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.

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However, the impact on the power and natural gas sector will be minimal, as theEnron subsidiaries named under the Ferc order are no longer active in the USmarkets.

“Today’s unprecedented action should go a long way to reassure the nation’scustomers and the energy industry that the commission will not tolerate thesemarket manipulations,” said Ferc chairman Pat Wood in a statement releasedafter the commission’s regular meeting on June 25.

“The commission will use the full extent of its

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