PennEast Pipeline asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a two-year extension to put its natural gas pipeline project in service after difficulties in obtaining permits and right of way in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A U.S. attorney is seeking to depose employees and representatives of Justice Energy to help locate potential assets to satisfy a $1.2 million civil contempt sanction, but company lawyers suggested Justice Energy might be unable to pay.
In a sign that some areas of the U.S. thermal coal market could still be flooded with coal, a power generator in West Virginia wants to sell its own excess supply to deal with a growing stockpile and a long-term contract with a nearby mine.