Tariff

In the final hours before new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports were to take effect, the White House late Thursday issued a trio of proclamations to fine tune the tariffs, exempting several allied nations with whom negotiations were ongoing.

In the wake of President Trump enacting tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, an industry expert said the oil and gas industry should pursue an exemption for specialty steel products, while an energy trade group said the products, which are used in pipeline construction, meet the criteria for the exemption.

As President Trump considers imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, a coalition of trade groups representing the oil and gas industry urged the president to at least consider exemptions for steel products in the energy sector, especially when there isn’t a sufficient domestic supply.

Enterprise Products Partners LP said it may consider raising tariffs of its Seaway Pipeline, one week after a competitor, TransCanada Corp., told federal regulators that it wants to increase the temporary discounted spot rate for light crude from Cushing, OK, to Houston and Port Arthur, TX.

FERC has accepted pro forma tariff records submitted last year by Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission (TIGT) and requested the pipeline to file actual tariff records reflecting a series of conditions laid out by the regulators.

Montana’s 0.5% “tax holiday” tariff on new oil/natural gas production would be increased to 4.5% under a proposal (HB 215) in the state legislature.

The Aug. 17 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling that invalidated contracts on the Access Northeast pipeline expansion has set off a new round of debate as the project’s backers vie for FERC approval of a crucial tariff revision.

A looming FERC decision on a proposed tariff revision for Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC’s system could reshape winter natural gas and electric pricing in New England and determine the fate of the Access Northeast expansion project.

California regulators recently approved a new tariff for Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to enter the distributed generation sector, which is growing in the state.