Discrimination

The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) said last Thursday it will pursue penalties against Missouri Pipeline Co. (MPC) and Missouri Gas Co. (MGC) for alleged price discrimination and assisting an affiliated company in gaining a competitive advantage over other energy marketers in violation of PSC regulations and their own tariffs.

The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) said Thursday it will pursue penalties against Missouri Pipeline Co. (MPC) and Missouri Gas Co. (MGC) for alleged price discrimination and assisting an affiliated company in gaining a competitive advantage over other energy marketers in violation of PSC regulations and their own tariffs.

The California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) isviolating its tariff and discriminating against electric generatorswith in-state facilities by paying them far less for emergencypower than it does for similar purchases made from marketers andgenerators located outside of California, a major in-stategenerator contends.

Southern LNG Inc. has launched a scathing denial of theallegations that it conducted an open season in secret in order toaward to an affiliate all the teminalling capacity in its liquefiednatural gas (LNG) facilities on Elba Island in Georgia. The companyis seeking to reactivate the facilities, which have been dormantsince the early 1980s.