A FERC judge ruled that Shell and Iberdrola  saddled California consumers with $1.1 billion in excess energy costs at the height of the Western Energy Crisis.

FERC rejected ITC's request that it bar transmission rate reductions in Order 1000 competitive solicitations, instead scheduling a technical conference.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sided with FERC in the latest chapter of the long-running legal dispute over the California-West Coast energy crisis of 2000-2001.