FOSSIL FUELS
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) June Gas-Electric Coordination report highlighted industry responses to FERC’s March 20 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The NOPR aims to reform mismatched wholesale electricity and natural gas transportation market operating day, day-ahead, and intraday schedules. Both the natural gas and electric industries support a change in the intraday scheduling cycles…...
The DOE has authorized Cameron LNG LLC and Carib Energy LLC to export LNG to non-FTA countries from Louisiana and Florida, respectively. On September 10, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued final authorization for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects – Cameron LNG LLC in Cameron Parish, Louisiana and Carib Energy LLC in…...
The DOT has proposed new measures to strengthen security requirements for unattended freight trains containing crude oil. On September 9, 2014, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Rulemaking aimed to strengthen security requirements for unattended freight trains. The proposed rule strengthens existing regulations for railroad cars transporting certain…...
The Alaska LNG Project participants have submitted a pre-filing request to FERC to begin the environmental review required for federal authorization to build and operate the project. On September 8, 2014, the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project participants – ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, TransCanada, and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) – announced the submission of…...
The New York Department of Public Service (DPS) staff has issued a Straw Proposal on achieving the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Track One goals. The straw proposal reaffirms the initial April 24 proceeding which identified utilities’ role in managing a distributed system platform (DSP) and growing the state’s existing Distributed Energy Resource (DER) assets. Despite…...
Four energy companies have formed a joint venture to advance the proposed 550-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline to transport Marcellus and Utica natural gas to Virginia and North Carolina. On September 2, 2014, Dominion Resources, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, and AGL Resources announced a joint venture to build the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide…...
An 11-state coalition led by NY Attorney General has filed a motion to dispute a lawsuit by a 12-state coalition challenging EPA’s commitments to address power plant emissions. On September 2, 2014, a coalition of 11 states – California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, the District of Columbia –…...
On August 7, 2014, California and Quebec held a successful practice joint carbon emissions allowance auction in preparation for the first ever cross-border auction on November 2014. Despite varied participation levels in Quebec’s first four auctions, activity is expected to increase with program maturity and the upcoming 2015 compliance deadline.The programs – under the Western…...
According to EIA, U.S. liquid fuels production growth has significantly contributed to counterbalancing unplanned global supply disruptions and decreasing crude oil price volatility since 2011. On August 27, 2014, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report highlighting the significant role of U.S. liquid fuels production growth in counterbalancing global supply disruptions in recent years,…...
The ITC has approved antidumping duties on imports of Oil Country Tubular Goods from six countries in response to a 2013 petition by U.S. steel pipe companies. On August 22, 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted in trade cases on imports of certain Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from nine countries. The ITC…...
Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 238 under the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program attracted $109.95M in high bids for 433,823 acres. On August 20, 2014, the Department of Interior (DOI) conducted the Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 238 as part of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for…...
The DOE will act on LNG export applications involving non-FTA countries only after completing the National Environmental Policy Act review and halt its practice of issuing conditional authorizations. On August 15, 2014, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy published final revised procedures for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export decisions involving non-Free Trade…...