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Public Service Co. of Colorado and Cheyenne (WY) Light Fuel& Power will implement Operational Balancing Procedures in allareas effective Saturday and Sunday. The effect is to requireshippers to cut nominations to a level that does not exceedestimated daily consumption taken from a previous “Model Day” (inthis case July 4, 1999). Imbalance paybacks will not be allowedduring the OBP period.

Michigan’s two largest electric utilities – Consumers Energy,the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, and Detroit Edison, theprincipal operating subsidiary of DTE Energy – plan to implementthe Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) electricrestructuring plan and offer electric customer choice this fall.The announcement follows the Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling onJune 29 establishing implementation of electric customer choice asa voluntary action undertaken at the discretion of utilities.

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved thesale of all electricity generating facilities owned by Orange andRockland Utilities, including a facility owned jointly withConsolidated Edison of New York, to affiliates of Southern Energy,Inc. for $476.3 million. All net proceeds from the sale will beused for the benefit of O&R and Con Edison ratepayers.

Dominion Resources and Consolidated Natural Gas won approval for their merger from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) in CNG’s home state, but not without concessions for both gas and electric ratepayers.

After more than five months of operating short-handed, thefive-member California Public Utilities Commission has gone throughits version of governor’s appointees “musical chairs” in less thana week. First, there were two “temporary” appointees announcedinformally two weeks ago. Then two permanent, six-year appointeeswere named by Gov. Gray Davis.

After more than five months of operating short-handed, thefive-member California Public Utilities Commission has gone throughits version of governor’s appointees “musical chairs” in less thana week. First, there were two “temporary” appointees announcedinformally at the end of last week. Then on Wednesday twopermanent, six-year appointees were named by Gov. Gray Davis.

With no notice and little fanfare-not even a press release-theCalifornia Public Utilities Commission got back to full strengthwith two “temporary” appointees, both holding existing appointivepositions in Gov. Gray Davis’ first-year administration. Indicativeof the seemingly low profile Gov. Davis is giving energy issues,the new commissioners were rushed onboard the five-membercommission June 3 so they could participate in some controversialtelecommunications cases.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission finalized rules forfull customer choice, setting the procedure for all of the state’s5.2 million electric customers to choose suppliers.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission finalized rules forfull customer choice, setting the procedure by which all of thestate’s 5.2 million electric customers can choose suppliers.