Tackling

Industry should take a “pipeline-by-pipeline approach” to tackling and resolving the contentious natural gas quality and interchangeability issues, two major gas groups said in a joint statement issued Friday.

Taking its cue from the governor and state legislature, California regulators Thursday began implementing rate relief for San Diego electricity consumers, retroactive to June 1. It became effective immediately. An investigation of San Diego Gas and Electric Co.’s actions leading up to this summer’s price spikes was also approved as part of the action.

One of the nation’s fastest growing nonutility power plantdeveloper/operators, Calpine Corp., San Jose, CA, is taking ahands-on approach to building a diversified natural gas portfolioto fuel what it eventually hopes is a network of highly efficient,environmentally clean combined-cycle power plants with a collectivecapacity of 25,000 megawatts.