Endorsing

NW Harbors Gas Needs, but at What Price? Officials Ponder

With a Pacific Northwest native and current FERC commissioner, Philip Moeller, endorsing the need for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, two other regional gas advocates made the case for bringing added gas supplies into the region, while pointing out that current depressed wholesale prices in North America, not the global financial crisis, are the current impediment to new supplies from both pipelines and LNG imports.

January 20, 2009

Idaho PUC Backs National Energy Efficiency Drive

Idaho’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) last Friday joined its governor and other state agencies in endorsing the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, a nationwide effort seeking to sign up all major public and private entities in all 50 states to commit to reducing energy use. Idaho PUC member Marsha Smith is co-chairing the national effort with Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy.

September 11, 2007

FERC Order Details Mitigation Rules

While politicians were generally endorsing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s westwide market mitigation order, posted late Tuesday evening and effective at midnight that night, those in the trenches spent Wednesday parsing the 60-page order (EL00-95-031), figuring out implementation and strategies.

June 21, 2001