The Department of Energy’s (DOE) inspector general has agreed to conduct a “preliminary inquiry” into allegations that FERC Chairman Pat Wood and Commissioner Nora M. Brownell gave advance notice to Wall Street analysts of how they intended to vote in pending high-profile cases involving manipulation of western energy markets, according to Sens. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA).
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Transportation Report Finds Major Problems with Pipeline Inspections
The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation (DOT)has found severe shortcomings in the inspection practices andtraining of federal pipeline inspectors at DOT’s Office of PipelineSafety (OPS), according to a preliminary report. The unfavorableDOT report comes in the wake of a number of legislative measures onCapitol Hill seeking to reauthorize the federal Pipeline SafetyAct.
March 13, 2000
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