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FERC Issues Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations Against Power Traders

September 15, 2015

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Copyright 2010-15 EnergyChoiceMatters.com
Reporting by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com

FERC issued a Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations notice stating that Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Coaltrain Energy L.P.; its co-owners Peter Jones and Shawn Sheehan; traders Robert Jones, Jeff Miller, and Jack Wells; and analyst Adam Hughes violated the Commission’s Anti-Manipulation Rule, 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (2015), by devising and executing a scheme involving manipulative Up-To Congestion trading in PJM Regional Transmission Organization between June and September 2010."

"The Office of Enforcement has also preliminarily determined that Coaltrain violated 18 C.F.R. § 35.41(b) (2015) by making false statements and omitting material information during the investigation," the Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations said

"During the period of interest, Peter Jones and Shawn Sheehan were the principal owners of Coaltrain, and they along with Jeff Miller, Robert Jones, Jack Wells, and Adam Hughes devised and implemented the relevant trades in PJM. Staff alleges that the individuals (on behalf of Coaltrain) planned and executed Up-To Congestion transactions in PJM that were designed to falsely appear to be spread trades but that were in fact a vehicle to collect certain payments (called Marginal Loss Surplus Allocation, or MLSA) from PJM. Staff alleges that through these trades, Coaltrain sought not to profit from changes in price spreads but rather to profit by clearing large volumes of Up-To Congestion transactions with the goal of collecting MLSA. Staff further alleges that during the investigation, Peter Jones, Shawn Sheehan, and their agents (on behalf of Coaltrain) made false statements and omitted material information in responding to deposition questions and data requests," the Staff Notice Of Alleged Violations said

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