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Texas should repeal portions of its Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) that favor gas-fired plants and take other actions to promote a more diverse generation mix, and the state should resist efforts to reregulate the retail energy market, according to the Governor’s Competitiveness Council (GCC).

Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine last Wednesday offered a broad-based energy plan that seeks to promote the state’s energy independence and conservation and efficiency efforts.

Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine Wednesday offered a broad-based energy plan that seeks to promote the state’s energy independence and educate consumers on energy conservation and efficiency.

Although pipelines and producers are often at odds on major issues before FERC, the groups are “steadfast in our mutual support for reforms” to promote the construction of interstate natural gas pipeline mainline expansions, certain storage facilities and takeaway facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, top officials of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) said in a joint letter to FERC last Tuesday.

Although pipelines and producers are often at odds on major issues before FERC, the groups are “steadfast in our mutual support for reforms” to promote the construction of interstate natural gas pipeline mainline expansions, certain storage facilities and takeaway facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, top officials of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) said in a joint letter to FERC Tuesday.

Looking to promote participation in New York’s competitive retail energy markets, National Grid unveiled a new program Thursday under which residential and small business customers in the state can receive a guaranteed 7% discount on electricity and natural gas for two months by selecting an alternative energy supplier.

FERC’s December initiative proposing reforms of the agency’s market-power test to promote the construction of more natural gas storage sites goes beyond what Congress intended when it adopted additional storage incentives as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) told FERC Monday.

The initiative proposed by FERC in December to reform pricing policies to promote more natural gas storage development in the United States may help to encourage development of new capacity that otherwise would not be built, but the changes could “chill” financing for new projects, a lawyer who has long represented natural gas and electricity marketers said Thursday.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday introduced its long-awaited initiative reforming the agency’s pricing policies to promote the construction of more natural gas storage sites in the United States — an action that Chairman Joseph Kelliher said would help improve the operation of the gas markets and reduce price volatility.