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FERC Gives Early Nod to Florida LNG Production Project

FERC on Wednesday approved the start of a pre-filing process on the first in a series of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities a consortium hopes to develop starting with a site in Florida. Read More

FERC Approves Texas Eastern OPEN Project

FERC has approved Texas Eastern Transmission LP's request to construct and operate the Ohio Pipeline Energy Network (OPEN) project, which would carry Marcellus/Utica shale gas to Gulf Coast markets and other markets using interconnections with downstream pipelines. Read More

Senate Committee Signals Thumbs-Up to Honorable's FERC Nomination

Colette D. Honorable's nomination to become a commissioner at FERC received bipartisan support during a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday, and members said they hoped to complete the process before the congressional session ends early next month. Read More

EPA Gets Earful Regarding Carbon Emissions Proposal

Proposed federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rules are either an economic burden or an environmental necessity, according to millions of comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read More

Widespread Opposition Surfaces to Starting the Gas Day in the Dark

Nearly 100 companies, practically everyone that matters in the U.S. businesses of natural gas production, pipeline transportation, gas distribution... Read More

Texas to Require Pipelines 'Swear' to Common Carrier Status

Pipeline companies operating in Texas will soon have to swear that they are common carriers and provide supporting documents in order to obtain the "common carrier" classification, which confers condemnation authority, according to a rule change at the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). Read More

Defense Bill, Loaded With Natural Resource Legislation, Heads Toward Passage

In a potential blockbuster, lawmakers in the House and Senate have agreed to attach 68 bills on natural resources -- namely on public lands and energy issues -- to the nation's annual defense authorization bill, which appears headed toward quick passage with strong bipartisan support. Read More

Florida Utility Has No Business in Shale Gas Patch, Consumers Say

The shale gas patch is too risky a place for an electric utility to be dabbling with ratepayer money, public interest lawyers and industrial power consumers told Florida regulators considering Florida Power & Light Co.'s (FPL) proposal to take a stake in Oklahoma's Woodford Shale. Read More

NEB Greenlights TransCanada’s Energy East Settlement Plan

Planned expansion of northbound routes for U.S. natural gas exports into Ontario and Quebec can proceed on schedule under a decision that the National Energy Board (NEB) handed down Friday (Nov. 28). Read More

CFTC Reopens Comment Period on Position Limit Rulemaking

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reopening the comment period on a proposed rulemaking designed to limit speculative trading in the swaps markets. Read More