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Don’t expect to hear any talk from Southern Co. about mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or expanding into energy trading or buying pipelines. CFO Tom Fanning said Thursday that even though new ventures are considered, “I can tell you that it’s just unlikely.”

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said that it has scheduled a hearing for June 8 to consider the Bush administration’s renomination of Suedeen Kelly to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that it has scheduled a hearing for June 8 to consider the Bush administration’s renomination of Suedeen Kelly to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The U.S. Supreme Court said last Monday it will hear a petition by the Bush administration to block a lawsuit that seeks to compel Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force to reveal the names of energy companies that may have had a hand in crafting the administration’s energy policy in 2001.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a petition by the Bush administration to block a lawsuit that seeks to compel Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force to reveal the names of energy companies that may have had a hand in crafting the administration’s energy policy in 2001.

The U.S. Supreme Court last Monday declined to hear a recent challenge to a lower court’s ruling affirming that transfers of electric generating facilities between public utilities are not subject to FERC’s review under section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA).

Liquidity-challenged energy merchants looking for ways to pay down debt may hear a knock at the door from Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group in the very near future — if it hasn’t happened already. Many of the best opportunities, especially the power plants, have fallen below book value in just a few weeks, and they offer an especially attractive buy, CEO Mayo Shattuck III told analysts during a conference call Wednesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week said it will hear twochallenges to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s landmarkOrder 888 that kicked off competition in the electric market bydirecting utilities to open up their interstate transmissionfacilities.

The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week said it will hear twochallenges to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s landmarkOrder 888 that kicked off competition in the electric market bydirecting utilities to open up their interstate transmissionfacilities.