Prohibitions

Mexico’s Energy Minister Suggests Some Pemex Restrictions Could Soon be Removed

If emotions about national sovereignty issues can be put aside, the Mexican government could begin removing the prohibitions against foreign investment in the country’s state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) by later this summer, the energy minister said Wednesday.

February 13, 2006

Breathitt Urges State Commissions to Change LDC Buying Patterns

State public utility commissions should reverse their prohibitions on fixed term contracts and allow local distribution companies (LDC) to create portfolios of short-, medium- and long-term contracts, Linda Breathitt, a former FERC commissioner and Kentucky state commissioner, said last week.

June 16, 2003

Breathitt Urges State Commissions to Change LDC Buying Patterns

State public utility commissions should reverse their prohibitions on fixed term contracts and allow local distribution companies (LDC) to create portfolios of short-, medium- and long-term contracts, Linda Breathitt, a former FERC commissioner and Kentucky state commissioner, said Monday.

June 10, 2003