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Draft Report to Congress on Wholesale and Retail Competition in Electricity

4 Comments / Economics, Electricity, Energy markets / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling Yesterday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released the draft Report to Congress on Competition in the Wholesale and Retail Markets for Electric Energy on behalf of the Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force. This report, required by Section 1815 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, provides an overview and summarizes the progress …

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Scottish Pubs: Serving Only In Sippy Cups?

1 Comment / Economics / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling Caught my eye on Friday, but I got distracted: Kerry Howley’s Hit & Run post on pending regulations outlawing the use of glass in Scottish pubs. How ridiculous is that? Making everyone drink out of crappy glasses just because a few morons refuse to control the exercise of their tempers (or their livers, …

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Regulatory Hurdles to Electricity Mergers Persist

2 Comments / Economics / By Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling I saw an interesting article over the weekend about M&A activity in electricity. Currently there are two large electricity mergers that are receiving both federal and state regulatory review (Exelon/PSEG and Constellation/FPL), and the reviews are causing a lot of contentious political machinations because they are occurring at the same time as fuel …

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