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  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) is proposing to amend its regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 154.402 to revise the filing requirements for natural gas pipelines that choose to recover Commission-assessed annual charges through an annual charge adjustment (ACA) clause. The Commission is proposing to eliminate the annual… Read More

Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today released the following statement on the National Transportation Safety Board’s decision to include pipelines on its 2013 Most Wanted List of transportation safety issues: “The natural gas pipeline transmission industry is committed to safe and reliable… Read More

As a follow-up to the series of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) technical conferences on the coordination of natural gas and electricity markets, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) submits the following post-technical conference comments. INGAA appreciates the Commission’s leadership in bringing together stakeholders to discuss… Read More

  Executive Summary This paper demonstrates that the age of a natural gas transmission pipeline, in and of itself, is not the most important factor affecting the safety of that pipeline. This paper’s review of incidents reported to the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety… Read More

  Knowledge Management for the Natural Gas Transmission Industry Executive Summary The natural gas industry and the people it serves would benefit if companies were to implement a more robust process to capture knowledge. Most companies – both inside and outside of the interstate natural gas pipeline industry… Read More

Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today released the following statement on the results of the presidential and Congressional elections and on the natural gas pipeline industry’s willingness to work with the nation’s newly elected leaders: “The natural gas pipeline industry looks… Read More

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Joseph E. Ramsey, group vice president of project execution for Spectra Energy Transmission, was elected chairman of The INGAA Foundation Inc. at the Foundation’s annual meeting in Naples, Florida, November 3. “Joe is extremely knowledgeable about what it takes to construct and expand a pipeline. His expertise and long-standing relationships… Read More

In response to questions about how the interstate natural gas pipeline system is handling the Hurricane Sandy, Don Santa, president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today released the following statement:            “The interstate natural gas pipeline system continues to weather the storm well. INGAA members… Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) moves to intervene in the Texas Eastern Transmission, LP proceeding, Docket Nos. RP12-318-001, -002, out of time and requests rehearing of the Commission’s September 20, 2012, “Order on Rehearing and Compliance Filing” (September 20 Order). [Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 140 FERC ¶… Read More

 The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and its members (collectively, “INGAA”) submit these comments in response to the Commission’s request for comments relating to certain interpretive guidance in the Commission’s Swap Definition Final Rule. INGAA offers these comments on the Commission’s interpretation in subsection II.B.2.(b)(iii) (“Certain Physical Commercial Agreements,… Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and its members (collectively, “INGAA”) respectfully request that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) provide clarification and no-action relief concerning certain interpretive guidance in the preamble to the Commission’s final rule further defining the term “swap” in accordance with section 712(d)(1) of… Read More

 Senator Rockefeller last month sent a letter on cybersecurity to Fortune 500 companies, 13 of which are INGAA members. This letter outlines the interstate natural gas pipeline industry’s overall views on cybersecurity legislation and the efforts it has undertaken to protect the nation’s pipelines from cyber-attack. Read More

WASHINGTON– The board of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America announced the election October 3 of C. Gregory Harper, as chairman of the INGAA board of directors for 2013. Harper is senior vice president and group president of CenterPoint Energy’s (NYSE: CNP) Pipelines and Field Services businesses. Read More