Reinstitute

Senate Democrats Eye Rate Ceilings on Gas Transportation, Power in West

Initiatives in companion energy bills introduced last week by Senate Democrats seeking to reinstitute cost-of-service (COS) rates for wholesale power sales in western markets and rate caps on secondary natural gas transportation to California have raised red flags in both the electric and gas industries.

March 26, 2001

FERC Asks Court to Deny Edison Petition for Relief

Southern California Edison’s petition asking a federal appealscourt in Washington, D.C. to force FERC to reinstitutecost-of-service rates for electricity sales in the Californiamarket is impracticable, legally indefensible and not in thepublic’s best interest, the Commission said.

January 4, 2001