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Prices Still Rising; Rodent Says 6 Weeks of Winter Left

After all the winter storm excitement in recent weeks, themarket appeared to be growing calmer Wednesday yet still managed tokeep pushing prices higher. Most of the upticks were between anickel and a little over a dime, with the Northeast remaining thebastion of dollar-plus increases.

February 3, 2000

Northwest Says El Paso Violating GISB Rules

The complaints filed against El Paso Natural Gas have reachedsuch a mammoth proportion that the staff for the Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission may be forced to set aside a shelf or twojust for these cases.

February 2, 2000

CA Lawmaker Says Generation Buyers Paid Too Much

In a surprising bit of candor, the chief political architect ofCalifornia’s 1996 electric industry restructuring law last weekrevealed that out-of-state energy companies paying high prices forgeneration assets, exceeded state lawmakers goals of gettingconsumers out from under the enormous stranded costs of the state’sthree major investor-owned utilities.

January 31, 2000

CNG Conducting Unauthorized Storage Activity, FERC Says

FERC last week found that CNG Transmission Corp. has beenconstructing, converting and interconnecting gas storage wells atits Tioga complex in Pennsylvania without prior Commissionauthorization.

January 31, 2000

CA Lawmaker Says Generation Buyers Paid Too Much

In a surprising bit of candor, the chief political architect ofCalifornia’s 1996 electric industry restructuring law told a groupof industry participants at a statewide energy roundtablediscussion in San Diego that the state’s lawmakers intentionallyderegulated generation to draw out-of-state capital to pay off theenormous stranded costs of the state’s three major investor-ownedutilities.

January 28, 2000

AGA Dismayed by ANR’s Hinshaw Request

The American Gas Association (AGA) says it is “highly disturbed”by ANR Pipeline’s request that FERC “reinterpret” the scope of theHinshaw Amendment as part of its deliberations into whether tocertificate the proposed Guardian Pipeline.

January 24, 2000

AGA Dismayed by ANR’s Hinshaw Request

The American Gas Association (AGA) says it is “highly disturbed”by ANR Pipeline’s request that FERC “reinterpret” the scope of theHinshaw Amendment as part of its deliberations into whether tocertificate the proposed Guardian Pipeline.

January 24, 2000

Internet Firm Seeks FERC Inquiry into E-Commerce

A Maryland-based Internet consulting firm says it plans to askFERC to initiate an inquiry into the impact of the e-commercerevolution on regulated energy industries and vice versa, but firstit wants to get industry input on the issue.

January 17, 2000

Firm Seeks FERC Inquiry into E-Commerce

A Maryland-based Internet consulting firm says it plans to askFERC to initiate an inquiry into the impact of the e-commercerevolution on regulated energy industries and vice versa, but firstit wants to get industry input on the issue.

January 14, 2000

Oil Prices Should be ‘Left Alone,’ Murkowski Says

Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-AK) last week urged the Clintonadministration not to intervene in the domestic crude oil market toreduce rising prices. The chairman of the Senate Energy and NaturalResources Committee was especially concerned about reports that theadministration was considering tapping into the Strategic PetroleumReserve (SPR) to bring down prices.

December 20, 1999