House lawmakers scrutinize Federal Power Act

摘要

US House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders last week pointedrnto "pervasive and persistent problems" with organized wholesalernpower markets that they said warrant a comprehensive review byrnCongress rather than piecemeal rulings from the courts.rnCommittee Chairman Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, andrnRepublican Representative Ed Whitfield of Kentucky, who leads thernpanel's Energy and Power Subcommittee, on Friday launched a longtermrnreview of the Federal Power Act and announced plans to convenernan introductory oversight hearing in the coming weeks.