Upheld

FERC Monday upheld its prior decisions not to reallocate costs among El Paso Natural Gas pipeline’s former full-requirement (FR) shippers as part of the conversion of the FR shippers to contract demand (CD) service nearly four years ago.

A federal appeals court in New York last Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision that the New York Mercantile Exchange’s (Nymex) settlement prices for oil and natural gas futures are not protected by copyright.

A federal appeals court in New York Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision that the New York Mercantile Exchange’s (Nymex) settlement prices for oil and natural gas futures are not protected by copyright.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, last Tuesday upheld a FERC order that instructed natural gas pipelines to expense costs associated with their integrity management programs under the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, rather than capitalize the costs.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Tuesday upheld a FERC order that instructed natural gas pipelines to expense costs associated with their integrity management programs under the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, rather than capitalize the costs.

Over the objections of state regulators and consumer advocate and power groups, FERC has upheld a ruling in a November 2006 order that allows the agency to override permit denials by state regulators to promote construction of electric transmission facilities in a national corridor.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has upheld a June 2005 order in which FERC required Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line to pay Sunoco Inc. for any additional gathering costs that it incurs due to the pipeline’s violation of a 1992 settlement.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday upheld a June 2005 order in which FERC required Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line to pay Sunoco Inc. for any additional gathering costs that it incurs due to the pipeline’s violation of a 1992 settlement.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has upheld a 2005 order in which FERC granted a complaint brought by Neptune Regional Transmission System LLC, which alleged that three additional system impact studies called for by PJM Interconnection to assess the cost impact of Neptune’s proposed interconnection were unnecessary and unreasonable.