FERC staff plans to hold two joint technical conferences later this month with the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and Department of Energy (DOE) to discuss how to rebuild the natural gas pipeline infrastructure and apportion gas supplies in the event of a disaster — natural or otherwise.
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EEI, GISB to Confer on Retail Electric Standards
In a gesture of conciliation, the Edison Electric Institute(EEI) yesterday said it will meet with board members of the GasIndustry Standards Board (GISB) within the next few weeks in aneffort to bring more electric utilities and electric-relatedcompanies into the debate over whether retail standards should beestablished for electricity and, if so, by whom.
FERC, States to Confer on Power Grid Districting
FERC yesterday approved an initiative paving the way for it tobegin discussions with state regulators as a preliminary step topotentially dividing up the nationwide electricity transmissiongrid into regional districts and boundaries to further promotecompetition and eliminate undue discrimination against powercustomers.
FERC, Midwest Regulators to Confer on Price Spikes
FERC has announced plans to meet on Friday with Midwest stateutility commissioners and officials with the National Associationof Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) to discuss the pricingturmoil that hit the Midwest electricity markets in the last weekof June.