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Pennsylvania lawmakers have restarted discussions about imposing an impact fee on natural gas operators by removing the fee from legislation introduced earlier this year.

If there is to be a nuclear power plant “renaissance,” as some in the industry expect, the United States is going to have to deal with the hush-hush topic of nuclear waste storage. To meet that end, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, reintroduced legislation last week that would allow the Department of Energy to “proceed expeditiously” in licensing and developing the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada.

The issue of liquids in the gas stream, a high dollar topic currently being debated in several forums, has reached a high decibel level in a tariff filing by ANR Pipeline. But while various segments of the industry maneuver for position on the generic issue, ANR wants to limit the debate to standards for running its own pipeline in the here and now.

The issue of liquids in the gas stream, a high dollar topic currently being debated in several forums, has reached a high decibel level in a tariff filing by ANR Pipeline. But while various segments of the industry maneuver for position on the generic issue, ANR wants to limit the debate to standards for running its own pipeline in the here and now.

Holding an informal dialogue among its members at its 2003 Summer Committee Meetings in Denver, CO, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) explored how regulated cost recovery can be used to encourage adequate investment in critical infrastructure.

With the subject of natural gas storage becoming a key topic as the industry continues its injection season, the battle to have adequate stocks by the time the country enters the winter heating season will rely on weather and gas-powered generation.

With the subject of natural gas storage becoming a key topic as the industry continues its injection season, the battle to have adequate stocks by the time the country enters the winter heating season will rely on weather and gas-powered generation.

As the price and availability of electricity looms ever larger as a topic of national debate, public power is getting a closer look from industrial and commercial power users and that growing interest in public power is occurring not just in places where you would expect it, like California, but across all regions of the country. So says Carmine Grastataro, senior vice president at RKS Research & Consulting, who sat down with NGI for a brief interview after appearing before a panel at NGI’s GasMart/Power 2001 conference in Tampa, FL, last Thursday.

As the price and availability of electricity looms ever larger as a topic of national debate, public power is getting a closer look from industrial and commercial power users and that growing interest in public power is occurring not just in places where you would expect it, like California, but across all regions of the country. So says Carmine Grastataro, senior vice president at RKS Research & Consulting, who sat down with NGI for a brief interview after appearing before a panel at NGI’s GasMart/Power 2001 conference in Tampa, FL, yesterday.