FERC has imposed a more than $700,000 civil penalty on two subsidiaries of Michigan-based DTE Energy for violation of the agency’s capacity release regulations and the misclassification of firm transportation and park and loan agreements.
Violation
Articles from Violation
PG&E Reports, Pledges to Fix Corrosion Prevention System
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Tuesday voluntarily reported to California regulators 180 instances in which parts of its natural gas transmission pipeline system were in violation of requirements related to cathodic protection to help prevent pipe deterioration and leaks.
June 7, 2012
Texas Producers Sue to Block City of Arlington Well Fee
Texas natural gas producers are suing the City of Arlington, TX, to stop a recently enacted $2,400 per well annual fee on operators. The fee’s anticipated $781,450 annual revenue would fund the city’s “Natural Gas Well Preparedness and Response Plan,” which was adopted in March.
May 9, 2012
Pennsylvania DEP Returns to Site of Condensate Pipeline Leak
Inspectors with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) returned to the site of a condensate leak in Washington County on Tuesday to take soil and water samples near a natural gas well owned by a Chevron Corp. subsidiary.
February 23, 2012
Chesapeake to Resume Well Completions in Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Friday it will immediately resume completion operations in Pennsylvania, a little more than three weeks after voluntarily suspending them following a well blowout in the northeast part of the state.
May 16, 2011
Pennsylvania DEP Clarifies Rules for Inspections
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said its inspectors have always been allowed to issue notices of violation (NOV) to Marcellus Shale operators without requiring approval from top agency officials. The agency said it has issued its staff a clarification stating as much.
May 9, 2011
Pennsylvania DEP Clarifies Protocol for Inspections
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said its inspectors have always been allowed to issue notices of violation (NOV) to Marcellus Shale operators without requiring approval from top agency officials. The agency said it has issued its staff a clarification stating as much.
May 4, 2011
DRBC Sued for Allowing Gas Drilling Prior to Moratorium
Two conservation groups are suing the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for allowing natural gas development in the watershed prior to a moratorium instituted last year. The plaintiffs have asked the court to have the drilled wells removed, “and the sites cleaned up and restored to natural conditions.”
February 4, 2011
Ex-Mirant, Cinergy Traders Plead Guilty to Reporting Bogus Trades
Three former Mirant and Cinergy Corp. natural gas traders pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to report bogus trades to an industry publication between July and November 2000 in an attempt to manipulate gas price indexes.
June 21, 2006
FERC OKs Sale of Transco’s South Texas Pipe Facilities
FERC last week gave the green light for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line to spin off its South Texas mainline and lateral facilities to an unaffiliated Texas intrastate pipeline, Enbridge Pipelines LP.
February 3, 2003
Listen to the latest episode of our newest podcast NGI's Hub and Flow via:
