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U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said on Tuesday he may order the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to examine the potential impact on energy markets of the collapse of Enron Corp., which over the weekend filed the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in history. However, Abraham said he did not think Enron’s fall would affect energy deregulation.

In keeping with policy directives in President Bush’s national energy strategy, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced this week that the Department of Energy (DOE) will undertake a full-scale review of ongoing federal oil and natural gas research programs.

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham took the not-so-original position of blaming pollsters and the media last Wednesday for unfairly criticizing the administration’s energy plan. He said they’re simply using the wrong measuring stick by singling out issues that are obviously disliked the most, such as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), while many of the other important issues are never even mentioned, let alone subjected to public opinion polls.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has come under attack from the energy sector for stating last week that the United States is “well on our way toward a dangerous dependency” on natural gas.

U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said the federal government has received 13 proposals from utilities and private investors to expand California’s major north-south power transmission bottleneck, called Path 15. The long-neglected constraint has been cited frequently as one of the major causes of power shortages in the state, and the Bush administration targeted the bottleneck as an area in need of immediate help.

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham took the not-so-original position of blaming pollsters and the media Wednesday for unfairly criticizing the administration’s energy plan. He said they’re simply using the wrong measuring stick by singling out issues that are obviously disliked the most, such as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while many of the other important issues are never even mentioned, let alone subjected to public opinion polls.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has come under attack from the energy sector for stating this week that the United States is “well on our way toward a dangerous dependency” on natural gas.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced last week that the Department of Energy (DOE) will provide partial funding for 11 government-industry collaborative projects aimed at upgrading the safety and performance of the nation’s natural gas interstate and intrastate transportation systems.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced yesterday that the Department of Energy (DOE) will provide partial funding for 11 government-industry collaborative projects aimed at upgrading the safety and performance of the nation’s natural gas interstate and intrastate transportation systems.