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Approximately 13,000 facilities, including a wide range of energy industry facilities, would be affected by an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to require the nation’s major producers of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) to quantify and report their emissions, the EPA said.

A major natural gas utility group Wednesday called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to require interstate pipelines to permit the pass-through of discounted or negotiated usage and fuel charges to both asset managers and retail-choice marketers.

Approximately 13,000 facilities, including a wide range of energy industry facilities, would be affected by an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to require the nation’s major producers of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) to quantify and report their emissions, the EPA said Tuesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court last Monday let stand a lower court ruling that would require coal-burning generation facilities to comply with the strictest emission controls for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants (HAP).

Industry energy consumers called on the House Wednesday to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide aggregate position limits across all exchanges in order to control excessive speculation in energy commodities, particularly natural gas.

Industrial energy consumers object to language in the economic stimulus bill that would require state governors to support decoupling of electricity and natural gas volumes from prices in order to receive energy efficiency grants.

Industrial energy consumers object to language in the $816 billion House economic recovery bill that would require state governors to support decoupling of electricity and natural gas volumes from prices in order to get more stimulus funds.

The Barnett Shale’s natural gas production should peak in 2009 at around 5 Bcf/d and plateau in 2010 and 2011, which will require exploration and production (E&P) companies to look for new North American resource plays, EOG Resources Inc. CEO Mark Papa said last week.

The Barnett Shale’s natural gas production should peak in 2009 at around 5 Bcf/d and plateau in 2010 and 2011, which will require exploration and production (E&P) companies to look for new North American resource plays, EOG Resources Inc. CEO Mark Papa said Wednesday.