Immersed

As one of the hottest growing hydrocarbon areas in North America, North Dakota’s legislature has been immersed this year with various proposals to deal with oil and natural gas-related issues. So far, the stakeholders embroiled in the debate are not sure which, if any, bills will make it through the legislative meat grinder.

FERC’s first serious test of its new market enforcement authority is immersed in court, and it is critical that the federal energy regulators win if they are going to be able to protect consumers in the future, Chairman Joseph Kelliher told a national meeting of state regulators last Tuesday in Anaheim, CA. He thanked the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) for its timely support in the fight with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

FERC’s first serious test of its new market enforcement authority is immersed in court, and it is critical that the federal energy regulators win if they are going to be able to protect consumers in the future, Chairman Joseph Kelliher told a national meeting of state regulators Tuesday in Anaheim, CA. He thanked the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) for its timely support in the fight with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).