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After refusing to testify against his co-workers, former Dynegy tax attorney Jamie Olis, one of the architects of Project Alpha, was sent to a minimum security federal prison in Texas Thursday to begin serving a 24-year sentence. He was convicted of conspiracy and five counts of securities, wire and mail fraud last year for helping push through the 2001 scheme.

After refusing to testify against his co-workers, former Dynegy tax attorney Jamie Olis, one of the architects of Project Alpha, was sent to a minimum security federal prison in Texas Thursday to begin serving a 24-year sentence. He was convicted of conspiracy and five counts of securities, wire and mail fraud last year for helping push through the 2001 scheme.

William Hederman, chief of FERC’s Office of Market Oversight and Investigations (OMOI), on Tuesday lobbied state utility regulators to encourage power and gas companies falling under their jurisdiction to respond to a survey FERC will release this month examining if there has been progress made on the reporting of energy prices to the trade press.

Winter made its official debut Sunday, but outside of the Rockies and Upper Plains there was little evidence of the season Monday. Forecasts of continuing relatively mild weather through the weekend helped accelerate the price declines that had begun Friday. Monday’s losses were generally in the range of 35-85 cents, with most exceeding half a dollar.

Another former Enron Corp. official, who had overseen finances for its vast Enron North America operations, has agreed to cooperate with federal officials — and he is expected to be a valuable addition to the prosecution’s case against the bankrupt trader.

Norwegian government-owned Statoil made its official debut in the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) market last Tuesday, with the delivery of supplies to the just-restarted Dominion Cove Point LNG import terminal in Maryland.

Norwegian government-owned Statoil made its official debut in the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) market Tuesday, with the delivery of supplies to the just-restarted Dominion Cove Point LNG import terminal in Maryland.

A Houston judge has set the official start date for the plethora of class-action lawsuits against former Enron Corp. executives, banks and law firms for Oct. 17, 2005, nearly four years after the company declared bankruptcy.

A Houston judge has set the official start date for the plethora of class-action lawsuits against former Enron Corp. executives, banks and law firms for Oct. 17, 2005, nearly four years after the company declared bankruptcy.