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The U.S. Coast Guard has requested the establishment of a permanent security zone in the Freeport, TX, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Basin, located about 70 miles south of Houston, and moving security zones for certain vessels bound for the Port of Freeport.

In a filing with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy, Cheniere Marketing Inc. has requested authorization to export on a spot market basis over a two year period up to 64 Bcf of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that has been imported and stored at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in southwest Louisiana.

In a filing with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy, Cheniere Marketing Inc. has requested authorization to export on a spot market basis over a two-year period up to 64 Bcf of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that has been imported and stored at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in southwest Louisiana.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and several affiliates, including Oasis Pipeline LP, last Tuesday requested expedited rehearing and a stay of FERC’s May order setting for hearing charges that they manipulated the physical natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel and Waha trading hub on various dates from December 2003 through December 2005 (see NGI, May 19).

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and several affiliates, including Oasis Pipeline LP, Tuesday requested expedited rehearing and a stay of FERC’s order earlier this month setting for hearing charges that they manipulated the physical natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel and Waha trading hub on various dates from December 2003 through December 2005 (see Daily GPI, May 16).

Idaho regulators announced Friday they were suspending a requested effective date for Spokane, WA-based Avista Utilities’ proposed natural gas and electricity rate increases for its Idaho customers. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) set May 9 as the deadline for intervenors filing in the case in which Avista is seeking overall increases of 15.4-16.5% for electricity and no more than 3.3% for gas.

Exelon Corp.’s Pennsylvania gas and electric utility, PECO, has requested permission from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to begin phase one of a voluntary residential real-time pricing program (RRTP) that would allow up to 2,000 customers to view real-time energy prices.

Exelon Corp.’s Pennsylvania gas and electric utility, PECO, has requested permission from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to begin phase one of a voluntary residential real-time pricing program (RRTP) that would allow up to 2,000 customers to view real-time energy prices.

Amaranth Advisors LLC has requested an additional month to respond to a FERC show-cause order that accuses the failed hedge fund of manipulating the price of physical natural gas transactions, while former Amaranth trader Brian Hunter continues to challenge the regulatory agency’s jurisdiction in the case.