The Financial Times reported yesterday that the Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FECR) was investigating a number of electric power marketing affiliates owned by major banks — including JP Morgan Chase, Barclays and others, on charges of manipulating prices. Immediately, reporters starting wondering whether this is like Enron’s antics back in the early 2000s, which ripped off California consumers and decimated California’s flawed electricity markets. I don’t think so . . .
JP Morgan, Barclays, Other Banksters Investigated for Manipulating Electricity Markets |
| By: Scarecrow Wednesday July 4, 2012 9:30 am |


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