No Quick Resolution Seen in Portland General Electric Case.

Oil Daily, The, January, 2003 by Christian Schmollinger

Bureaucratic snafus are stymieing a quick resolution of the standards-of-conduct case against Enron and electric utility Portland General Electric (PGE), a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff attorney said during a pre-trial conference on Tuesday.

However, Mike Naeve, an attorney representing PGE, said that the company is entering settlement talks with FERC staff and the company is eager to see them succeed, possibly negating the need for a trial.

FERC staff attorney Hollis Alpert told Administrative Law Judge Jeffie Massey that the reluctance of the Department of Justice (DOJ), and to some extent the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to share witnesses and information is making it difficult for staff to create a proper record for...