API: Oil and gas should be included in federal infrastructure push

The administration of Donald Trump and the 115th Congress—having concluded 2017 by passing and enacting the first substantial federal tax reforms in decades—should turn their attention now to regulatory reforms and improvements to infrastructure that include new oil and gas pipelines, American Petroleum Institute Pres. Jack N. Gerard said. Source: News


FERC ends consideration of Perry’s power grid resiliency proposal

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has terminated a proceeding on Jan. 8 that considered US Energy Sec. Rick Perry’s Sept. 29 proposal on electric power grid pricing and resilience. It directed regional operators to provide information on whether they and FERC need to take additional action to make power grids more resilient instead.   […]