Merchant power plant developers attempting to get a foot in thedoor in Florida were thrown out again by the state Supreme Court.The court rejected Duke Energy’s motion for rehearing of a decisionhanded down this spring that said the state’s public servicecommission had no authority to approve a 514 MW merchant plant Dukeplanned to build in New Smyrna Beach.
Thrown
Articles from Thrown
Independents in Rockies Will Shoulder Supply Burden
Except for the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, major producers haveessentially “thrown in the towel” in the U.S. oil and gas marketand are traipsing overseas to find their fortunes, a top executivewith The Coastal Corp. said last week. As a result, he believesmost of the burden to supply a 30 Tcf natural gas market in theUnited States will fall to independent producers.
August 14, 2000