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Charging residential electricity customers to subsidize a so-called “pipeline tax” to pay for construction of private natural gas pipelines is unlawful, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled. Days after the Aug. 17 decision on a lawsuit brought by the Conservation Law Foundation, four electric utilities under Eversource and National Grid withdrew petitions for capacity on Access Northeast, a $3 billion ...

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Legislation introduced by Democratic senators that would increase liability for oil and natural gas companies is “unnecessary and out of step” with voters’ energy priorities, American Petroleum Institute Executive Vice President Louis Finkel said. “Congress should be focused on strengthening the U.S. energy resurgence, which has lowered consumer costs, boosted manufacturing and enhanced national security,” Finkel said in a statement. ...

CBS reports that National Grid is looking to increase bills by $16 per month for the average customer, noted the American Energy Coalition. National Grid’s president said the rate hike is necessary because there is a large discrepancy between what the state allows the company to collect and the increasing expenses it faces, according to the CBS report. National Grid ...

Former PMAA Chairman Larry Jordan has been selected to receive PMAA’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. The award will be presented at a luncheon held in his honor on Tuesday, October 18, in Atlanta, Georgia. “I am honored to receive this award and especially humbled to join the ranks of past recipients,” Jordan said. Georgia marketer Tommy Thompson served ...

The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) will hold a Technical Workshop in Newport, Rhode Island in conjunction with the Southern New England Energy Conference. This is the first NORA Technical Meeting following their reauthorization and it is a great opportunity to share detailed information on the latest results of the NORA research projects and other technical developments. Major topics planned ...

Rush Street Capital announced that it has procured financing for Stone Road Energy, a Stone Road Capital Partners portfolio company. Proceeds from the financing were used for the acquisition of Manchester, Vt. – based Dorr Oil Company, Inc., and the purchase of storage tanks and equipment. The financing closed on June 17, 2016. RSC was the exclusive financial advisor to ...

ReThink Energy NJ and partners announced that Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ D-12) will introduce legislation to toughen Federal Energy Regulatory Commission oversight by requiring it to apply more comprehensive procedures to its review of proposed pipeline applications before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Watson Coleman made the announcement during a press conference at Baldpate Mountain in ...

The Renewable Fuels Association is pleased with the findings from a recent report that concluded biofuels from crops do not harm food supplies. The report was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the World Bank and other groups. “The high-profile expansion of ethanol production in the United States and Brazil, in tandem with a global price spike in food ...

Vermont Gas announced recently that its 41-mile natural gas pipeline extension will cost 7.8% more than the most recent projections, marking the latest in a series of cost overruns for the project, whose costs are borne largely by ratepayers, according to an article by Vermont Digger. “It’s the fourth time Vermont Gas has upped the price tag,” the article stated. ...