Category — FERC News

On December 15, 2011, Troutman Sanders held a webinar discussion of FERC’s recent order directing Bonneville Power Administration (“BPA”) to file an Open Access Transmission Tariff pursuant to Federal Power Act Section 211A authority.  (See December 12, 2011 edition of the WER) [Read more →]

On December 14, 2011, FERC approved a transition agreement between the California Independent System Operator Corporation (“CAISO”) and Valley Electric Association, Inc. (“Valley Electric”), a Nevada electric cooperative. [Read more →]

On December 12, 2011, FERC Commissioner Marc Spitzer announced that effective December 14, 2011, he would be leaving the Commission.  At the December 15, 2011 FERC Monthly Meeting, Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, and the other commissioners thanked Commissioner Spitzer for his service. [Read more →]

On December 7, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC or the “Commission”) issued an order directing the Bonneville Power Administration (“Bonneville”) to file revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”) to provide for transmission service on terms and conditions that are comparable to those under which Bonneville provides service to itself and that are not unduly discriminatory or preferential. [Read more →]

On December 9, 2011, FERC issued a stipulation and consent agreement between the Commission’s Office of Enforcement (“Enforcement”) and Atmos Energy Corporation (“Atmos”), the parent company of Atmos Energy Marketing, Inc. (“AEM”) and Trans Louisiana Gas Pipeline, Inc. (“Trans La”) assessing a civil penalty of $6,364,029 and ordering the disgorgement of $5,635,971, plus interest for the unjust profits from shipper-must-have-title violations. [Read more →]