Despite strong urging from natural gas distributors, the regional Northwest Power Planning Council in Portland, OR, is expected later this month to draw short of stepping up the region’s push for faster natural conversions by end-users, letting market forces decide. Meanwhile, the council is keeping a close eye on the extremely low hydro situation, whose impact has been eased by a combination of emergency generation units and shutdown of major industrial plants.
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Western Govs Urge Congress to Act on Electric Reliability
The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) is urging Congress to move quickly on federal electricity reliability legislation, saying that such a move is needed to ensure reliability in the western interconnection. Meanwhile, Western governors last week are expected to receive a draft report that will detail where in the region it is economically feasible to build transmission lines in order to relieve congestion.
July 23, 2001
Western Govs Urge Congress to Act on Electric Reliability
The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) is urging Congress to move quickly on federal electricity reliability legislation, saying that such a move is needed to ensure reliability in the Western interconnection. Meanwhile, Western governors this week are expected to receive a draft report that will detail where in the region it is economically feasible to build transmission lines in order to relieve congestion.
July 17, 2001
Debate over Pipe-Affiliate Rules Shapes Up
Pipelines and LDCs are urging FERC to take a measured approachin its review of Order 497 regulations that are designed to deterabuses between interstate pipes and their marketing affiliates, butnatural gas producers believe it’s time to make some major changesto the rules.
January 15, 2001
Cal-ISO Asks FERC to Impose $100 Caps
The California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) Fridayfiled with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging steps betaken, including creating a $100/MWh payment price cap andpenalties for noncompliance, to encourage a return of more suppliesinto the forward, as opposed to the real-time spot, market. Cal-ISOCEO Terry Winter took this action without his governing board’sauthorization.
October 23, 2000
Cal-ISO Asks FERC To Impose $100 Caps
The California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) Fridayfiled with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging steps betaken, including creating a $100/MWh payment price cap andpenalties for noncompliance, to encourage a return of more suppliesinto the forward, as opposed to the real-time spot, market. Cal-ISOCEO Terry Winter took this action without his governing board’sauthorization.
October 23, 2000
Marketers Blame Government for Price Spikes
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) is urging statepublic utility commissions (PUCs) and Congress to help fightagainst the recent price volatility in wholesale energy marketsacross the nation. NEM will hold an Industry Leadership RoundtableOct. 30-31, to identify and discuss possible solutions that wouldbring competitively priced power to consumers.
August 10, 2000
AGL’s Bid to Extend Waivers Draws Fire
Scana Energy Marketing and Exxon Corp. are urging FERC to delayor deny an extension of the experimental waivers and limitedjurisdiction blanket certificate that it approved for Atlanta GasLight (AGL) a year ago to promote retail gas unbundling in Georgia.
July 12, 1999
AGL’s Bid to Extend Waivers Comes Under Fire
Scana Energy Marketing and Exxon Corp. are urging FERC to bedeliberative as it weighs Atlanta Gas Light’s (AGL) bid for anextension of the waivers and limited jurisdiction blanketcertificate that were approved on a limited basis a year ago toencourage retail gas unbundling in Georgia.
July 9, 1999
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