Upholds

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has affirmed FERC’s decision ordering the system-wide conversion of full-requirements (FR) service on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline to cost-based contract demand (CD) service to remove long-standing capacity constraints in the Southwest.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a law used to charge a former natural gas trader with manipulating prices by reporting false information, moving the ex-Dynegy Inc. gas trader closer to trial.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday upheld the law used to charge a former natural gas trader with manipulating prices by reporting false information, moving the ex-Dynegy Inc. gas trader closer to trial.

In a decision that was widely anticipated, FERC last Wednesday upheld a March order in which the agency asserted “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solution’s (SES) planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.

In a decision that was widely anticipated, FERC on Wednesday upheld a March order in which the agency asserted “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solution’s (SES) planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.

Noting there was “nothing new, nothing cut out,” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Wednesday upheld on rehearing a final rule that places new quarterly financial reporting requirements on natural gas and electric companies, and on oil pipeline companies so it can keep a closer check on the energy industry.

Noting there was “nothing new, nothing cut out,” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday upheld on rehearing a final rule that places new quarterly financial reporting requirements on natural gas and electric companies, and on oil pipeline companies to keep a closer check on the energy industry.

In an initial ruling that has potential wide-ranging impact on San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the state’s other major private-sector utilities, a California district appeals court Friday upheld the right of the California Public Utilities Commission to probe into the transfer of funds back and forth between utility holding companies and their utility subsidiaries.

Despite numerous attempts to water down its final anti-manipulation order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Wednesday upheld the bulk of its November 2003 ruling that barred companies holding natural gas blanket marketing certificates from acting in a way that would manipulate energy prices and markets.