Category — Business Developments
Procedural Delay Sought for MAPP Transmission Project
On January 8, 2010, Pepco Holdings Inc. (“Pepco”) asked the Maryland Public Service Commission (“PSC”) to suspend their procedural schedule for the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway transmission project (“MAPP”). [Read more →]
January 15, 2010 Comments Off
Alleghany, AEP Delay PATH Line Project
On December 29, 2009, Alleghany Energy Inc. (“Allegheny”) and American Electric Power Co. (“AEP”) announced that they are suspending the Virginia portion of their 270-mile high-voltage Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline project (“PATH Project”). [Read more →]
January 8, 2010 Comments Off
Real Estate Investment Trusts May Create Growth For the Grid
On August 31, 2009, the Climate Change Policy Partnership based at Duke University released a report, Electrical Transmission-Barriers and Policy Solutions, suggesting that real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) could provide the vehicle for creating the capital necessary to expand the national transmission grid in order to meet future electricity demands. [Read more →]
September 11, 2009 Comments Off
FERC Staff, Amaranth Agree to New Settlement in Enforcement Case
On July 23, 2009, the Commission’s Enforcement Litigation Staff (“Staff”), Amaranth Advisors LLC (“Amaranth”), and one of Amaranth’s two former gas traders filed a new settlement in its high-profile enforcement case. The Commission previously rejected a settlement submitted by the parties earlier this year (See February 20, 2009 edition of the WER). [Read more →]
July 31, 2009 Comments Off
Entergy Moves Closer to Joining SPP
On July 20, 2009, Entergy Services, Inc. (“Entergy”) submitted comments indicating that it will consider becoming a member of the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”). Entergy’s filing addressed issues raised during the Joint FERC and State Regulator Conference held on June 24, 2009, in Charleston, South Carolina. [Read more →]
July 31, 2009 Comments Off