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The Illinois Manufacturers Association (IMA) is fighting the Illinois governor’s proposal to extend a 5% sales tax to all deliveries of natural gas in the state. The proposal, which has not been fully developed, is under discussion in the Illinois legislature as part of the budget plan announced by Gov. Rod Blagojevich April 9 to overcome a deficit expected to total $5 billion over two years.

Dynegy Inc.’s new-and-improved business plan is not enough cashflow wise to fully offset the massive amount of debt leveraging that carried over from its former business strategy, according to an analyst with Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P). The ratings agency last Tuesday cut the company and its subsidiaries another notch, to “B” from “B+”.

Dynegy Inc.’s new-and-improved business plan is not enough cash-flow wise to fully offset the massive amount of debt leveraging that carried over from its former business strategy, according to an analyst with Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P). The ratings agency on Tuesday cut the company and its subsidiaries another notch, to “B” from “B+”.

American Electric Power (AEP) on Friday said it would “fully comply” with an informal data request from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking the company to voluntarily provide documents related to “round-trip” or “wash” trades. A number of other companies have previously confirmed receiving similar informal requests from the SEC.

Deregulation within the U.S. power industry is losing momentum, and to move the country beyond the current “crisis of confidence” to a fully workable, deregulated marketplace, 12 policy and structural changes at a minimum need to be implemented, according to a study released Tuesday by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). The study concluded that the only way for deregulation to move forward is to adopt the game plan used by regions where competition is already in place.

Saying its capacity is fully utilized, warmer weather is being experienced in the market area and overall linepack is lower, Florida Gas Transmission issued an Overage Alert Day notice Monday with 15% tolerance for negative daily imbalances.

Citing fully used capacity, warmer weather in its market area and lower overall linepack, Florida Gas Transmission issued Tuesday an Overage Alert Day notice with 10% tolerance for negative daily imbalances.

Operating on the premise that a little here and a little there adds up to a fully functioning delivery system, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved three expansion projects last Wednesday in the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast.

Operating on the premise that a little here and a little there adds up to a fully functioning delivery system, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved three expansion projects Wednesday in the Southeast, Midwest and Northeast.