Government

摘要

Worries about potential escalating demand for natural gas from electric utilities and industrials forced to switch fuels because of climate change legislation from Congress was the major factor behind the FERC natural gas infrastructure workshop Nov. 21. But it is unclear the commission will change any of its pipeline siting policies during the Obama administration to help get shale gas from the Rockies more quickly to both coasts.rnWhat worried Claire Burum, senior vice president of regulatory and government affairs, NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage, who appeared on behalf of 1NGAA, was the prospect of congressional legislation dictating that FERC come up with a national plan for siting of new pipelines, based on some sort of federal analysis of potential new supplies and demand. That was the requirement in the Natural Gas Strategy Act introduced in 2007 by Reps. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD).