The American Gas Association announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and 40 natural gas utility companies have come together to reduce emissions under the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program.
Under the program, member companies can set goals for reducing... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced on Thursday that Australia’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility shipped its first cargo to Japan last week.
The Gorgon project is one of the largest and most expensive LNG projects to date. It includes a carbon dioxide injection pro... Read More »
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved a request on Tuesday to construct a cutting-edge natural gas-fired power station in Greensville County.
Dominion Virginia Power will operate the $1.3 billion facility.
"We are pleased that the SCC has granted approval for the Greensvill... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released the results of a report on Wednesday that analyzed the costs associated with upstream drilling and production activity over the past several years, revealing that production costs have fallen since 2012.
The report was released as part of ... Read More »
The Montana Public Service Commission voted 3-2 against a request from NorthWestern Energy on Tuesday for residents to pay for costs associated with the Colstrip Unit 4 outage in 2013.
The Colstrip Unit 4 facility had a core malfunction in 2013, resulting in an outage. As a result, the company ma... Read More »
The Department of Energy Resources and the Department of Housing and Community Development of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday that they are seeking stakeholder engagement for the Affordable Access to Clean and Efficient Energy Initiative (AACEEI).
The AACEEI, announced last month, was created... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Short-Term Energy Outlook report on Tuesday, estimating that U.S. production of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) will increase from 3.86 million barrels per day to 4.33 million b/d through 2017.
HGLs are a group of gas liquids that include prop... Read More »
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) announced on Monday that parties wishing to intervene with regard to the Union Electric Company’s fuel and purchase power adjustment charge (FAC) case will have until April 11.
In Missouri, Union Electric Company does business as Ameren Missouri. The... Read More »
On Monday, Cleco Corporation, doing business as Cleco Power LLC, announced that the Louisiana Public Service Commission had approved the sale of the corporation to a group of North American infrastructure investors.
Among the investors were Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), the Br... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy released its first annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) on Thursday.
The report is an analysis of the energy sector and its impact on the energy industry regarding employment.
USEER provides one of the first comprehensive looks at energy employment in... Read More »