Rejects

With the stark animosity that has come to mark the split among its five members, the hardened majority at the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday rejected an outgoing commissioner’s allegations that a state-conducted probe proved Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility conspired to drive up wholesale natural gas prices at the Arizona border in the 2000-2001 western energy crisis.

With the stark animosity that has come to mark the split among its five members, the hardened majority at the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday rejected an outgoing commissioner’s allegations that a state-conducted probe proved Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility conspired to drive up wholesale natural gas prices at the Arizona border in the 2000-2001 western energy crisis.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has signaled its reluctance to consider a recommendation of New England House lawmakers that it review proposals for construction of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals based on a regional approach.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has signaled its reluctance to consider a recommendation of New England House lawmakers that it review proposals for construction of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals based on a regional approach.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has signaled its reluctance to consider a recommendation of New England House lawmakers that it review proposals for construction of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals based on a regional approach.

In a surprising decision Thursday, FERC rejected a bid by Gas Technology Institute (GTI), the successor to the Gas Research Institute (GRI), for a continued mandatory surcharge on natural gas volumes transported on interstate pipelines to fund new gas research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programs.

In a surprising decision last Thursday, FERC rejected a bid by Gas Technology Institute (GTI), the successor to the Gas Research Institute (GRI), for a continued mandatory surcharge on natural gas volumes transported on interstate pipelines to fund new gas research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programs.

In a surprising decision Thursday, FERC rejected a bid by Gas Technology Institute (GTI), the successor to the Gas Research Institute (GRI), for a continued mandatory surcharge on natural gas volumes transported on interstate pipelines to fund new gas research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programs.

Pending rate case settlements for Sempra Energy’s two California utilities were rejected last month in draft decisions by both the administrative law judge and assigned commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission. At stake is a proposed $1.5 billion rate base for Southern California Gas Co. and combined electric-gas rates of nearly another billion dollars for San Diego Gas and Electric Co.