Natural gas expansion projects in Mississippi’s Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties were unanimously approved to receive $16.7 million in funds from the Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday.
“Utility infrastructure is a key to Mississippi’s ability to win the jobs of the future,” PSC Com... Read More »
The regulatory services staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) announced on Friday that it would enter into an all-party settlement agreement to financially protect customers in relation to the activities of Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE’s) proposed LNG facility in Tac... Read More »
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a request for proposals on Wednesday, calling for submissions of physical energy storage contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage from transmission and distribution utilities, gas utilities or natural gas pipeline utilities.
The commissi... Read More »
In a study published on Thursday titled “Expanding Natural Gas Service to Multifamily Buildings,” the American Gas Foundation evaluated various efforts by state and local governments, natural gas utilities and interest groups to provide natural gas service to multi-family dwellings.
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Erik Milito, upstream and industry operations director at the American Petroleum Institute (API), called into question the validity of the EPA’s request for additional data on Friday to back a five-year study that confirmed the safety of hydraulic fracturing.
“The science is clear and the stu... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report found a rare occurrence on Monday, as two energy regions reported the first July net natural gas withdrawals in approximately 10 years.
Net withdrawals are a process by which fuel is withdrawn from energy stora... Read More »
The American Gas Association (AGA) expressed severe concern over the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines Proposed Rule on Thursday, warning that it could actually hinder pipeline safety.
The AGA said that the PHMSA... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released data showing the impact of the newly expanded Panama Canal in dramatically reducing shipping times of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gulf Coast to markets in Asia.
Despite the opening of the expanded Panama Canal taking plac... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) unanimously approved a merger on Tuesday between Southern Company and AGL Resources, Inc., the parent company of Nicor Gas, which has more than two million customers in the state of Illinois.
“The merger approval comes with stringent conditions to secure ... Read More »
The Talen Energy Corp. announced on Tuesday that it is seeking to add co-firing capabilities to the Montour plant in Washingtonville, Pennsylvania, by securing natural gas, and is seeking a contractor to construct, own and operate a new pipeline to the facility.
Talen Energy’s board of direct... Read More »