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The next stop for some top Enron Corp. executives and the company’s auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP, should be jail, said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), after listening Tuesday to Enron employees, retirees and individual investors tell horror stories of fortunes lost.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said, “No More” to Oklahoma Natural Gas’ continuing 75-cent/Dth surcharge on customer bills related to its recovery of last winter’s high gas costs. In a final order issued last Tuesday, the commission told the utility that starting Dec. 1 it will no longer be allowed to recover those costs. The final order follows a similar preliminary ruling on the matter earlier this month.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said, “No More” to Oklahoma Natural Gas’ continuing 75-cent/Dth surcharge on customer bills related to its recovery of last winter’s high gas costs. In a final order Tuesday, the commission told the utility that starting Dec. 1 it will no longer be allowed to recover those costs. The final order follows a similar preliminary ruling on the matter earlier this month.

In a move that will have a significant impact on the natural gas market, the American Gas Association has decided to discontinue its weekly storage survey at the end of the year, citing the “labor intensive” nature of the project as a key factor in its decision.

In a move that will have a significant impact on the natural gas market, the American Gas Association has decided to discontinue its weekly storage survey at the end of the year, citing the “labor intensive” nature of the project as a key factor in its decision.

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has announced that $3.6 million in grants will be awarded for 24 projects in 14 states to assist in the prevention of third-party damage to pipelines and other underground facilities.

A direct, express pipeline stretching all the way to Chicago from Prudhoe Bay is among the options being considered for tapping Arctic natural gas by the three principal production companies operating in Alaska. The mammoth possibility was disclosed in the Canadian gas capital of Calgary, to a conference of the Canadian Energy Research Institute, by the North American Natural Gas Pipeline Group.

FERC last week ordered El Paso Merchant Energy and El PasoMerchant Energy-Gas L.P. to stop stonewalling and turn overprotected materials to parties involved in a complaint case thatalleges the affiliates received preferential treatment when theyacquired 1.2 Bcf/d of California-bound firm capacity on El PasoNatural Gas.

FERC last week ordered El Paso Merchant Energy and El PasoMerchant Energy-Gas L.P. to stop stonewalling and turn overprotected materials to parties involved in a complaint case thatalleges the affiliates received preferential treatment when theyacquired 1.2 Bcf/d of California-bound firm capacity on El PasoNatural Gas.