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The latest operational flow order (OFO) posted by ANR Pipeline imposing a more restrictive hydrocarbon dew point standard on natural gas entering its system in the Gulf of Mexico region during February is at odds with a December FERC order that directed the pipeline to “cease and desist” from such practices, a coalition of producers told FERC last Wednesday.

The latest operational flow order (OFO) by ANR Pipeline imposing a more restrictive hydrocarbon dew point standard on natural gas entering its system in the Gulf of Mexico region during February is at odds with a December FERC order that directed the pipeline to “cease and desist” from such practices, a coalition of producers told FERC Wednesday.

The race to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the Bahamas with a pipeline to the coast of Florida got a lot tighter last week as AES Corp. got final FERC approval for its Ocean Express project, and FPL Group, parent company of Florida’s largest electric utility, bought an option to become a partner in El Paso’s Bahamas LNG/pipeline project.

While reiterating the ever-tighter intertwining of electricity and natural gas, a major statewide energy assessment by the California Energy Commission released Monday predicted that the next three years should be free of any large risk of a return of the supply/price meltdown of two years ago. However, without an integrated approach that addresses a wide variety of energy, environmental and economic needs, the state could be back in a crisis mode by 2007.

While reiterating the ever-tighter intertwining of electricity and natural gas, a major statewide energy assessment by the California Energy Commission released Monday predicted that the next three years should be free of any large risk of a return of the supply/price meltdown of two years ago. However, without an integrated approach that addresses a wide variety of energy, environmental and economic needs, the state could be back in a crisis mode by 2007.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to “explicitly clarify” its standards to regulate the flow of non-public information between regulated natural gas and power companies and their non-regulated affiliates at its scheduled meeting this week.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to “explicitly clarify” its standards for regulating the flow of information between regulated natural gas and power companies and their non-regulated affiliates at its next scheduled meeting on Sept. 26.

California’s leading state legislator for energy issues and thechief architect of its 1996 electricity restructuring law last weekdeclared the state’s electricity market as “not workablycompetitive” and urged that state energy authorities re-establishprice caps at their original levels to mitigate against extremeprice spikes when the weather heats up.

In the wake of last year’s oil bust, energy industry lenders arestill keeping a tighter grip on their money. However indicationsare some banks and investors are starting again to look for placesto put capital in the energy patch.