Vetoes

Canadian environmentalists have lost an early battle to translate forecasts of global warming from the cloudy realms of theory into a practical barrier against growth by the natural gas industry in British Columbia.

California Gov. Gray Davis over the weekend signed into law and vetoed separate measures addressing parts of the state’s ongoing electricity crisis. Davis acted on a half dozen initiatives as the deadline for enacting new state laws expired Saturday. Among the new laws are ones that will accelerate power plant siting and extend ratepayer-supported energy efficiency programs.

California’s Gov. Pete Wilson has signed into law a measure thatfor the first time allows full judicial review of California PublicUtilities Commission decisions. This could mean more courtchallenges to future energy decisions when the law goes into effectJan. 1, 1999.

California’s Gov. Pete Wilson has signed into law a measurethat for the first time, allows full judicial review of CaliforniaPublic Utilities Commission decisions. This could mean more courtchallenges to future energy decisions when the law goes into effectJan. 1, 1999.

Gas gatherers and processors won a major victory when OklahomaGov. Frank Keating vetoed Senate Bill 319 last Friday. Thelegislation would have given the Oklahoma Corporation Commissionbroad authority to regulate rates, terms and conditions ofgathering and processing contracts and to settle disputes betweengatherers and producers.