In a review of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) oil and gas lease suspension measures, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found a lack of monitoring or collection of data related to why those suspensions were put in place initially.
“We recommended that BLM develop a procedu... Read More »
From now until 2035, a yearly investment of $44 billion -- a total of around $791 billion -- will be required on average to keep natural gas, oil and natural gas liquid (NGL) infrastructure going in the United States and Canada, according to a new report released by the Interstate Natural Gas Associ... Read More »
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) approved Tuesday a settlement in the Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) rate case that included a tax refund and rate reductions for customers.
“The settlement will cut rates by $64 million and refund to customers $18.5 million in tax savings from federal... Read More »
The South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) filed an effort with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina and the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff this week to reduce its retail natural gas base rates by 5.29 percent.
The cut would see rates fall by $22.6 million for the reg... Read More »
ExxonMobil and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. are officially joining forces to create a joint venture pipeline from the Permian basin to the Texas Gulf Coast.
In a letter released last week, the two companies laid out their intent to create a new pipeline for the transportation of crude oil a... Read More »
Following up on a mandate included in a November 2017 agreement with the State of Michigan, Enbridge delivered its first report on feasible replacement alternatives for its Line 5 operations under the Straits of Mackinac.
The embattled pipeline, which has long been a source of contention between ... Read More »
New York’s major utilities improved electric reliability, gas safety, electric safety and customer service from 2016 to 2017, but more can be done to protect against major storms, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) concluded on Thursday.
The New York PSC drew its conclusions from ann... Read More »
A recent Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) study examines how a gas pipeline disruption could lead to extended electricity service disruption in the areas served by the PJM Interconnection if nuclear power plant retirements continue.
The report, conducted by ICF, explored an event involving the loss... Read More »
The U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is advancing combustion turbine technology as a way of supplementing fossil fuel reliance.
Their focus will offer versatility to energy technologies by allowing them to adapt to a variety of power systems. However, NETL hopes for this effort t... Read More »
Local permitting issues dominated the discussion Tuesday when the full Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) quorum appeared before a congressional committee.
The five FERC commissioners assured the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the agency had not lost sight of its goal... Read More »