Month: December 2011

EPA Admits Emissions Rules Disrupt Market

EPA agrees with GenOn: court should avoid market disruptions Washington (Platts) The US Environmental Protection Agency says it agrees with a request by coal-fired utilities that a federal court should avoid disrupting the markets for emissions allowances and electricity when…

Sluggish Energy Pricing Forces Some Exits?

SocGen exits N. American physical gas, power; BNPP closing Houston office Houston (Platts)–16Dec2011/519 pm EST/2219 GMT French bank Societe Generale is exiting its North American physical gas and power trading business, a bank spokesman said Friday. Sources noted it had…