Nicor Inc.’s CEO Friday said the company’s natural gas utility subsidiary is “simply not earning our allowed rate of return,” which likely will lead to a rate hike request with Illinois officials by mid-year.
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100-Year-Old Aquila Near the End of the Road
Colorado regulators have approved the sale and transfer of Aquila Inc.’s utility operations in Colorado to Black Hills Corp. That leaves outstanding only the approval of Missouri officials for the multi-billion dollar, three-way transaction that will spell the end of Aquila and its predecessors, which have served portions of mid America since 1908.
ETP: Complaint ‘Parrots’ FERC’s Allegations
Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) has called on FERC to dismiss a complaint brought by a Victoria, TX-based energy company, claiming it is simply “parroting without any independent support” the same allegations of natural gas price manipulation that the agency outlined in its July show cause order against ETP and affiliates.
ETP Says Complaint ‘Parrots’ FERC’s Price Manipulation Allegations
Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) has called on FERC to dismiss a complaint brought by a Victoria, TX-based energy company, claiming it is simply “parroting without any independent support” the same allegations of natural gas price manipulation that the agency outlined in its July show cause order against ETP and affiliates.
Florida PSC Grants Progress Energy Gas Cost Recovery on New Supplies
Ruling that Progress Energy Florida (PEF) was simply enhancing the reliability of its fuel supply, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted the utility permission to recover the costs associated with transporting new supplies of domestic natural gas. The utility said it plans to enter into a series of agreements to move gas on a proposed pipeline known as the Southeast Supply Header (SESH).
Florida PSC Grants Progress Energy Gas Cost Recovery on New Supplies
Ruling that Progress Energy Florida (PEF) was simply enhancing the reliability of its fuel supply, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday granted the utility permission to recover the costs associated with transporting new supplies of domestic natural gas. The utility said it plans to enter into a series of agreements to move gas on a proposed pipeline known as the Southeast Supply Header (SESH).
The Case of the Missing Molecules
Sixty U.S. gas pipelines are still trying to figure out whathappened to 106 Bcf of gas last year. The methane simply vanishedinto thin air at a cost of more than $200 million, according to asurvey of FERC Form 2 data by GRI. The GRI research shows that onaverage, each of those interstate pipes lost about 4.8 MMcf/d.
The Case of the Missing Molecules
Sixty U.S. gas pipelines are still trying to figure out whathappened to 106 Bcf of gas last year. The methane simply vanishedinto thin air at a cost of more than $200 million, according to asurvey of FERC Form 2 data by GRI. The GRI research shows that onaverage, each of those interstate pipes lost about 4.8 MMcf/d.