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Independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that Aquila Inc. shareholders vote for the company’s plan to merge with Great Plains Energy Inc., Aquila announced Thursday.

Staff members of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) last Wednesday recommended that Washington State utility, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), be fined $2 million for failing to maintain accurate and complete records of suspected natural gas leaks.

Staff members of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) have recommended that Washington State utility, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), be fined $2 million for failing to maintain accurate and complete records of suspected natural gas leaks.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) last Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Friday released a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (SEIS) that recommended expanded natural gas development and the relaxation of seasonal restrictions on drilling in some of the areas of the Pinedale Anticline region in Sublette County, WY.

Citing the recent “success” of the Dominion East Ohio rate auction in August, the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) said it has recommended that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) implement a wholesale auction in spring 2007 to achieve lower natural gas rates for customers of Columbia Gas of Ohio. However, Columbia said it is nowhere near sold on the idea.

Citing the recent “success” of the Dominion East Ohio rate auction in August, the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) said Wednesday it has recommended that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) implement a wholesale auction in spring 2007 to achieve lower natural gas rates for customers of Columbia Gas of Ohio. For its part, Columbia Gas of Ohio said it is nowhere near sold on the idea.

In anticipation of FERC’s Friday technical conference on market transparency, the American Gas Association (AGA) has recommended that the federal regulatory agency take steps to improve the public confidence in the markets by establishing a system that would mandate the reporting of fixed-price trades by all market participants to publishers of price indexes.