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FERC ALJ Certifies Settlement Lowering Rates on Eastchester Extension

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) on Thursday certified an uncontested offer of settlement that reduces by about 20-25% the transportation rates for shippers on Iroquois Gas Transmission System’s Eastchester extension that went into service earlier this year.

September 7, 2004

FERC ALJ Certifies Settlement Lowering Rates on Eastchester Extension

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) last Thursday certified an uncontested offer of settlement that reduces by about 20-25% the transportation rates for shippers on Iroquois Gas Transmission System’s Eastchester extension that went into service earlier this year.

September 6, 2004

FERC ALJ Certifies El Paso Electric Manipulation Settlement

A FERC administrative law judge (ALJ) last Wednesday certified to the full Commission a combined settlement between El Paso Electric Co., the California attorney general, the California Electricity Oversight Board (CEOB) and FERC trial staff aimed at resolving allegations that the utility colluded with Enron during California’s energy crisis to manipulate the wholesale market and artificially inflate prices.

June 2, 2003

Nicor Target of SEC Inquiry; Certifies 2002 Financial Results

Embattled Nicor Inc. said Wednesday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened an informal inquiry into the accounting practices of its retail joint venture with Dynegy Inc. and a natural gas supply cost plan that already is under investigation by Illinois regulators.

August 15, 2002

GISB Certifies Its First Standards Reviewer

Jim Buccigross, regulatory division manager of Boston-basedenergy consulting firm Skipping Stone Inc., is the energyindustry’s first Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB)-certifiedreviewer. Through GISB, Buccigross has the authority to review andcertify that a company’s software meets crucial criteria thatsupports GISB-set standards.

October 8, 1999