Requiring

FERC plans to issue an accounting release requiring regulated pipelines to treat as a maintenance expense those costs incurred while performing pipeline assessments that are mandated under a federal pipeline integrity program.

FERC plans to issue an accounting release requiring regulated pipelines to treat as a maintenance expense those costs incurred while performing pipeline assessments that are mandated under a federal pipeline integrity program.

FERC plans to issue an accounting release requiring regulated pipelines to treat as a maintenance expense those costs incurred while performing pipeline assessments that are mandated under a federal pipeline integrity program.

FERC last Wednesday proposed requiring all tariff filings by public utility, natural gas and oil pipeline companies to be in an electronic format. Paper filings would no longer be required.

FERC on Wednesday proposed requiring all tariff filings by public utility, natural gas and oil pipeline companies to be in an electronic format. Paper filings would no longer be required.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) on Monday published a final rule requiring new onshore natural gas transmission lines and replacements of existing pipe or components to be designed and constructed to accommodate the passage of instrumented internal devices, better known as “smart pigs.”

Columbia Gas notified FSS (Firm Storage Service) customers that it has waived for February a section of the rate schedule requiring a 10% minimum withdrawal of their SCQ (Storage Contract Quantity).

Florida Gas Transmission has begun unscheduled maintenance on one of the two compressor units at its Transco St. Helena interconnect in South Louisiana, requiring a reduction of capacity at the point to 15,000 MMBtu/d starting Wednesday. Current estimates indicate that the unit will be down for seven to eight days, FGT said.

Within hours of the Senate voting out Democrat-crafted broad energy legislation late Thursday, Republican leaders vowed to make significant changes to tailor the bill to fit their views on energy issues, while Democrats warned they may filibuster a bill that emerges from conference committee radically altered.