The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wednesday voted to approve a certificate for increased compression to boost capacity on El Paso Natural Gas’ Bondad System by 140 MMcf/d to a total of 725.5 MMcf/d. The additional capacity can be as much as 60 MMcf/d more during the winter.
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Arizona Regulators to Appeal FERC Order Implementing All-CD Service on El Paso
Arizona regulators voted last Thursday to seek a stay and court review of FERC’s decision requiring El Paso Natural Gas shippers who now receive preferential full-requirements (FR) service to convert to contract demand (CD) service on Sept. 1.
Arizona Regulators to Appeal FERC Order Implementing All-CD Service on El Paso
Arizona regulators voted Thursday to seek a stay and court review of FERC’s decision allowing system-wide conversion of full-requirements (FR) service to contract demand (CD) service to go forward on the El Paso Natural Gas system on Sept. 1.
Preliminary Tally Affirms El Paso Board Election
A preliminary vote tabulation prepared by an independent inspector has affirmed that shareholders voted to elect all 12 of El Paso Corp.’s board of director nominees at the annual meeting in June. On the day of the annual meeting, Ronald Kuehn Jr., El Paso’s interim CEO, announced that the board had been elected in a close vote (see Daily GPI, June 18).
Senate Votes to Inventory OCS Reserves, Including Those Where Drilling Banned
In what was good news for oil and natural gas producers, the Senate on Thursday voted to retain a section in the broad energy bill that calls for the Department of Interior to conduct a major inventory of potential oil and gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including those in coastal areas where drilling has been banned by Congress for the past 20 years.
Vector, Northwest and Duluth Pipe Projects OK’d
FERC last Wednesday voted out orders that give Vector Pipeline LP, Northwest Pipeline Corp. and the city of Duluth (MN) the green light to proceed with smaller pipeline projects.
Vector, Northwest and Duluth Pipe Projects OK’d
FERC on Wednesday voted out orders that give Vector Pipeline LP, Northwest Pipeline Corp. and the city of Duluth (MN) the green light to proceed with smaller pipeline projects.
FERC OKs Downsizing of Transco Project, Vacates ANR Certificate
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week voted out an order to downsize and phase the construction of an already-certificated expansion of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.’s mainline pipeline system in the Southeast region.
New FERC Rule Issued for Retiring, Decommissioning of Assets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week voted out a rule updating its requirements for regulated companies to record and report liabilities and other costs associated with the retirement or decommissioning of plant assets.
State Legislative Proposal Would Make CPUC Elective
A California Senate panel voted out a measure Tuesday to make the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) into an elective body with each of its five commissioners elected from a separate state district. Industrial customers opposed the measure, which would be a constitutional amendment (SCR 6), saying it would make regulatory decisions even more political. But state utilities so far have voiced no opinion on the bill.