GLG News by Natural Gas Pipeline Experts (US)

The analysis does a fine job of describing the good points of wind power. That's the "good" in the title. The "bad" is that just adding transmission capacity will not solve the real problem with wind which is that it is an opportunistic supply. In order to utilize it, every kilowatthour needs to...

Ethanol as an energy source is not as cost efficient as we think.Cost of water, fertilizer, transportation, blending and subsidies detract from its attractiveness.In the long term we cannot produce enough renewable energy to make a signifigant dent in our energy demand.Corn and rape seed as feed...

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court's decision in Popowsky underscores the importance of rate-related benefits in demonstrating that a proposed merger affords sufficient "affirmative benefits" to satisfy the statutory "public interest" standard. Popowsky indicates that promises of continued "good corporate...

FIN 48 potentially throws firms' tax positions into sharp relief.  Relatively modest preemptive actions and changes in internal control can significantly blunt the extent to which firms are subject to undesired disclosure with respect to their tax positions.

-- D.C. Circuit decision in National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC vacates and remands Order No. 2004 as applied to natural gas pipelines. -- The Commission's theoretical concerns with potential anti-competitive conduct, without actual evidence of such conduct, were insufficient to justify imposing...

FERC's Kern River decision opens the door to future changes in the Commission's traditional DCF model for setting pipeline equity returns. FERC indicates a willingness to consider future DCF proxy groups that include properly adjusted MLP distributions. FERC also indicates a willingness to consider...

What to be ready for given that publicly traded firms will have to adjust their balance sheets for underfunded / overfunded pension plans ending for years after 12/15/06?  Look into the footnotes of the 05 financial statements.  For some companies, the adjustment will be big and net equity...

One of the critical issues you need to be clear on with stock buybacks is why is it happening.  The article suggests an attempt to increase EPS.  Maybe.  My first question would be what alternative uses for my money (shareholder talking) do you have? If you're not making me money near...