Wisconsin

Dominion Resources Inc. announced Monday that it plans to close and decommission a nuclear power plant in Wisconsin next year, a decision the company said was made in part due to continuing low natural gas prices.

For running afoul of capacity-release regulations, FERC Friday ordered Wisconsin-based marketer Integrys Energy Services Inc.(Integrys ESI) to pay a civil penalty of $800,000 and disgorge unjust profits of $194,505, and fined Enbridge Marketing (US) LP $500,000 to be paid within 10 days to the federal government.

For running afoul of capacity release regulations, FERC Friday ordered Wisconsin-based marketer Integrys Energy Services Inc. (Integrys ESI) to pay a civil penalty of $800,000 and disgorge unjust profits of $194,505, and fined Enbridge Marketing (US) LP $500,000 to be paid within 10 days to the federal government.

The attorneys general of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin sent letters last week to seven natural gas utilities requesting projections on natural gas prices and demand for the upcoming heating season. The attorneys general want utilities to explain the measures they are taking to protect consumers from rising gas prices.

Based on forecasts of warmer weather in Wisconsin and its projection of nominated receipts at the Marshfield, WI interconnect with Viking, ANR withdrew Thursday the Marshfield OFO that had been in effect since Tuesday (see Daily GPI, Dec. 21).

It took FERC only a few days to recognize that ANR Pipeline’sMarch 8 application for a second Wisconsin expansion project in 18months fails to meet the Commission’s test for showing market need.

It took FERC only a few days to recognize that ANR PipelineCo.’s March 8 application for a second Wisconsin expansion projectin 18 months fails to meet the Commission’s test for showing marketneed.