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Barton Promises to Pursue Gas Price Reporting Issue in Energy Bill

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) promised a fellow lawmaker on Wednesday that he would work to tackle the issue of creating transparency in natural gas price reporting beyond simply calling for a study in pending energy legislation when the bill reaches the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives.

March 20, 2003

DeFazio Wants Energy Bill to Restrict FERC’s SMD Proposal

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) last Thursday urged fellow lawmakers crafting a comprehensive energy bill to place restrictions on what he called FERC’s “virtually unintelligible, 638-page” proposed rulemaking for a standard market design (SMD) in U.S. wholesale electricity markets.

September 16, 2002

Bingaman: Congress Should Affirm FERC RTO Power

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, recently told fellow committee members that Congress should affirm FERC’s authority to order utilities to join regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and extend the Commission’s jurisdiction to public, cooperative and federal utilities.

July 30, 2001
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