Settle

Cooler-than-normal temperatures will dominate the Southeast and Pacific Coast states in May, June and July, while warmer-than-normal air will settle over much of the rest of the country, especially in the Southwest, according to forecaster WSI Corp. of Andover, MA.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has agreed to pay $20 million to settle the last of a series of lawsuits stemming from water poisoning linked to its natural gas transmission pipeline operations in the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles. The agreement was finalized late in March, according to an Associated Press report.

In a step that moves Enron Corp. a big step forward in putting its past behind it, Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay $1.66 billion and give up an estimated $4.25 billion in claims to settle a six-year-old lawsuit with creditors over the bank’s alleged role in the energy trader’s demise.

In a step that moves Enron Corp. a big step forward in putting its past behind it, Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay $1.66 billion and give up an estimated $4.25 billion in claims to settle a six-year-old lawsuit with creditors over the bank’s alleged role in the energy trader’s demise.

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPSC) has called on FERC to settle a contract dispute that involves reducing service on ANR Pipeline in order to accommodate deliveries from a competing pipeline’s proposed expansion.

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPSC) has called on FERC to settle a contract dispute that involves reducing service on ANR Pipeline in order to accommodate deliveries from a competing pipeline’s proposed expansion.

BP Products North America Inc., a subsidiary of BP America, has agreed to pay $303 million to settle charges that it manipulated and attempted to manipulate the propane market in early 2003 and 2004, federal officials announced Thursday.

San Diego, CA-based Sempra Energy was awarded approximately $172 million, including interest, to settle a 2002 dispute involving its 43% ownership of two Argentine natural gas holding companies, Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur, the company said last Tuesday. The award came from an autonomous third-party organization, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

San Diego, CA-based Sempra Energy was awarded approximately $172 million, including interest, to settle a 2002 dispute involving its 43% ownership of two Argentine natural gas holding companies, Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur, the company said Tuesday. The award comes from an autonomous third-party organization, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.