Violating

Three Wisconsin natural gas and power utilities have accused ANR Pipeline of violating a 2004 settlement and its tariff by failing to notify them of operational changes on the pipeline’s system that could have relieved them of long-held receipt obligations on ANR at Marshfield, WI.

Three Wisconsin natural gas and power utilities have accused ANR Pipeline of violating a 2004 settlement and its tariff by failing to notify them of operational changes on the pipeline’s system that could have relieved them of long-held receipt obligations on ANR at Marshfield, WI.

Three Wisconsin natural gas and power utilities have accused ANR Pipeline of violating a 2004 settlement and its tariff by failing to notify them of operational changes on the pipeline’s system that could have relieved them of long-held receipt obligations on ANR at Marshfield, WI.

An affiliate of a Houston-based natural gas marketer has accused Southern Natural Gas pipeline of violating its tariff and FERC policy — which requires capacity to be awarded to the shipper who values it the most — during a recent open season on its system.

FERC last week approved separate stipulation and consent agreements requiring Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to pay $1.33 million and Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) to pay $350,000 for violating the agency’s posting and bidding requirements of its capacity-release policies.

FERC has approved separate stipulation and consent agreements requiring Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to pay $1.33 million and Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) to pay $350,000 for violating the agency’s posting and bidding requirements of its capacity release policies.

Federal prosecutors have filed a consent decree in a Michigan federal court citing Merit Energy Co. LLC and Shell Exploration & Production Co. with violating the federal Clear Air Act (CAA) and requiring Merit to take corrective action.

FERC last Tuesday approved a stipulation and consent agreement requiring Louisiana-based Cleco Power LLC to pay a civil penalty of $2 million for violating its code of conduct and a settlement agreement approved by the agency in 2003.

State regulators in Washington last week fined electric and gas utility Puget Sound Energy (PSE) $995,000 for violating consumer privacy laws by intentionally sharing private customer information with an outside marketing partner without the customers’ written permission.