Regulating

Three House lawmakers last week introduced legislation to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to strengthen the U.S. renewable fuels industry.

Three House lawmakers have introduced legislation to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to strengthen the U.S. renewable fuels industry.

Three House lawmakers have introduced legislation to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to strengthen the U.S. renewable fuels industry.

The U.S. needs to “speak with one voice” when it comes to approving and regulating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, and that “one voice” is found in the federal government, two gas industry associations told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday in an amicus brief filed in support of FERC in its jurisdictional battle with the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC).

The U.S. needs to “speak with one voice” when it comes to approving and regulating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, and that “one voice” is found in the federal government, two gas industry associations told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday in an amicus brief filed in support of FERC in its jurisdictional battle with the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC).

With an unprecedented qualifier, the California state Senate proposal (SB 888) for re-regulating the state’s electricity industry Thursday received a bare majority of support to move on to the lower house Assembly, but only after it was labeled as a proposal that was for “display purposes only.”

An Indiana case that confronts the issue of whether regulatingheretofore FERC-jurisdictional pipeline laterals should be sharedwith states has yielded somewhat conflicting decisions at theregulatory level so far. As a result, the potentiallyprecedent-setting issue seems destined for resolution by state andfederal appellate courts.

FERC is scheduled to tackle two major cases today – “alternativemethods” for regulating pipeline facilities on the OuterContinental Shelf (OCS) and Granite State Gas Transmission’sapplication to build an LNG facility in the town of Wells, ME. Italso is expected to vote on the merger of Enova and PacificEnterprises.