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CFTC’s Chilton Says FERC Flexed Its EPAct Authority ‘Too Soon’

The jurisdictions of FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) clashed when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decided to take its newfound authority under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) out for a “little jurisdictional test drive” in the case accusing failed hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC of manipulation of natural gas prices, said CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton last week.

November 12, 2007

CA Power Producers, Davis Spar in Dueling Press Conferences

The head of California’s small power producers’ trade group and state political officials clashed in separate news media conference calls Wednesday over whether past and present political considerations are hampering moves to bring stability to the state’s continuously unsettled energy markets.

June 28, 2001