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Drilling off the coast of Virginia is shaping up to be a political hot potato in the state’s gubernatorial race, with the presumptive Republican candidate urging the Interior Department to proceed full speed ahead with a scheduled 2011 offshore lease sale while the Democratic candidates are anti-offshore drilling and pro-green energy.

Drilling off the coast of Virginia is shaping up to be a political hot potato in the state’s gubernatorial race, with the presumptive Republican candidate urging the Interior Department to proceed full speed ahead with a scheduled 2011 offshore lease sale while the Democratic candidates are anti-offshore drilling and pro-green energy.

A coalition of 15 House Republicans led by Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday urging him to move forward with a planned lease sale in “one of America’s best untapped” offshore regions — 181 South in the Central Gulf of Mexico — later this month.

Tennessee Pipeline shippers are urging FERC to make certain adjustments for replacement shippers under the agency’s Order 712, which lifted the price ceiling on short-term releases of natural gas transportation capacity.

Tennessee Pipeline shippers are urging FERC to make certain adjustments for replacement shippers under the agency’s Order 712, which lifted the price ceiling on short-term releases of natural gas transportation capacity.

San Diego, CA-based Sempra Energy’s two utilities are the first in California to react to the increasingly sour economy in its headquarters state and nationwide, urging its retail utility customers Wednesday to seek various assistance programs offered by the utilities — Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E).

The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) was joined by the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) and six other industry groups in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision that they claim threatens the integrity of privately negotiated energy contracts when challenged by any entity that is not a party to the contract.

The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) was joined by the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) and six other industry groups in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision that they claim threatens the integrity of privately negotiated energy contracts when challenged by any entity that is not a party to the contract.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) urged caution Wednesday as a number of Democratic lawmakers appeared before his committee urging swift congressional action to eliminate what they believe is excessive speculation in the energy commodity markets.