U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) announced on Monday that he and several colleagues sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in response to the denial of the Jordan Cove project to urge the organization to reconsider.
Gardner, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and the Rocky Mou... Read More »
The Arizona Corporation Commission announced on Friday that Commission Chairman Doug Little will serve as the regulator on an eight-member nominating committee that will oversee board member selection for the regulation of the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
The new EIM will include Arizona’s la... Read More »
Magnolia LNG, LLC, announced the receipt on Monday of an authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the siting, construction and operation of liquefied natural gas facilities in the Lake Charles District of Louisiana.
The FERC order was for the development of a facilit... Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) applauded the U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Thursday for drafting a new, more cost-effective and operationally efficient 2017 fiscal budget for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The draft budget was intended to increase NRC’s operational e... Read More »
U.S. Sens. James Inhofe (R-OK), Michael Crapo (R-ID), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) jointly introduced the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, S.B. 2795, on Wednesday.
The bill seeks to address the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) fee structure and proc... Read More »
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) on Wednesday came out strongly against the Obama Administration’s proposed offshore well control rule.
“Offshore producers share the government’s goal of enhancing offshore safety and companies continue to work every day to make operat... Read More »
The American Gas Association (AGA) on Thursday applauded the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s draft of the reinstatement of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
“The most important thing that natural gas utilities do is deliver essential energy to ou... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) praised the government on Thursday for creating new federal stipulations to better regulate drilling and protect Florida’s coastline from oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe was one of the worst oil spills in ... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, held a hearing on Thursday to discuss more reasonable implementation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
The hearing, titled “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016,” rev... Read More »
The Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee’s Subcommittees on Energy and Power and the Environment and the Economy recently scheduled a hearing to discuss the 2017 fiscal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) budget and Project Aim 2020 regulations.
The subcommittees oversee the NRC. The hearing, ti... Read More »