Answering questions at a press conference in the Royal Orleans Monday afternoon is John Nassikas (left) chairman of the Federal Power Commission. Governor Edwin Edwards hosted Nassikas and two other EPC members - Rush Moody Jr. and Albert Brooks, during a leapfrogged look-see of offshore Louisiana gas and oil drilling rigs. Louisiana's natural gas problems may be partially solved by elimination of Federal Power Commission controls in new natural gas finds, Governor Edwin Edwards said Monday.

Photo is dated 1978.

Photo measures 9.5 x 8.25 inches.