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Gas traders and independent power producers won an early roundin a long, many-sided contest developing before the National EnergyBoard over costs of excess capacity created by the Canadianpipeline expansion wave.

Gas traders and independent power producers won an early roundin a long, many-sided contest developing before the National EnergyBoard over costs of excess capacity created by the Canadianpipeline expansion wave.

Multiple electric utilities have waged a clandestine campaignover the past 3 years to funnel about $17 million through twoWashington, D.C. front groups in an effort to stall electricrestructuring legislation in the House Commerce Committee’s Energyand Power subcommittee, the Washington Post reported last week.

Multiple electric utilities have waged a clandestine campaignover the past 3½ years to funnel about $17 million through twoWashington, D.C. front groups in an effort to stall electricrestructuring legislation in the House Commerce Committee’s Energyand Power subcommittee, the Washington Post reported yesterday.

The Columbia Energy-NiSource marriage won’t kill the Millenniumpipeline project nor will strong opposition to its pipeline routein New York, Millennium Pipeline Chairman David Pentzien said lastweek in a letter to FERC’s Daniel M. Adamson, director of theOffice of Energy Projects.

The Columbia Energy-NiSource marriage won’t kill the Millenniumpipeline project nor will strong opposition to its pipeline routein New York, Millennium Pipeline Chairman David Pentzien said thisweek in a letter to FERC’s Daniel M. Adamson, director of theOffice of Energy Projects.

A recent administrative action in New York that would subjectthe delivery of electricity, including power purchased fromthird-party suppliers, to the state’s sales tax has the potentialto undermine fledgling efforts to restructure the retail powermarket, say utilities and marketers.

A new administrative decision subjecting transportation ofelectricity to New York’s sales tax has the potential to underminethe state’s fledgling efforts to restructure its retail powermarkets, says the head of a trade group representing energymarketers and other suppliers.