Court: FERC overreached in trying to replace California energy board

[Judi Lynn]

Court: FERC overreached in trying to replace California energy board

By Erica Werner Associated Press Writer
Published: Jun 22, 2004



WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court, siding with former Gov. Gray Davis in a political fight, strongly rebuked federal energy regulators for their attempt to replace the board that manages California's electricity grid.

The move by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2002 was an "unprecedented invasion of internal corporate governance," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday.

The decision overturns FERC's order that the California Independent System Operator disband and create a new governing structure. FERC contended the ISO was not independent because California's governor appointed all its members.

The move infuriated Davis, a Democrat who was governor at the time, and his appointees on the ISO never complied with the order, voting instead to ignore it.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040622-1015-californiapower.html

[denverbill]

1. Whatever happened to 'states rights' and 'local control'?

I guess Republicans only use that for stopping integration.

[section321]

3. States rights are trumped by the rights of Bush cronies...

This is the same FERC that wouldn't intervene to stop the shakedown of California.

Makes me sick.

[denverbill]

4. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised this BS isn't causing a serious uproar in CA.

First FERC demanding the California repay Enron some money and now the news that FERC is trying to run roughshod over California's last line of defense.

[TahitiNut]

2. And the DC Circuit is the most conservative, too.

Isn't that where Larry Silberman (Arkansas Project conspirator) sits?


On edit: Yes, it is. That one belongs in jail, not on the bench. :grr: