Spawned

Robust production from Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale, where some think 20-30 Tcf or more gas resides, has spawned an interstate pipeline project backed by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) and Energy Transfer Partners LP.

Robust production from Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale, where some think as much as 20 Tcf of gas resides, has spawned an interstate pipeline project backed by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) and Energy Transfer Partners LP.

The enforcement action against fallen hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC, some sources say, has apparently spawned either a jurisdictional dispute or just a “concern” between the two federal agencies involved in energy regulation — the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

The enforcement action against failed hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC, some sources say, has apparently spawned either a jurisdictional dispute or just a “concern” between the two federal agencies involved in energy regulation — the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Robust production in Oklahoma and North Texas has spawned another project to move gas eastward to markets in Florida and the Northeast, and this one’s a big one.

Bringing to a close a long consumer battle that spawned unrest and stirred state lawmakers, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued a final order Sept. 15 for implementing a new state law that limits the amount of utility rates covering federal, state and local taxes to the actual amounts of taxes paid. The change will start with 2006 tax year payments, and a consumer activist group immediately criticized the PUC’s action as insufficient.

Bringing to a close a long consumer battle that spawned unrest and stirred state lawmakers, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) last Friday issued a final order for implementing a new state law that limits the amount of utility rates covering federal, state and local taxes to the actual amounts of taxes paid. The change will start with 2006 tax year payments, and a consumer activist group immediately criticized the PUC’s action as insufficient.

Burgeoning production out of the Barnett Shale and the Bossier Sands has spawned plans for another interstate pipeline that would carry 1 Bcf/d through Oklahoma and Arkansas and interconnect with Texas Gas Transmission LLC in Cohoma County, MS.

Outgoing Sempra Energy CEO Steve Baum said he expects to have the bulk of the energy crisis-spawned litigation facing the company resolved in settlements by the time he retires in January next year.