Refusal

FERC last week approved a stipulation and consent agreement requiring Columbia Gulf Transmission to pay a $2 million penalty for its repeated refusal to allow Tennessee Gas Pipeline to construct an interconnection on a line that is jointly owned and operated by the two pipelines on the Gulf Coast in Louisiana.

FERC Monday approved a stipulation and consent agreement requiring Columbia Gulf Transmission to pay a $2 million penalty for its repeated refusal to allow Tennessee Gas Pipeline to construct an interconnection on a line that is jointly owned and operated by the two pipelines on the Gulf Coast in Louisiana.

Dominion Transmission Inc.’s (DTI) proposed tariff filing would “undermine” FERC’s right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) policy by allowing the pipeline to extend expiring shipper service agreements without first giving competitors a chance to bid on the capacity under those agreements, said Shell NA LNG LLC and other shippers on the pipeline.

Dominion Transmission Inc.’s (DTI) proposed tariff filing would “undermine” FERC’s right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) policy by allowing the pipeline to extend expiring shipper service agreements without first giving competitors a chance to bid on capacity under those agreements, said Shell NA LNG LLC and other shippers on the pipeline.

Dominion Transmission Inc.’s (DTI) proposed tariff filing would “undermine” FERC’s right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) policy by allowing the pipeline to extend expiring shipper service agreements without first giving competitors a chance to bid on capacity under those agreements, said Shell NA LNG LLC and other shippers on the pipeline.

Buoyed by run-ups throughout the energy futures complex the day before and the stubborn refusal of wintry weather to exit the market stage in some areas, cash prices recorded across-the-board gains in Friday’s trading for weekend flows.

The issue of a matching term limit under the right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) process — something that has been a thorn in FERC’s side for many years — is back in front of the Commission again. This time, industrial gas customers have asked the agency to take a “fresh look” at the need for the matching term cap, and chided it for trying to “metaphorically throw up its hands and walk away” from the issue.

The issue of a matching term limit under the right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) process — something that has been a thorn in FERC’s side for many years — is back in front of the Commission again. This time, industrial gas customers have asked the agency to take a “fresh look” at the need for the matching term cap, and chided it for trying to “metaphorically throw up its hands and walk away” from the issue.

The refusal of the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee to approve the nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the federal bench is expected to tie up nominations in the upper chamber for the foreseeable future, including the nomination of Joseph T. Kelliher to fill the vacancy on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.