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Avista Officially Launches Transportation Electrification Programs

NGT News

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved programs outlined in Avista’s Transportation Electrification Plan (TE Plan), building off the pilot programs started in 2016. The post Avista Officially Launches Transportation Electrification Programs appeared first on NGT News.

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Something for everyone? The European Commission’s Winter “Clean Energy” Package on Energy Union (November 2016)

Global Energy

On 30 November 2016, the European Commission officially unveiled the latest instalment of its ongoing Energy Union initiative, which will […]

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SAFE PIPES Act: 2016 Legislation Affecting PHMSA

The Energy Law

President Obama signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act or the SAFE PIPES Act into law on June 22, 2016. Importantly, the SAFE PIPES Act mandates the PHMSA provide a report to Congress within eighteen months studying the risks and safety recommendations for existing hazardous liquid pipelines.

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Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Writ Application in XXI Oil & Gas v. Hilcorp

The Energy Law

After all, “post-production costs” is a term of art in the oil and gas industry, and it generally refers to “costs associated with making natural gas marketable after gas is severed or removed from the ground” such as costs for transportation, gathering, and treating, etc. [12] 2016-C-2181 (2017). [2] 2016 WL 1179206 (W.D.

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FERC Rejects Sierra Club’s Request for Rehearing and Green Lights $3.5B LNG Export Facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana

The Energy Law

On November 23, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) confirmed its authorization of the construction of a $3.5 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana and rejected the Sierra Club’s request for rehearing on the matter. billion standard cubic feet per day (Magnolia LNG Project).

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EPA Publishes Proposed Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule

The Energy Law

On November 11, 2016, the EPA published a proposed rule designed to update its Renewable Fuel Standards Program and support the growth of renewable fuel use.

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Trudging the Rocky Landscape of Royalty Dispute Litigation with the Texas Supreme Court Yet Again in BlueStone

The Energy Law

Ordinarily, royalties are free of production expenses for bringing the minerals to the surface but “usually subject to post-production costs, including taxes, treatment costs to render it marketable, and transportation costs.” Heritage Res., NationsBank , 939 S.W.2d 2d 118, 120-21 (Tex. Chesapeake Expl., Hyder , 483 S.W.3d 3d 870, 876 (Tex.

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