Regulatory

If the United States were to adopt the energy policies of the European Union (EU), it would impose a $676 billion drag on the U.S. residential sector and a $31 billion hit on the industrial sector annually, cost the average American household an additional $4,800 for energy every year, and eliminate the equivalent of nearly 8 million jobs, according to a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.

FERC is considering modifications to its policies for evaluating oil pipeline index rate changes and data reporting requirements that would make it easier for shippers to challenge rates that they believe exceed industry costs.

FERC approved two separate uncontested settlements Thursday, bringing an end to investigations begun early this year into whether a pair of interstate natural gas pipelines set unreasonable rates to recoup costs.

FERC issued an updated schedule Thursday for its environmental review of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline expansion planned by Williams Partners’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco).

FERC issued an updated schedule Thursday for its environmental review of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline expansion planned by Williams Partners’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco).

A majority of Virginia voters supports the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP), according to poll results published Wednesday by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

The 86 Bcf capacity Aliso Canyon underground natural gas storage field on the northern edge of Los Angeles is vital to the region’s energy reliability and can be safely reopened, according to federal officials heading an interagency nationwide task force.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to review standards for measuring volatile organic compounds (VOC) from elevated and enclosed ground flares at natural gas production sites.

Environmental group Sustainable Medina County (SMC) filed a motion Monday asking FERC to complete a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Nexus Gas Transmission LLC pipeline.