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Revenue decoupling, which seeks to separate a local distribution company’s (LDC) revenues from the volume of gas it distributes, is only available to gas utilities in nine states, but it’s gaining in popularity and is on the minds of many executives.

FERC last Monday approved in part an uncontested settlement that seeks to resolve the long-running dispute over rates and expansions on joint pipeline facilities owned by Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC and Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) in the Northeast.

FERC Monday approved in part an uncontested settlement that seeks to resolve the long-running dispute over rates and expansions on joint pipeline facilities owned by Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC and Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) in the Northeast.

A rash of protests were lodged last week at FERC against a Columbia Gulf Transmission tariff filing that seeks to impose strict scheduling penalties and establish a monthly cash-out process that would penalize shippers for imbalances regardless of whether their actions threatened the reliability of the natural gas pipeline system.

A rash of protests has been lodged at FERC against a Columbia Gulf Transmission tariff filing that seeks to impose strict scheduling penalties and establish a monthly cash-out process that would penalize shippers for imbalances regardless of whether their actions threatened the reliability of the natural gas pipeline system.

On the heels of his State of the Union address, President Bush last Wednesday issued an executive order that seeks to “strengthen the environmental, energy and transportation management” of the federal government.

Hours after delivering his State of the Union address, President Bush Wednesday issued an executive order that seeks to “strengthen the environmental, energy and transportation management” of the federal government.

Independent producers blasted the House Democrats’ energy bill — released late Friday — that seeks to repeal tax breaks for oil and natural gas producers, force holders of the flawed 1998-1999 leases to renegotiate their contracts and eliminate royalty relief for shallow and deepwater production in the Gulf of Mexico.

Independent producers blasted the House Democrats’ energy bill that seeks to repeal tax breaks for oil and natural gas producers, force holders of the flawed 1998-1999 leases to renegotiate their contracts and eliminate royalty relief for shallow and deepwater production in the Gulf of Mexico.