It appears the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission isn’t the only federal agency raising questions about the propriety of emergency loans that were secured by two Enron Corp. pipeline subsidiaries at the time — Northern Natural Gas Co. and Transwestern Pipeline — to help bail out the financially troubled parent company just before it plunged into bankruptcy. The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also have taken an interest, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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PJM Probing Power Import Move that Spiked Loop Flows, Prices
PJM Interconnection’s market monitoring unit (MMU) is taking a closer look at a series of events that took place earlier this month involving a power trading practice that churned loop flows higher by more than 3,000 MW and increased prices after a gulf emerged between contract and actual power flows at the grid operator’s interfaces with American Electric Power (AEP) and Dominion Virginia Power.
July 29, 2002
Futures Finish Nearly Unchanged Following Volatile Trading Session
After probing to new lows just after the opening bell, natural gas futures rebounded Monday morning as traders covered shorts initiated during the recent string of losses. However, no sooner had the February contract notched an impressive $2.35 high, than sellers were back at work, rescinding the morning’s advances. The prompt month spiraled lower into the close, finishing the day with a 0.3-cent decline at $2.272.
January 8, 2002
DOJ Investigates PJM Market Power Allegations
The antitrust division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing allegations raised in a PJM Interconnection report that concludes that earlier this year a market participant exercised undue market power in PJM’s capacity credit markets, causing the price in those markets to spike higher than it would have otherwise been in a competitive market.
December 24, 2001
Investigators Probing Avista’s Trading Practices
Legal troubles for the once high-flying Avista Corp. continue toadd up, as federal investigators have begun looking into possibleenergy futures trading rule violations that may have occurred twoyears ago at a Houston subsidiary.
November 16, 2000
Tropical Storm Threat Prompts Short-Covering
The futures market began the week Tuesday in the same fashion itclosed out last week – probing higher amid a technical bouncesupported by continued apprehension about tropical storm activity.That enabled the October contract to post a gain for its third dayin a row by advancing 9.1 cents to $1.874.
September 9, 1998
July Contract Builds on Last Week’s Strength
The July Nymex contract started the week right where it left offlast Friday by probing 2.1 cents higher to settle at $2.191yesterday. After trading higher into the closing bell last Fridaythe market opened lower on Monday, briefly tested short-termsupport, then managed to retrace back up near overhead resistanceat $2.20-21. Estimated volume was a healthy 56,566 contracts.
June 2, 1998
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