Regulators

Idaho regulators are anticipating making further decreases in the retail charges for natural gas in the state as they currently circulate for public comments a filing by Intermountain Gas Co. to cut retail charges by 5.3%, effective Oct. 1.

Kansas regulators have raised concerns over Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline’s proposal to expand its Alden Gas Storage Field in Rice County, KS, citing unknown integrity of well plugs in the area.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) plans before the end of this month to file a proposed natural gas pipeline implementation plan with state regulators as part of its Pipeline 2020 program that was unveiled in the wake of last year’s San Bruno pipeline rupture and explosion.

Maine regulators on Tuesday conditionally approved plans to build an 80-mile pipeline that would bring natural gas service to a swath of the state for the first time. The eight-inch diameter transmission pipeline would run through more than dozen towns from Richmond to Madison in the Kennebec Valley region.

In the aftermath of a continuing string of natural gas pipeline/infrastructure failures, the pressure from federal and state regulators will grow and so too will the capital expenditures (capex) among utilities and large transmission pipeline operators, according to Southwest Gas Corp. CEO Jeffrey Shaw. He made the observations earlier in August in response to questions from financial analysts.

A report last month by IHS CERA/IHS Global Insight blaming Department of Energy (DOE) regulators for delays in processing drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico is incomplete, lacks an explanation of its methodology, and contains “a number of inaccurate and misleading claims,” according to DOE’s Michael Bromwich.

A report last month by IHS CERA/IHS Global Insight blaming Department of Energy (DOE) regulators for delays in processing drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico is incomplete, lacks an explanation of its methodology, and contains “a number of inaccurate and misleading claims,” according to DOE’s Michael Bromwich.

Arkansas regulators last week established a permanent moratorium area for any new drilling wastewater injection wells in an area of the Fayetteville Shale where four such wells are thought to have contributed to earthquakes.

Arkansas regulators Wednesday afternoon established a permanent moratorium area for any new drilling wastewater injection wells in an area of the Fayetteville Shale where four such wells are thought to have contributed to earthquakes.