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Heads Roll as PG&E Divulges Internal Regulatory Scandal

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) dropped a grenade on state regulators Monday, admitting a number of inappropriate contacts between utility and regulatory staff over the past five years. The initial fallout has cost the jobs of three PG&E executives and a top aide to the state's chief regulator, Michael Peevey, who himself has been accused of violating ex-parte rules. Read More

Duvernay Is Proving Ground for Canadian Regulatory Reform

A rich Alberta shale formation -- the Duvernay, which is renowned for high concentrations of premium liquids -- has been designated as a regulatory proving ground for a new fracking regime of accelerated drilling licenses, environmental permits and public consultation. Read More

Alberta Industry Working the PR Side of Fracking

After completing 8,900 horizontal hydraulically fractured wells since the end of 2007, Alberta industry leaders are searching for a community-relations formula that will be as effective as the drilling technology. Read More

Arkansas Regulator Seen as Front Runner for FERC Chairman

Colette D. Honorable "is very confirmable," said an industry spokeswoman. Read More

Binz Asks Obama to Withdraw His Nomination to FERC

Ron Binz "was the wrong nominee at the worst possible time" for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said the American Energy Alliance. Read More

Gingrich Delivers Red Meat to Carnivorous Industry Crowd

The pioneering shale gas and oil developers have to be unshackled by "prison guards of the past" to allow the United States to achieve energy independence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on the closing day of the Shale Insight conference in Philadelphia. Read More

Canadian LNG Backers Argue Against Restricting Exports

The total of supplies proposed for export in license applications for northern Pacific Coast terminal projects over the next 20-25 years -- 155.2 Tcf -- is more than double the combined currently established gas reserves of British Columbia and Alberta. Read More

California Establishes Stepped Up Gas Utility Penalty Program

Regulatory safety staff can issue daily fines of up to $50,000/violation. Read More

House NatGas Caucus Supports States Rights for Natural Gas

The four co-chairs of the House of Representatives' Natural Gas Caucus Wednesday had one message for the Obama administration: stay out of state regulators' oil and natural gas activities. Read More

PG&E CEO: Proposed $2.25B Pipe Penalty May Mean Bankruptcy

 City officials in San Bruno, CA, immediately accused the utility executive of exaggerating the situation. Read More