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FERC recently rejected a complaint filed by Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) asking the Commission to order PG&E Energy Trading-Power LP. to resume supplying power to it after PG&E Energy Trading last month filed for Chapter 11 protection and suspended delivery of electricity to VPPSA.

The idea that Ohio Edison didn’t have fair warning on how to accurately interpret “routine maintenance” under the Clean Air Act prior to its implementing a series of modifications to a coal-fired power plant located in Ohio was firmly rejected by a U.S. District Court judge in a ruling issued last Thursday.

Spokespeople for both sides confirmed that a lawsuit brought by California’s lieutenant governor in a state Superior Court in Los Angeles quietly late last month dropped McGraw-Hill and its two industry publications from the legal action against trading companies that alleges widespread wholesale natural gas market manipulation.

Spokespeople for both sides confirmed that a lawsuit brought by California’s lieutenant governor in a state Superior Court in Los Angeles quietly late last month dropped McGraw-Hill and its two industry publications from the legal action against trading companies that alleges widespread wholesale natural gas market manipulation.

Although it was unclear why, spokespeople for both sides Tuesday confirmed that a lawsuit brought by California’s lieutenant governor in a state Superior Court in Los Angeles quietly late last month dropped McGraw-Hill and two of its industry publications from the legal action that alleges widespread wholesale natural gas market manipulation. The court dismissed without prejudice the suit against the publishing company at the request of attorneys for Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, who filed suit last year as a private citizen.

The global, multi-billion-dollar deal that California and Williams announced Monday that could ultimately include two other states and more than a dozen local governments, along with a series of class action plaintiffs, involves the state getting more control of its long-term power contracts and up to $417 million in separate payments from the energy company.

With several lawmakers from both sides of Capitol Hill calling for FERC to slow down its implementation of a proposed standard market design (SMD) for U.S. wholesale electricity markets, a Capitol Hill aide on Friday cast doubt on whether moves to rein in the federal agency’s SMD proposal will occur as part of the ongoing Congressional efforts to craft a comprehensive energy bill.

With construction still ongoing Friday on three of its four major transmission upgrades that will collectively add 375 MMcf/d of capacity on its transmission pipeline system, Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, acknowledged its modified implementation plan for its in-state pipeline/storage restructuring will be on track by the fall when crunch time comes. Even so, the detailed steps outlined in a filing with state regulators last month indicated that there will be implementation continuing through next year to fully integrate all parts of what is called the “comprehensive settlement agreement” between the gas utility and its major customer/stakeholders.

With construction still ongoing Friday on three of its four major transmission upgrades that will collectively add 375 MMcf/d of capacity on its transmission pipeline system, Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, acknowledged its modified implementation plan for its in-state pipeline/storage restructuring will be on track by the fall when crunch time comes. Even so, the detailed steps outlined in a filing with state regulators last month indicated that there will be implementation continuing through next year to fully integrate all parts of what is called the “comprehensive settlement agreement” between the gas utility and its major customer/stakeholders.