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Staff Comments Filed on Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Price Regulation; Commission Issues Federal Register Notice on Review of Fuel Economy Guide
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Commission approval of staff comments: The FTC has approved the filing of comments by the staffs of the Bureau of Competition, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning with Connecticut...
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Retail Gasoline Pricing: What Do We Know?
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We examine retail gasoline station pricing using three years of weekly prices for 272 stations in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. We report a number of new empirical findings about station...
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Energy Markets in the 21st Century: Competition Policy in Perspective
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The FTC hosted a conference to explore a range of energy issues of importance to American consumers and the U.S. and global economies. The conference brought together leading experts from the...
Duncan, Dan L., EPCO, Inc., Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, and TEPPCO Partners, LP, In the Matter of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. settled charges that its $1.1 billion acquisition of TEPPCO Partners’ NGLs salt dome storage businesses would likely result in higher prices and service degradations by reducing the number of commercial salt dome NGL storage providers in Mont Belvieu, Texas, from four to three. The FTC’s order required TEPPCO to divest its interests in the world’s largest NGL storage facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas, to an FTC-approved buyer.
Type of Action
Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
0510108
TC Group, LLC., Riverstone Holdings LLC, Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund II, LP, and Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund III, LP, In the Matter of
The order settles charges that the proposed $22 billion deal whereby energy transportation, storage, and distribution firm Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) would be taken private by KMI management and a group of investment firms, including private equity funds managed and controlled by The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) and Riverstone Holdings LLC (Riverstone) would threaten competition between KMI and Magellan in eleven metropolitan areas in the Southeast, likely resulting in higher prices for gasoline and other light petroleum products. The order requires that Carlyle’s and Riverstone’s interest in Magellan become a passive investment, by requiring them to: (1) removing all of their representatives from the Magellan Board of Managers and its boards of directors, (2) ceding control of Magellan to its other principal investor, Madison Dearborn Partners, and (3) not influencing or attempting to influence the management or operation of Magellan.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0610197
Docket Number
C-4183
Report
Federal Trade Commission Report on Ethanol Market Concentration
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Williams Companies, The, Inc.
Consent order permits the acquisition of MAPCO, Inc. but requires Williams to lease its pipeline to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a terminal competitor of MAPCO, to ensure that Kinder Morgan can continue to exist as an independent competitor in the transportation and terminaling of propane in certain Midwest markets. Under terms of the consent order Williams agreed to connect its Wyoming gas processing plant to any new competing pipeline in the future.
Type of Action
Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
981 0076
Docket Number
C-3817
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases
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By
Deborah Platt Majoras, Former Chairman
Matter Number
051 0243
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FTC Provides Senate Testimony on its Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases
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Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras described the major issues...
FTC Releases Report on its Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report entitled “Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases.” The report details the results of an intensive...
FTC Debuts Enhanced Web Site Dedicated to Oil and Gasoline-Related Issues
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The Federal Trade Commission today launched an enhanced oil and gas Web site designed to provide consumers with clear information on the issues surrounding the price of gasoline and what they can do...
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Interim Report on Gasoline Pricing: A Report to Congress
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Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
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William Kovacic, Former Chairman
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Testimony
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FTC Provides Senate Testimony on Initiatives to Protect Competition in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
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Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding consolidation in the energy industry, Commissioner William E...
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Federal Trade Commission Report on Ethanol Market Concentration
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Text of the Commission Report
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FTC Provides Joint Senate Committee Testimony on Gasoline Prices and Competition in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today testified before a joint Senate hearing of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural...
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