WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on June 27, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. EL24-71-000) involving Southern California Edison: * * * I dissent from today's order granting the Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) Incentive and the Abandoned Plant Incentive, which are nothing more than transfers of wealth from consumers to transmission developers and risk from developers to  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration issued the following remarks on June 25, 2024, by Assistant Secretary Arun Venkataraman at the Coalition of Services Industries Global Services Summit: * * * As Prepared Thank you, Jake, for that very kind introduction. It is always a pleasure to connect with CSI. I am honored to be part of this year's Summit. Digital services and, in particular, maintaining U.S. leadership in digital services, is cri  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: The Justice Department today announced the 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, which resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants, including 76 doctors, nurse practitioners, and other licensed medical professionals in 32 federal districts across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes involving approximately $2.75 billio  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis woman to 24 months in prison for conspiring to defraud a COVID-19 pandemic relief program. Jeannine Buford, 46, changed the name of an existing company to Couture Trading Inc. with the Montana Secretary of State's Office in April of 2020. She listed herself as the company president and Pors  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in nine Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Montana and Washington are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These l  more