Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc)

Ferc executes already dead Enron

Enron became the first company to face the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Ferc) “death penalty” in June when the US energy regulator revoked the bankrupt firm’s authority to sell electricity at market-based rates.

Ferc’s California clean-up

Sixty energy firms and utilities will have to justify their activities during the California energy crisis, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) said in its regular bi-weekly meeting on June 25.

Seeking an end to manipulation

Renewed allegations of manipulation of natural gas pipeline capacity in the US have been partly blamed on regulatory complacency. How can regulators put an end to the problems dogging the gas markets? Catherine Lacoursière reports

Ferc calls for risk manager vigilance

William Hederman, director of the office of market oversight and investigations (OMOI) at the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc), today urged energy risk managers to alert his office to any suspicious market practices.

Wanted: cash for new lines

Can Ferc’s standard market design encourage much-needed investment in the US power grid and develop a merchant model for transmission assets? By Kevin Foster

The LMP supermodel

With Ferc’s standard market design (SMD) seeking a shift from zonal power pricing to nodal pricing, the concept of locational marginal pricing (LMP) has become a key policy issue. Henwood Energy’s Vikram Janardhan proposes 10 key modelling features to…

Models of good behaviour

The development of new models that describe the real dynamics of energy prices have to take into account the behavioural aspects of market players. The problem is how to quantify these aspects. Maria Kielmas reports

Feinstein asks CFTC to investigate gas pricing manipulation

Dianne Feinstein, the Democrat senator for California, yesterday urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to work with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to investigate whether there has been manipulation of the US natural gas…

A clear market leader

How will SunGard’s acquisition of rival vendor Caminus change the market for energy risk management software? Kevin Foster reports

US gas market challenges

A new report from the investigative office of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finds that competitive natural gas markets in the US are robust, but warns of challenges ahead. Kevin Foster reports

Energy Brokers Association adds three new members

The Washington DC-based Energy Brokers Association (EBA) yesterday admitted three new members and confirmed a series of first meetings with key associations within the US energy markets. The EBA was set up in November 2001 with the goal of co-ordinating…

New regulation proposed for OTC energy derivatives

A bill was introduced in the US Senate yesterday that seeks to expand regulatory oversight of the over-the-counter energy commodity derivatives market. Bill sponsor Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California, wants the Commodity Futures Trading…

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