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MMS Proposes Royalty Relief Amendments

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Hunter MMS has announced proposed amendments to its deep gas royalty relief regulations under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. MMS will accept comments on the proposed rule through July 17, 2007. By Jonathan A. The additional relief will only be available in years when the annual NYMEX natural gas price is at or below $4.47/MMBtu

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

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However, in section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 , Congress gave FERC limited “backstop” authority to approve certain projects in areas designated as “national interest electric transmission corridors” by DOE. In 2007, FERC issued Order No. (For more on that, see our 2020 report here.).

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