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UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints

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On December 24, UGI Utilities announced it is requesting customers to voluntarily reduce natural gas utilization through noon on Sunday due to regional natural gas supply constraints caused by extreme weather conditions. Map: Blue areas UGI natural gas service.) Tioga County - 5,754 customers out, 23.1%

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PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Asks Consumers To Conserve Electricity

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On December 24, the PJM Interconnection requested the public in its region to conserve electricity. The call for conservation was prompted by continuing frigid weather. Conserving electricity as much as possible between the hours of 4 a.m. The request is being made throughout PJM electricity grid region. on December 25, 2022.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

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The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings.

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The Conservation Fund, DCNR Add 436 Acres Of Forest Land To Pinchot State Forest In Lackawanna County With Financial Support From Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Company

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On September 21, The Conservation Fund and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry announced the 436-acre expansion of Pinchot State Forest following final transfer of the land to DCNR. Funding was provided by Williams, DCNR Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, and DCNR Bureau of Forestry.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS FILE BRIEF TO NINTH CIRCUIT IN SUPPORT OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA’S NATURAL GAS RESTRICTION

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Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts a local ordinance in Berkeley, California that prohibits most natural gas hook-ups to newly-constructed buildings. . In July 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case concerns whether the U.S.

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The Stream, September 15, 2021: Reason For Dam Failure in Michigan ‘Rare, But Not Unprecedented,’ Report Says

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A natural gas company in Canada says they won’t generate enough electricity due to drought this summer. Manitoba Hydro, a natural gas company in Canada, said it doesn’t expect to generate enough electricity this winter to meet its export budget, thanks to dry conditions over the last several months across the Lake Winnipeg watershed.

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DEP Signs $660,000 Penalty Agreement With Sunoco To Resolve More Violations During The Construction Of Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In 9 Counties; Penalties Now Total Nearly $31 Million Just From DEP

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The violations occurred between 2018 and 2021 in Chester, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Perry, and York Counties. million penalty to DEP for the 2018 Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explosion in Beaver County. Sunoco agreed to pay $660,000.00 see list below) [Energy Transfer Partners also paid a $30.6