|
The National Futures Association is pressing for an expansive new role under the still-developing over-the-counter derivatives market regulatory structure, including oversight of the massive number of swap transactions soon to be subject to regulations.
An erosion in stock prices of shale-focused exploration-and-production companies may be a sign investors are revaluing such firms amid continued low gas prices, heralding a potential drop in the number of players in these areas and as well as their drilling activities, market sources said.
While the automated "smart" meters and associated software and billing systems installed by Pacific Gas & Electric in the last few years are performing accurately, the utility's customer service response to complaints was found lacking, according to a study released by the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday.
Judge's decision signals moratorium should be lifted: Hornbeck
Washington -- A US district court judge in Louisiana on September 1 denied a bid by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Hornbeck Offshore and others over the government's six-month deepwater b
The FutureGen Industrial Alliance said it supports the Department of Energy's new plan for an advanced carbon dioxide capture and storage project in Illinois, and will be pursuing a mutual agreement with the agency in the fall to build key aspects of the reconfigured project.
But enforcement may be tricky in close-knit communities
Washington -- Federal offshore energy inspectors will have to recuse themselves if a family member or friend works for the contract company performing work on an offshore facility under new ethics guidelines issued late on August 30.
Cape Wind cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the state siting board's approval of the company's request to build an underground and under sea cable to connect its proposed offshore wind farm to the regional power grid.
Weak natural gas prices have cast a pall over the industry, whose executives are hoping for a break in the clouds - which some investment analysts don't see coming until late 2011.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that while a vote on a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade was unlikely this year, he would pursue a narrow energy policy bill, possibly including a renewable electricity standard.
Would replace decades-old system to include GHG emissions
Washington -- The Obama administration proposed August 30 to replace the decades-old fuel efficiency labeling system for new cars and trucks with one of two new approaches that would also rank vehicles according to their greenhouse gas emissions.
|
|
|
|
