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Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has reappointed Philip Jones to a second six-year term on the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC). The appointment requires state Senate confirmation, and would run through Jan. 1, 2017. Gregoire originally named Jones, 57, to the UTC in 2005. Jones is active in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), serving on the board of directors and the NARUC executive committee as second vice president, along with the international relations and telecommunications committees. Jones also is active on the NARUC Washington (DC) Action Committee and board chair for the National Regulatory Research Institute. Jones was a former senior executive with Cutter & Buck (Europe) BV in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for five years and prior to that was a senior legislative aide to former U.S. Sen. Daniel Evans (R-WA). Jones is a 1977 graduate of Harvard, with honors.

Wyoming requires a “balanced approach” to protect the state’s wildlife and environment while allowing for all types of energy development, incoming Gov. Matt Mead said last week.

Wyoming requires a “balanced approach” to protect the state’s wildlife and environment while allowing for all types of energy development, incoming Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday.

The controversial provision in the financial regulatory reform legislation that requires major banks to spin off their swap desks appeared to be intact at the end of last week, although pressure was mounting to strip the provision from the bill.

The controversial provision in the financial regulatory reform legislation that requires major banks to spin off their swap desks appears to be intact (see Daily GPI, June 16), although pressure is mounting to strip the provision from the bill.

Tennessee said limited operational capacity requires it to issue an OFO Action Alert effective Saturday for all LMS-PA, LMS-MA and LMS-PL Balancing Parties in Zones 0, 1, L, 2, 3 and 4. The imbalance tolerance was set at 2% of scheduled quantities or 500 Dth/d, whichever is greater, for overdeliveries into the system and undertakes from the system, Tennessee said. See the bulletin board for further details.

The Obama administration last Tuesday restored a rule that requires federal agencies to once again consult with federal wildlife experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — the two agencies charged with administering the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — before taking any action that may affect threatened or endangered species.

The Obama administration Tuesday restored a rule that requires federal agencies to once again consult with federal wildlife experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — the two agencies that administer the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — before taking any action that may affect threatened or endangered species.

FERC last Thursday issued a final rule that requires all interstate natural gas pipelines and certain noninterstate pipes to post operational information on their websites in an attempt to further boost the price transparency of gas markets.