Apache Corporation, Energy Transfer, California Power Goals: Your Daily Energy News

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News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

POWER
California Sets Goal to Double Clean Energy by 2030 - California on Thursday adopted a new emissions target for its electric sector that would double the state's clean energy capacity over the next decade and close the door to development of new natural gas plants. The state's Public Utilities Commission set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 46 million metric tons by 2030, 56% below 1990 levels. The goal outpaces the state's overall goal of slashing emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. (Reuters)

PIPELINES
Court Backs Environmental Review of Bayou Bridge Pipeline - A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the environmental review of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was sufficient. The decision backs the federal government and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET), the company that developed the 163-mile crude oil pipeline that went into service in March 2019. The suit had been filed in 2018 by environmental groups. The defendant was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which gave the company approval to build the pipeline without a full Environmental Impact Statement. (Pipeline 3789918) (Kallanish Energy)

FINANCIAL
Apache Announces Further Spending Cuts - Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) is making deeper budget cuts while its Permian Basin rig count has declined to zero. Apache reported Friday that the company has cut $1.3 billion from this year's capital spending budget, reducing the company's annual dividend by $340 million and cutting $150 million in other expenses. The company previously announced a $700 million capital spending cut. (Houston Chronicle)

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