Rejected

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday rejected Colorado Interstate Gas Co.’s (CIG) petition for review of an order denying the pipeline’s efforts to recover from its shippers a substantial amount of natural gas that was lost during an accidental storage leak.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday rejected Colorado Interstate Gas Co.’s (CIG) petition for review of an order denying the pipeline’s efforts to recover from its shippers a substantial amount of natural gas that was lost during an accidental storage leak.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday rejected Colorado Interstate Gas Co.’s (CIG) petition for review of an order denying the pipeline’s efforts to recover from its shippers a substantial amount of natural gas that was lost during an accidental storage leak.

Although rejected earlier this year, a proposal by a Houston-based exploration company to resume drilling in California offshore waters for the first time in 40 years has new life this fall, according to backers who are eyeing a special legislative session before year-end, or the regular session next year to get something enacted. Added revenue for the cash-strapped state and some environmental concessions would be the incentives for lawmakers to act.

Although rejected earlier this year, a proposal by a Houston-based exploration company to resume drilling in California offshore waters for the first time in 40 years has new life, according to backers who are eyeing a special legislative session this fall or the regular session next year to get something enacted. Added revenue for the cash-strapped state and some environmental concessions would be the incentives for lawmakers to act.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last Thursday rejected a Republican amendment that sought to strike the renewable electricity standard (RES) from a broad energy bill that the panel is marking up.

FERC last Thursday rejected a request by Washington Gas Light Co. (WGL) to stay an October 2008 order that restricted liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries from the expanded Dominion Cove Point LP terminal in Maryland to 530,000 Dth/d in an effort to avoid additional leaks on the distribution system of the Washington, DC-based utility.

FERC Thursday rejected a request by Washington Gas Light Co. (WGL) to stay an October 2008 order that restricted liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries from the expanded Dominion Cove Point LP terminal in Maryland to 530,000 Dth/d in an effort to avoid additional leaks on the distribution system of the Washington, DC-based utility.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday rejected a request from the state’s major private-sector utilities to reduce the burden on businesses that pay a disproportionate amount of the surcharge on monthly natural gas utility bills that goes for public purpose programs, such as those that assist low-income customers with their bills.