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Legislation that sought to block Washington Gas from converting facilities in the Washington, DC, suburb of Chillum, MD, to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility was withdrawn in the Maryland House of Delegates earlier this week.

Although they allowed some mathematical corrections sought by the utility, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission last Wednesday denied a request for reconsideration by Avista Utilities’ for its full cost recovery of a natural gas supply deal and cost overruns at the utility’s Boulder Park generation project in Spokane, WA. The computational corrections will have no immediate impact on Avista’s utility rates in Idaho, the PUC said.

Although they allowed some mathematical corrections sought by the utility, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission last Wednesday denied a request for reconsideration by Avista Utilities’ for its full cost recovery of a natural gas supply deal and cost overruns at the utility’s Boulder Park generation project in Spokane, WA. The computational corrections will have no immediate impact on Avista’s utility rates in Idaho, the PUC said.

Islander East Pipeline Co. LLC and Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. have asked FERC for a one-year extension to complete construction of their companion pipeline projects in light of the hurdles that Islander East has faced in obtaining state permits for its Connecticut-to-Long Island natural gas line.

Islander East Pipeline Co. LLC and Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. have asked FERC for a one-year extension to complete construction of their companion pipeline projects in light of the hurdles that Islander East has faced in obtaining state permits for its Connecticut-to-Long Island natural gas line.

Senate Democrats last Wednesday soundly filibustered efforts to send a corporate tax cut bill back to committee to add a $13 billion energy tax package to the legislation. Talks, however, were underway between Senate leaders last week to reach a compromise with Democrats to clear the way for a more favorable vote when lawmakers return from their week-long recess.

A federal warrant was issued Thursday for the arrest of a single suspect identified as being involved in at least one of two incidents of tampering with Western Grid transmission tower footings about 150 miles apart in southeast Oregon and northern California last Monday.

Southern Natural Gas last week sought FERC clearance to begin delivering natural gas over new pipeline looping facilities on Sept. 1 to meet the expanding demand of industrial and power generation customers in the Southeast.

“One down, two to go” could be Eatontown, NJ-based Metromedia Energy’s (MME) slogan after the natural gas marketer sought and received a temporary injunction from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (VSCC) that prohibits Washington Gas Light Co. (WGL) from returning Metromedia’s 128 commercial and industrial Virginia customers back to utility gas sales service on Feb. 1.