Natural Gas

Industrial Consumers Concerned by Efforts to Expand LNG Exports
The U.S. is becoming a net exporter of natural gas for the first time since 1958, a boon to the nation but a source of concern for gas customers.
California State Senate
Aliso Canyon Measure Clears Calif. Assembly Committee
A California State Assembly committee advanced a Senate bill requiring publicly owned utilities in the Los Angeles Basin to support DER and energy storage.
DTE Energy
FERC Approves MISO Plan to Share Generator Gas Data
FERC approved a MISO pilot program allowing the RTO to share information on power plants’ gas use with pipeline operators.
Spectra Energy
FERC Rejects Requests for Stay of Atlantic Bridge
FERC denied requests by two Massachusetts municipalities for a stay of its January approval of the Atlantic Bridge Project.
Sabal Trail Transmission
FERC Must Consider GHG Impact of Pipelines, DC Circuit Rules
FERC must consider the impact of greenhouse gas emissions when licensing natural gas pipelines, a split D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Aug. 8, 2017
Rising natural gas prices will likely mean an end to ERCOT’s all-time low energy prices, according to the Independent Market Monitor.
Solar Eclipse Prep Nearly Complete at CAISO
CAISO is preparing for the upcoming solar eclipse, which is expected to take about 5,600 MW of utility-scale and rooftop solar generation off the grid.
CAISO Board Approves Aliso Canyon Rules Package
The CAISO Board of Governors greenlit new rules that allow the grid operator to constrain the operations of gas plants across the state and the EIM.
FirstEnergy CEO Says Country Heading for Natural Gas ‘Disaster’
FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones said that he thinks the “country is heading for a disaster” because of its over-reliance on natural gas for generating power.
UMERC Upper Peninsula Plan Draws Opposition
Critics are pushing back on a plan by UMERC to build two natural gas-fired generators in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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