Phillips, Moans Bloomberg, Is A Pleasant Surprise at FERC Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Michael Bloomberg wants a global warming apparatchik leading FERC, not some realist, and he assigned one of his own apparatchiks to bring down Willie Phillips.] We’re rapidly warming up to Federal Energy Regulatory
Read More...FERC Deception? Under the Thumb of Biden and Lying About It? ... … … [Editor’s Note: FERC Chair Dick Glick told Congress that Joe Biden was not telling the agency to stop pipelines, but his coordination with Biden on FOIA requests says otherwise.] The Institute for Energy Research has launched a new website containing documents
Read More...Vanguard Group Out to Lay Foundation for More Green Grifting Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Vanguard Group is the appropriate target of some FERC questioning of its motives, which appear to be lay a foundation for utility control and future grift.] The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s
Read More...U.S. pipeline operator Plains All American has abandoned a plan to institute a surcharge to offset Section 232 steel tariffs for its new Cactus II Pipeline, following objections by ConocoPhillips and Encana, according to regulatory documents secured by Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy. The proposed tariff would have been $0.05/barrel on its 670,000 barrels
Read More...Independent power producer Vistra Energy and its subsidiaries Wednesday named the four coal-fired power plants to be retired to meet the requirements of the recently approved revisions to the Multi-Pollutant Standard (Mps) rule imposed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Ipcb). Without this rule change, Vistra said the company’s entire downstate Illinois fleet was at
Read More...Liquefied natural gas exporter Tellurian said Thursday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the order granting authorization for Driftwood LNG, a proposed 27.6 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) liquefaction export facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Also authorized was the associated Driftwood pipeline, a 96-mile proposed line delivering natural gas to the facility, Kallanish Energy
Read More...President Trump today will sign an executive order designed to prevent states from blocking pipelines and other energy infrastructure by using authority they feel is afforded them under the federal Clean Water Act, Kallanish Energy reports. Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, companies must obtain certifications from a state before they can build federally-approved
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