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As a promotional and lobbying gesture, Mitsubishi Corp.-backed Sound Energy Solutions (SES) committed late Tuesday that its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Long Beach, CA, harbor will meet all of the new LNG safety standards released earlier in the month by the federal Department of Transportation (DOT). The new rules, however, won’t require any change in design or plans for the receiving terminal, said SES’s Long Beach-based chief executive Tom Giles.

As a promotional and lobbying gesture, Mitsubishi Corp.-backed Sound Energy Solutions (SES) committed late Tuesday that its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Long Beach, CA, harbor will meet all of the new LNG safety standards released earlier in the month by the federal Department of Transportation (DOT). The new rules, however, won’t require any change in design or plans for the receiving terminal, said SES’s Long Beach-based chief executive Tom Giles.

As the battle rages on over shutting in natural gas wells for the purpose of preserving crude bitumen recovery from the Wabiskaw-McMurray formation located in northern Alberta, province regulators revised downward the number of gas wells they believe should be closed.

With more and more natural gas-fired plants going into operation around the country, pipelines must master a balancing act of serving traditional local distribution companies (LDC), while catering to the new power plant on the block.

With more and more natural gas-fired plants going into operation around the country, pipelines must master a balancing act of serving traditional local distribution companies (LDC), while catering to the new power plant on the block.

The names — “Fat Boy,” “Death Star” — may sound ominous, but the strategies they represent actually served to arbitrage the California market, lending it equilibrium and efficiency, according to an economist with the global consulting firm NERA (National Economic Research Associates) in a paper released earlier this month.

Puget Sound Energy managed to work out a deal last week to avoida municipal takeover of its service to 8,800 businesses andresidents in Lakewood, WA. Instead, the Lakewood City Council,which had considered a costly condemnation and purchase of PSE’spower distribution system last spring, voted unanimously to workcollaboratively with the utility to improve service for electricitycustomers.

In a draft environment impact statement (EIS) released last week, FERC staff concluded the Guardian Pipeline would have “limited adverse environmental impact” and would be an acceptable action, with appropriate mitigating measures.

In a draft environment impact statement (EIS) releasedyesterday, FERC staff concluded the Guardian Pipeline would have”limited adverse environmental impact” and would be an acceptableaction, with appropriate mitigating measures.