Rejection

California state Sen. Steve Peace last week asked state energyregulators to reject utility attempts to recover through retailrates the under-collections from the continuing wholesale powerprice spikes and instead get the funds from generators andmarketers who are charging the market-based prices.

California state Sen. Steve Peace last week asked state energyregulators to reject utility attempts to recover through retailrates the under-collections from the continuing wholesale powerprice spikes and instead get the funds from generators andmarketers who are charging the market-based prices.

Daniel Adamson, FERC director of the Office of Energy Projects,fired off a letter of rejection to Millennium Pipeline earlier thismonth, regarding an amendment application for a proposed routechange along the highly controversial power transmission right ofway in Westchester County, NY. He also told Millennium officials toconsider substituting a proposed extension of the Iroquois GasTransmission system for the Millennium project.

Daniel Adamson, FERC director of the Office of Energy Projects,fired off a letter of rejection to Millennium Pipeline last week,regarding an amendment application for a proposed route changealong the highly controversial power transmission right of way inWestchester County, NY. He also told Millennium officials toconsider substituting a proposed extension of the Iroquois GasTransmission system for the Millennium project.

Calling for a rejection of four negotiated parking and lending (PAL) agreements between Koch Gateway and its affiliate Koch Energy Trading (KET), Dynegy and Amoco filed some suggestions May 5 on how FERC might fix the Order 497 problems that allowed the pipeline to allegedly engage in such affiliate preferences.

Western Gas Resources said last week it is weighing its optionsin the wake of a judge’s rejection of its proposed pipeline bypassof Pacific Gas & Electric. Administrative Law Judge AndreaBiren recommended regulators approve the gas utility’s motion toreject Western’s application, and reject a contention by Westernthat PG&E was engaging in anti-competitive behavior. Thejudge’s recommendation is scheduled to be considered by theCalifornia Public Utilities Commission Oct. 7.

As many analysts and observers expected, Columbia Energy Group’sboard swiftly rejected NiSource’s $5.7 billion, $68/share, purchaseoffer last week on the advice of management, legal counsel and afinancial team at Salomon Smith Barney. But NiSource officials saidthey were “undeterred” by the decision and would move forward ondiscussions with Columbia’s shareholders.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded FERC’s rejectionof a 1997 complaint in which Southern California Edison accusedSouthern California Gas (SoCalGas) of gaming the secondary marketfor firm capacity on key transportation links between the low-costSan Juan producing basin and the California border.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded FERC’s rejectionof a 1997 complaint in which Southern California Edison accusedSouthern California Gas (SoCalGas) of gaming the secondary marketfor firm capacity on key transportation links between the low-costSan Juan producing basin and the California border.