April 18, 2007

State Lawmakers and Retail Electric Competition

Lynne Kiesling I’d like to chime in a little bit on the point that Mike just raised about state lawmakers and retail competition. Although there’s plenty of blame to go around with respect to the inertial state of retail competition, I believe the primary cause is the incentives facing state legislators. State regulators operate under …

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Did the Court’s Billion Dollar Result Rely on Invented Analysis by Commission Staff?

Michael Giberson A letter sent to FERC commissioners by a couple of high-paid economic consultants starts innocently enough: In light of two recent decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, we write to identify concerns regarding the analysis presented in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) Staff’s …

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FERC Chairman: State Lawmakers to Blame for Retail Competition Failures

Michael Giberson FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher reached out to state policy makers in an effort to pass the blame for any failures of competitive retail power markets. As reported by Platts Electric Power Daily, in remarks to the American Bar Association Kelliher said some states have incorrectly blamed what they call lack of competition in …

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