your power” to clear away the obstacles at the state and federal levels that are holding up two Northeast projects, Millennium Pipeline and Islander East Pipeline.