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Providence Gas Fined for Affiliate Abuses

In one of the first major affiliate abuse decisions to goagainst an unbundling gas utility, the Rhode Island Division ofPublic Utilities and Carriers fined Providence Gas Co. (PGC)$23,000 for violating its affiliate, tariff and numerous otherregulations, and ordered the utility to refund retail gas marketersnearly $300,000.

September 4, 1998

Utilities Paying $4,000/MWh Request FERC’s Help

Charging “price gouging” and “a raw abuse of market power”several Midwest utilities and power marketers have asked theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold an emergencyconference to find out what went wrong in the Midwest electricmarket last week that forced some to pay as much as $7,500 MWh.

July 2, 1998
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