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A recent legislative proposal floated by Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) that would allow states to coordinate their own regional transmission and market designs through so-called regional energy services commissions (RESC) drew a bevy of skeptical comments from several electric industry representatives at a Senate hearing on Thursday.

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) yesterday called on FERC to conduct astudy into why there is such a huge differential between prices fornatural gas in the supply basin and prices for the gas delivered tothe Southern California border.

As one of his first acts as president, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)has called on President George W. Bush to order the three federalagencies that have jurisdiction over U.S. energy supply to craftcoordinated policies to address the energy crisis facing thenation.

As one of his first acts as president, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)has called on President-elect George W. Bush to order the threefederal agencies that have jurisdiction over U.S. energy supply tocraft coordinated policies to address the energy crisis facing thenation.

California’s Gov. Pete Wilson has signed into law a measure thatfor the first time allows full judicial review of California PublicUtilities Commission decisions. This could mean more courtchallenges to future energy decisions when the law goes into effectJan. 1, 1999.

California’s Gov. Pete Wilson has signed into law a measurethat for the first time, allows full judicial review of CaliforniaPublic Utilities Commission decisions. This could mean more courtchallenges to future energy decisions when the law goes into effectJan. 1, 1999.

California energy regulators, all appointees of outgoing Gov.Pete Wilson, last week requested a meeting after Labor Day with thegovernor in an attempt to head off new state legislation that couldfurther hinder ongoing attempts to streamline regulation and injectmore competition into the natural gas industry. The president ofthe California Public Utilities Commission calls one of the bills”truly anti-competitive.”