FERC's Moeller Presses Online Gas Trading Platform; Industry Unenthusiastic

摘要

FERC "pipeline" Commissioner Phillip Moeller held a workshop on Sept. 18, to explore the possibility of the commission, on its own or through a third party, setting up an online trading platform for the nomination and confirmation of pipeline deliveries of natural gas. The proposal was made earlier this year by Don Sipe, a Maine attorney, on behalf of the American Forest and Paper Association at a technical conference held on April 1. That workshop examined operational and resource issues in the gas and electric industries arising from this winter's polar vortex. Sipe served two terms as the chair of the New England Power Pool and served for over a decade as the vice chair of NEPOOL for the end use sector.