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Consumers and utilities continued to butt heads in CaliforniaTuesday over how to deal with almost $5 billion in uncollectedrevenues by the state’s three major investor-owned electricutilities in the wake of this summer’s wholesale electricity pricespikes.

Power sellers have urged FERC to reject two complaints that seekto void a $6,000/MWh bid for imported electricity that was used toset the market clearing price in the New England Independent SystemOperator for five hours last May 8.

Power sellers have urged FERC to reject two complaints that seekto void a $6,000/MWh bid for imported electricity that was used toset the market clearing price in the New England Independent SystemOperator for five hours last May 8.

With the ink barely dry on the final FERC order, state Rep.Frank LaGrotta of Pennsylvania yesterday sought review of theCommission’s decision awarding a certificate to the hotly contestedIndependence Pipeline that would run through his state. Thelawmaker said the Commission should have denied the Midwest-to-EastCoast pipeline project a certificate because the precedentagreements it filed as a show of market support contained “outclauses” for shippers.

New Jersey’s Attorney General (AG) Office said yesterday it willfile by “no later than” Friday a petition seeking court review ofFERC’s decision awarding a certificate to Transcontinental GasPipeLine to proceed with the construction of a hotly-disputedpipeline expansion through the northern part of the state.

PG&E Corp. is the latest energy giant to seek a toehold inthe fast-growing Arizona merchant power plant market, gaining aninitial state approval last week, but facing up to a half-dozencounty, state and federal environmental reviews for a proposed $500million, 1,040 MW natural gas-fired plant near Phoenix.

PG&E Corp. is the latest energy giant to seek a toehold inthe fast-growing Arizona merchant power plant market, gaining aninitial state approval last week, but facing up to a half-dozencounty, state and federal environmental reviews for a proposed $500million, 1,040 MW natural gas-fired plant near Phoenix.

Producers and industrial gas customers have filed petitions forreview of FERC’s latest revisions to the natural gas market, Orders637 and 637-A, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District ofColumbia (Case No. 00-1217). (See Daily GPI, Feb. 10 & May18)

Producers and industrial gas customers have filed petitions forreview of FERC’s latest revisions to the natural gas market, Orders637 and 637-A, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District ofColumbia (Case No. 00-1217) (see NGI, Feb. 14 and May 22)