California lawmakers on Friday passed a watered-down climate bill (SB 350) and an oil pipeline safety measure (SB 414) directly related to the Plains All American Pipeline rupture in Santa Barbara in May (see Shale Daily, June 30).
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NEB OKs Import/Export Licenses For Repsol’s Atlantic Coast LNG Project
A new path overseas is taking shape through Canada for shale gas from the United States, the National Energy Board (NEB) acknowledged in granting an Atlantic coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading license.
Proposed Central, Eastern GOM Lease Sales to Offer 40 Million Acres
Forty million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are scheduled to be on offer next March for oil and natural gas development, federal officials said Monday.
New Strength For ANGA Seen Likely in Possible Merger With API
Negotiations about a possible merger of America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) are said to be ongoing, according to several sources that work in the oil and gas industry and have knowledge of both organizations.
PECO Can Pass Some Pipe Upgrade Costs to Customers
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has approved Philadelphia-based PECO Energy Co.’s plan to implement a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) so that it can pass some of the cost to upgrade its outdated and at-risk natural gas pipelines on to its customers.
BLM Extends Comment Period For Proposed Changes to Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 3
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended until Oct. 9 the public comment period for proposed updated regulations to ensure accurate measurement, accountability and royalty payments for oil and natural gas production from federal and Indian leases.
Algonquin Wins AIM Project Eminent Domain Case in Massachusetts
A federal judge in Massachusetts has given Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC the right to take control of parts of three streets in a Boston neighborhood that the company needs to build a section of its Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project.
Emera Sees Stability, Carbon-Light Future in $10.4B Teco Deal
A quest for security as a regulated utility with stable income inspired a former Canadian government-owned power and gas corporation’s expansion into the United States.
SoCal Air Regulators Set New Urban Drilling Rules
Southern California air quality regulators Friday adopted measures to lessen the potential for odors from oil and natural gas drilling in urban residential areas.
California Legislature Makes Final Push on Major Energy Bill
Facing adjournment the end of this week (Sept. 11), California lawmakers continued on Tuesday to debate the details of a comprehensive energy bill (SB 350) designed to support Gov. Jerry Brown’s climate change response (see Daily GPI, April 30) including cutting the use of petroleum products in transportation in half by 2030 as the industry grapples with calls for it to radically reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.