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The nation’s chief economic guru, Alan Greenspan, signaled a growing alarm over high natural gas prices and tight supplies during an appearance before a joint congressional panel Wednesday.

A Chicago-based watchdog group signaled last week it plans to appeal a regulatory law decision that rejected its claim for a $27 million fine against Nicor Inc.’s affiliate Nicor Gas for allegedly withholding information about profits generated by a controversial gas-purchase program.

A Chicago-based watchdog group signaled Monday it plans to appeal a regulatory law decision that rejected its claim for a $27 million fine against Nicor Inc.’s affiliate Nicor Gas for allegedly withholding information about profits generated by a controversial gas-purchase program.

Interstate natural gas pipelines signaled their support last week for FERC’s proposed rule that would clear the way for them to quickly rebuild their facilities in the wake of deliberate damage or other types of disasters, but they believe the agency can and should go further.

Interstate natural gas pipelines signaled their support for FERC’s proposed rule that would clear the way for them to quickly rebuild their facilities in the wake of deliberate damage or other types of disasters, but they believe the agency can and should go further.

FERC last Wednesday signaled its intention to conditionally approve choices made by former Alliance regional transmission organization (RTO) members to make their RTO homes in either the PJM Interconnection or the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO).

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week signaled the beginning of a shift in its policy on negotiated transactions, saying it will require pipelines negotiating customer-specific deals that include “material deviations” from their form of service agreements to offer the service to other similarly situated shippers on their systems.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission signaled a key shift in its policy on negotiated transactions Tuesday, saying now it will require pipelines negotiating individual deals that include “material deviations” from their form of service agreements to offer the service to other similarly situated shippers on their systems.

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has signaled that he will step up efforts to lobby his brother’s administration to deny drilling permits in the Destin Dome gas field off of the state’s coast, where three major producers own 11 leases that have sat idle for more than a decade.