Conferences

FERC’s OMOI Chief Says Good Response to Price Reporting Survey

William Hederman, chief of FERC’s Office of Market Oversight and Investigations (OMOI), on Wednesday said that the agency has received a healthy response to a recent survey sent out to approximately 300 natural gas and electric wholesale suppliers to collect information about the companies’ price reporting practices and determine whether they are complying with the standards that were designed by the agency to thwart future abuses.

October 23, 2003

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

California Power Deals Remain Unsigned

Despite numerous press conferences and a lot of hype from political leaders, the bulk of the nearly 10,000 MW in California’s long-term electricity deals still have not been nailed down in formal signed contracts. The agreements are suppose to provide up to 7,000 MW this year and up to 10,000 MW over next 10 years.

April 5, 2001