Questioning

Duke Energy Oakland LLC is questioning whether generators should be bound by a “must-offer” obligation included in recent FERC price-mitigation orders if that compliance means that generators will have to run their generating units over and above what is allowed under the units’ air emissions permits.

Senators from Oregon and Washington State are questioning why a recent FERC order that extends the Commission’s power market mitigation program across the western states 24 hours a day, seven days a week does not allow Pacific Northwest electricity customers to seek refunds for past overcharges dating to last summer.