Regulatory

EPA Finds No Overall Drinking Water Problems From Fracking

EPA Finds No Overall Drinking Water Problems From Fracking

A draft assessment of the potential impacts on drinking water from hydraulic fracturing (fracking), released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the agency has found no systemic impacts on drinking water, but it cautioned that there still are risks.

June 4, 2015
Granite State Should Grit It Out Alone For Pipeline Capacity, TGP Says

Granite State Should Grit It Out Alone For Pipeline Capacity, TGP Says

If necessary, New Hampshire should go it alone to secure natural gas pipeline capacity to feed power generators and combat high costs for heat and electricity, rather than wait for other New England states to act in concert, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) told the state’s Public Utilities Commission.

June 4, 2015

Florida LNG Project Consortium Makes FERC Filing

Eagle LNG Partners has submitted a dozen draft resource reports to FERC that move it closer to final federal approval for plans to build and operate a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Jacksonville, FL.

June 3, 2015
Cove Point LNG Foes Go to Court, Again

Cove Point LNG Foes Go to Court, Again

Environmental groups Monday evening filed a motion at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, DC, to stop construction of the Dominion Cove Point…

June 3, 2015

California Lawmakers Push to Reform Utilities Commission

California state senators on Monday unanimously approved SB 48, which seeks to increase oversight of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and reduce the authority of its president following revelations that emerged from e-mails between commission members and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) (see Daily GPISept. 16, 2014).

June 3, 2015

Florida LNG Project Consortium Makes FERC Filing

Eagle LNG Partners has submitted a dozen draft resource reports to FERC that move it closer to final federal approval for plans to build and operate a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Jacksonville, FL.

June 3, 2015
Cove Point LNG Foes Go to Court, Again

Cove Point LNG Foes Go to Court, Again

Environmental groups Monday evening filed a motion at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, DC, to stop construction of the Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Calvert County, MD.

June 3, 2015

California Lawmakers Push to Reform Utilities Commission

California state senators on Monday unanimously approved SB 48, which seeks to increase oversight of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and reduce the authority of its president following revelations that emerged from e-mails between commission members and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) (see Daily GPI,Sept. 16, 2014).

June 3, 2015

Drone Age in Energy Sector Is Upon Us, Report Says

With a new acceptance by federal aviation regulators, the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, in the energy industry is likely to expand in ways only partially envisioned today, according to a report released Friday by RBN Energy LLC.

June 2, 2015

Big Oil Makes Case For Natural Gas

Don’t take for granted that the rest of the world understands the benefits or the abundance of natural gas, the industry was warned on Tuesday by Big Oil CEOs.

June 2, 2015