Regulatory

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plan to implement a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) so that it can pass some of the cost to upgrade its outdated and at-risk natural gas pipelines on to its customers.

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.

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.

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.

Southern California air quality regulators Friday adopted measures to lessen the potential for odors from oil and natural gas drilling in urban residential areas.

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.

San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit on Friday submitted to FERC an applicant’s draft environmental assessment (EA) as part of the pre-filing process to add two LNG production trains at its Cameron, LA, export facility now under construction.

Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) has filed a request with state regulators to increase its customer’s infrastructure surcharge by 2.5% so it can replace outdated cast iron natural gas mains at a faster pace.

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC and TransCameron Pipeline LLC have applied at FERC for authorization to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, LA, and its associated natural gas pipeline laterals. The projects are proposed by Venture Global LNG Inc.