The Senate last week scaled back proposals in its omnibus energy bill that sought to expand the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review energy mergers, remedy “unjust” electricity rates, award market-based rate authority and order the construction of transmission facilities.
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ALJ Short Circuits El Paso Affiliate-Abuse Hearing
FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge Curtis L. Wagner stunned his courtroom last week when he abruptly ended the affiliate-abuse phase of the hearing exploring charges against El Paso Natural Gas and affiliate El Paso Merchant Energy after attorneys refused to put El Paso Corp. Chairman William Wise and other top corporate executives on the stand to be questioned by California regulators.
August 13, 2001
ALJ Short Circuits Hearing After El Paso Refuses to Testify
FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge Curtis L. Wagner stunned his courtroom yesterday when he abruptly adjourned the affiliate-abuse phase of the hearing exploring charges against El Paso Natural Gas and affiliate El Paso Merchant Energy after the company refused to put El Paso Corp. Chairman William Wise and other top corporate executives on the stand to respond to questions from Wagner.
August 7, 2001
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