Rulings

Duke Pipes Lose Bids to Upset Shipper-Friendly ROFR Orders

Two Duke Energy pipelines failed to win rehearing of FERC rulings that ordered the pipes to make their right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) tariff provisions more friendly to shippers.

May 12, 2003

Duke Pipes Lose Bids to Upset Shipper-Friendly ROFR Orders

Two Duke Energy pipelines failed to win rehearing of FERC rulings that ordered the pipes to make their right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) tariff provisions more friendly to shippers.

May 9, 2003

FERC Defers Rulings on 3 Key El Paso Cases Until Final Settlement Negotiated

Responding to a request from El Paso Corp., California regulators and other parties, FERC last week agreed to push back its decision in the high-profile case alleging manipulation of natural gas prices in California by 45 days to give the parties time to submit a formal settlement offer and seek dismissal of the charges.

March 31, 2003

FERC Gives Nods to Storage Expansion, Pipeline Conversion

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Wednesday issued favorable rulings for Duke Energy’s Egan Hub Partners LP to proceed with further expansion of its storage facility in Louisiana, and for Montana-based Energy West Development Inc. to convert a liquid products pipeline to natural gas service in the West.

March 31, 2003

FERC Gives Nods to Storage Expansion, Pipeline Conversion

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday issued favorable rulings for Duke Energy’s Egan Hub Partners LP to proceed with further expansion of its storage facility in Louisiana, and for Montana-based Energy West Development Inc. to convert a liquid products pipeline to natural gas service in the West.

March 27, 2003

Federal Regulators Clear Path for More Pipe, Storage Projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week issued a series of rulings that would pave the way for new pipeline and expansion projects proposed by Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG), Southern Natural Gas (Sonat), East Tennessee Natural Gas, Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) and Petal Gas Storage LLC.

February 24, 2003

Federal Regulators Clear Way for More Pipe, Storage Projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday issued a series of rulings that would pave the way for new pipeline and expansion projects proposed by Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG), Southern Natural Gas (Sonat), East Tennessee Natural Gas, Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) and Petal Gas Storage LLC.

February 21, 2003

Two Gas Storage Projects Get FERC Approval

Two natural gas storage projects received favorable rulings from FERC last Wednesday. Aquila affiliate Red Lake Gas Storage LP received preliminary approval on nonenvironmental grounds for construction of a salt cavern natural gas storage facility in Mohave County, AZ, with 12 Bcf of working gas capacity and 900,000 Dth/d of maximum deliverability. FERC also awarded a limited jurisdiction blanket certificate to Saltville Storage Co. LLC, which is building a salt cavern in southwestern Virginia.

February 3, 2003

Two Gas Storage Projects Get FERC Approval

Two natural gas storage projects received favorable rulings from FERC on Wednesday. Aquila affiliate Red Lake Gas Storage LP received preliminary approval on nonenvironmental grounds for construction of a salt cavern natural gas storage facility in Mohave County, AZ, with 12 Bcf of working gas capacity and 900,000 Dth/d of maximum deliverability. FERC also awarded a limited jurisdiction blanket certificate to Saltville Storage Co. LLC, which is building a salt cavern in southwestern Virginia.

January 30, 2003

Court Reverses FERC Rulings on Idaho Power Transmission Service

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last Friday issued a ruling siding with Idaho Power in its challenge of two previous FERC orders that effectively blocked the power company from entering into a 10-year power deal to sell electricity to Idaho Power’s merchant group (IP Merchant).

December 16, 2002