Faults

California Fracking, Pipe Bills Await August Hearings

While no hearings have been set as of yet for deciding the fate of several natural gas safety bills alive in the California legislature, all indicators point to the picture becoming clearer following mid-August committee hearings, when state lawmakers return from a month-long recess that begins Friday.

July 12, 2011

Generators: PJM Plant Retirement Plan Highlights Bigger Problems

Regardless of the merits or faults of a recently proposed generator retirement policy by PJM Interconnection, there are deeper market design flaws that the regional transmission organization (RTO) must address in order to ensure reliability in its footprint, generators told FERC in recent filings [EL03-236].

December 6, 2004

Senate Report Faults FERC Market Oversight, Questions Ongoing Operations

Attempting to place at least part of the blame for the Enron fiasco at the door of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a report and hearing by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (CT) Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs blasted the agency for “a shocking absence of regulatory vigilance.”

November 18, 2002

Senate Report Faults FERC for Failing to Avert Enron Debacle

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission demonstrated “a shocking absence of regulatory vigilance,” and failed to restructure itself to oversee a competitive market, according to a memorandum produced by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (CT) Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. The report attempts to place at least part of the blame for the Enron debacle at FERC’s door.

November 13, 2002