Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Monday expressed concern that the panel’s work on a broad energy bill could be “hijacked” by the Senate leadership.
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Senator: Stimulus Bill’s Huge Cost Could Have Been Avoided
Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Monday much of the spending in the $887 billion economic stimulus package would be unnecessary if only Congress had passed the individual spending bills last year to fund federal agencies and programs for fiscal year 2009.
Questar to Spend $1B to Reduce Operations Impact in Pinedale Anticline
Questar Exploration and Production (E&P) plans to spend more than $1 billion to limit the impact of its operations in the Wyoming Pinedale Anticline area on habitat and wildlife, a company official told the House Natural Resources Committee Tuesday.
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Reflecting its strong business ties to Mexico, San Diego-based Sempra Energy Friday named Luis Tellez, a business and high-ranking national government leader in Mexico City, to its board of directors, expanding the board’s number to 11 directors. Tellez, 47, is managing director of the Carlyle Group private investment firm’s Mexico City office. Prior to joining Carlyle, Tellez was an executive vice president with one of Mexico’s largest companies, DESC, SA de CV, and held several senior positions in the Mexican federal government. Tellez served as Mexico’s Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 2000, during which he led the restructuring of the Mexican electricity industry. It was Tellez’s efforts that opened up more opportunities for private investment in Mexico’s power industry, something that Sempra and other U.S.-based companies rushed to take advantage of. Tellez also served as chief of staff to former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. With a bachelor’s degree from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, and an economics doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tellez has gained past interest in U.S. news media as a rising leader in Mexico.
CERA: Energy Security Considered Biggest Industry Issue by CEOs
Energy security is the highest-ranking issue facing the global industry, which in turn demands action and poses a “high level of uncertainty” in both the short- and long-term, according to a survey of energy company CEOs by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). And the “dash for gas,” created when natural gas became the fuel of choice for new power generation worldwide, has created additional security issues that need to be addressed.
Texas Gas, Great Lakes Top Mastiogale Customer Satisfaction Results
Texas Gas Transmission came out on top of the Mastiogale pipeline company customer satisfaction ranking, which was based on interviews with industrial customers, local distribution companies, independent power producers, gas and oil producers and marketing companies. Transportation reliability, contract security and scheduling accuracy were the key criteria customers used to evaluate the quality of pipeline service, according to the survey.
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Atmos Energy Debuts on FORTUNE 500 List
Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp. has joined 52 other gas/electric utilities on the Fortune 500 ranking of the largest companies. Atmos enters the list at No. 430 based on revenues of $4.9 billion.
Atmos Energy Makes its Fortune 500 Debut
Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp. has joined 52 other gas/electric utilities on the Fortune 500 ranking of the largest companies. Atmos enters the list at No. 430 based on revenues of $4.9 billion.
Bingaman Urges State Regulators to Approve Conservation Tariffs for Gas Utilities
Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called on state regulators to follow the example of Oregon and structure utility rates in a way that would encourage energy efficiency and the conservation of natural gas as the winter heating season approaches.
Bingaman Urges Agencies to Act Quickly to Head Off ‘Looming Natural Gas Crisis’
Citing the disruptive effect of the active hurricane season on the domestic energy markets, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has urged the heads of the departments of energy, interior and treasury to take immediate steps to head off a natural gas supply and price crisis this winter.