Settlement

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has voted unanimously to order New York-based electric generation provider Hiko Energy LLC to pay customer refunds of $2 million and a $1.8 million civil penalty for deceptive marketing practices and overbilling during the brutally cold winter of 2013-2014.

New Jersey’s largest utility, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), and state regulators reached an initial settlement to allow replacement of aging natural gas mains and service lines.

Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) Kathleen Kane has announced a proposed $2.3 million settlement with the retail and wholesale electric generation supplier Pennsylvania Gas & Electric (PaG&E) to resolve consumer complaints that the company deceptively marketed its variable electric rates during the brutal cold of winter 2013-2014.

Range Resources Corp. has agreed to a $1.75 million settlement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for failure to keep proper water withdrawal records and for exceeding the amount of water withdrawal allowed for its natural gas drilling under a state-approved plan.

A new proposal amending a settlement between a group of Pennsylvania landowners and Chesapeake Energy Corp. that’s been tied up in federal court for more than a year now would find the company paying $3.5 million more than originally agreed if approved by a judge.

Planned expansion of northbound routes for U.S. natural gas exports into Ontario and Quebec can proceed on schedule under a decision that the National Energy Board (NEB) handed down Friday (Nov. 28).

PDC Energy Inc. has reached a settlement on a long-standing class action lawsuit with a group of investors, which should allow the company to get out from under legal fees and focus on its nascent core areas in Colorado and Ohio.

A $7.5 million settlement reached last year between Pennsylvania landowners and Chesapeake Energy Corp. to resolve claims that the company improperly deducted post-production fees from royalty checks has yet to be approved and remains tied-up in a federal court.

Halliburton Co. has reached a tentative $1.1 billion settlement with a majority of plaintiffs involved in the 2010 Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.