Accordance

FERC last week gave El Paso Natural Gas high marks for carryingout firm capacity re-assignments in accordance with a plan that itapproved for the pipeline’s system last October. At the same time,it shot down all of the protests and rehearing requests lodged bySouthern California Gas (SoCal).

In accordance with Ohio’s electric industry competitionlegislation, Cinergy’s Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. (CG&E)filed its transition plan with the Public Utilities Commission ofOhio (PUCO) yesterday. The plan extends a six-year rate freeze foranother six years, but also requests that the utility recover itsstranded costs through the frozen rates. Overall, the utility,which serves 650,000 electric customers in southwestern Ohio, saidthe plan would cause a $77 million reduction on residentialcustomers’ bills. The new law requires PUCO to rule on the plan byOctober 31.