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In the wake of the San Bruno, CA, natural gas pipeline rupture last September and another set of revelations from the utility pipeline operator, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the second time in the past nine months has moved to beef up its staffing and oversight of the state’s natural gas transmission pipeline system. The intrastate transmission system for the most part is operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and Sempra Energy utilities Southern California Gas Co. and San Diego Gas and Electric Co.

In the wake of the San Bruno, CA, natural gas pipeline rupture last September, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the second time in the past nine months has moved to beef up its staffing and oversight of the state’s natural gas transmission pipeline system, which is operated for the most part by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and Sempra Energy utilities Southern California Gas Co. and San Diego Gas and Electric Co.

In the wake of oil and gas drilling becoming permissible on state-owned land throughout Ohio, industry supporters are forming the Ohio Shale Coalition (OSC) to tout the economic benefits of developing the Marcellus and Utica shales while also countering the claims of detractors.

In the wake of oil and gas drilling becoming permissible on state-owned land throughout Ohio, industry supporters are forming the Ohio Shale Coalition (OSC) to tout the economic benefits of developing the Marcellus and Utica shales while also countering the claims of detractors.

In the wake of a well blowout last month in the Marcellus Shale, a Pennsylvania Senate committee has approved a bill (SB 995) that would require companies to provide to state and local authorities detailed emergency contact information for all of their wells in the state.

Energy infrastructure dominoes that may fall in Texas in the wake of a series of stiffer environmental rules could start with the demise of old natural gas-fired generation plants, according to a report by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) released last Wednesday. The study concluded that coal-fired generation in the state is likely to see few, if any, plant retirements from stiffer federal water, air and coal regulations.

Energy infrastructure dominoes that may fall in Texas in the wake of a series of stiffer environmental rules could start with the demise of old natural gas-fired generation plants, according to an ERCOT report released Wednesday. The study concluded that coal-fired generation in the state is likely to see few, if any, plant retirements from stiffer federal water, air and coal regulations.

While natural gas interests in California are wary about several proposed laws aimed at transmission pipeline operations in the wake of the San Bruno explosion last year, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is raising a red flag on another gas issue that is tied to some of the current proposals to begin cutting into a $25 billion state budget deficit.

In the wake of high-profile explosions on interstate natural gas pipelines, Congress is expected to take up comprehensive pipeline safety legislation in the coming months, said a top official with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) last Monday.