Energy Market Manipulation and Federal Enforcement Regimes

The hearing will examine energy market manipulation and federal enforcement regimes. The hearing will also consider the current state of the oil and gas markets and their impact on consumers, as well as solicit testimony and discussion as to the key factors the Federal Trade Commission should incorporate into its upcoming rulemaking on its new responsibility to prevent manipulation in the wholesale oil and petroleum distillate markets.

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Testimony

  • Mr. Gerry Ramm

    President, Inland Oil Company
    on behalf of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America
  • Mr. George Soros

    Chairman
    Soros Fund Management
  • Mr. Mark N. Cooper

    Director of Research
    Consumer Federation of America
    Download Testimony (190.26 KB)
  • Mr. Michael Greenberger

    Professor
    University of Maryland School of Law
    Download Testimony (435.96 KB)
  • Ms. Lee Ann Watson

    Deputy Director, Division of Investigation
    Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission