Remanded

The injection of hexane into regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes from Dominion Cove Point LP’s LNG terminal in Maryland has reduced the number of incremental coupling leaks on the distribution system of Washington Gas Light (WGL), but hexane alone will not solve the leakage problem that has plagued the utility for several years, a WGL executive said last Thursday.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has vacated and remanded an order in which FERC, after having approved two rate settlements, modified them to require Dominion Transmission Inc. to provide additional information to its shippers with respect to its fuel accounting practices.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC Friday vacated and remanded an order in which FERC modified two rate settlements to require Dominion Transmission Inc. to provide additional information to its shippers with respect to its fuel accounting practices.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week remanded the natural gas pipeline rates for Petal Gas Storage and High Island Offshore System (HIOS) after concluding that FERC had mistakenly based the rates on a proxy group to include local distribution companies (LDC). The three-judge panel ruled that the Commission’s decision to include the LDCs, which carry less risk than interstate pipes, compromised the outcome of the rate cases.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has remanded the natural gas pipeline rates for Petal Gas Storage and High Island Offshore System (HIOS) after concluding that FERC had mistakenly based the rates on a proxy group to include local distribution companies (LDC). The three-judge panel ruled that the Commission’s decision to include the LDCs, which carry less risk than interstate pipes, compromised the outcome of the rate cases.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Thursday vacated and remanded a decision by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) approving a $1.4 billion rail project to carry coal from the Powder River Basin to power plants in the East and Midwest, saying the board failed to assess the environmental impact of increased coal burning.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Thursday vacated and remanded a decision by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) approving a $1.4 billion rail project to carry coal from the Powder River Basin to power plants in the East and Midwest, saying the board failed to assess the environmental impact of increased coal burning.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last weekreversed and remanded a FERC order rejecting Transcontinental GasPipe Line’s bid to levy two-part, “firm-to-the-wellhead” (FTW)rates on certain production-area customers served by the line.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last weekreversed and remanded a FERC order rejecting Transcontinental GasPipe Line Corp’s bid to levy two-part, “firm-to-the-wellhead” (FTW)rates on certain production-area customers served by the line.