Commissioners

FERC approved two orders Thursday that commissioners said will make the energy market enforcement process more transparent to market participants and consumers.

FERC approved two orders Thursday that commissioners said will make the energy market enforcement process more transparent to market participants and consumers.

The board of directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has adopted a resolution stating its opposition to federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), saying it would add “burdensome and unnecessary regulatory requirements” for domestic oil and natural gas drilling.

The board of directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has adopted a resolution opposing federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), saying it would add “burdensome and unnecessary regulatory requirements” for domestic oil and natural gas drilling.

The electricity committee of the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) “tabled for further consideration” a resolution that says the group of state utility regulators would not oppose legislation to expand FERC’s authority over the siting of electric transmission facilities.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) board of directors has approved a resolution calling on Congress, FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to take action to limit excessive speculation and manipulation in the natural gas futures markets (see related story).

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) board of directors has approved a resolution calling on Congress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to take action to limit excessive speculation and manipulation in the natural gas futures markets (see Daily GPI, Feb. 19).

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Frederick Butler of New Jersey appointed California Public Utilities Commissioner Timothy Simon and Arkansas Public Service Commissioner Colette Honorable to serve as co-vice chairs of NARUC’s natural gas committee. Committee members work with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. departments of Energy and Transportation.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) issued several resolutions addressing natural gas prices, climate change technology and electric industry workforce readiness during its summer meetings in Portland, OR, which concluded last Wednesday.