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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Wednesday conditionally approved Columbia Gas of Ohio’s plan to give Toledo-area retail gas marketers exclusive access to Maumee citygate capacity. State regulators said the company can grant the Toledo marketers exclusive access to the capacity if the utility company absorbs any cost increases that would have been passed on to retail customers taking utility gas supply.

FERC on Wednesday conditionally approved a proposal under which Dynegy Inc. will sell its regulated utility Illinois Power Co. (IP) to Ameren Corp. for $2.3 billion.

FERC recently issued an order conditionally accepting an offer of settlement previously filed by Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. (OG&E), clearing the way for the utility to move forward with its efforts to buy a majority stake in an Oklahoma power plant from NRG McClain.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that it has conditionally granted ANR Pipeline Co.’s application requesting abandonment approval and certificate authorization for its proposed WestLeg Project Expansion. The Commission gave the project preliminary approval on non-environmental grounds last December (see Daily GPI, Dec. 19, 2002).

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week conditionally granted ANR Pipeline Co.’s application requesting abandonment approval and certificate authorization for its proposed WestLeg Project Expansion. The Commission gave the project preliminary approval on non-environmental grounds last December (see NGI, Dec. 23, 2002).

Duke Energy reported on Monday it would be willing to acceptless money for the power it sold in California during January andFebruary, as long as assurances are made by the CaliforniaIndependent System Operator (Cal-ISO) and the California PowerExchange (Cal-PX) that it will be paid. Duke said if guarantees aremade, it will waive the credit premiums on its bids and accept theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) clearing price fortransactions during those months.

FERC last week conditionally approved Reliant Energy GasTransmission’s proposal to allow shippers on its system to makemore liberal nominations.

FERC last week conditionally approved Reliant Energy GasTransmission’s proposal to allow shippers on its system to makemore liberal nominations.

FERC last week conditionally approved a significant re-design ofthe New England bulk power market in an attempt to reduce the pricevolatility stemming from congestion of the region’s transmissionsystem. But it could be as long as two years before the regionalmarket feels the benefits of the changes.