WATCHING WASHINGTON ALLDAY AT THE FERC HELM

with Patrick Crow Martin Allday, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, pledged last week to get the commission's house in order before starting new programs. Allday, who has been on the job 4 months, says FERC will be careful with big initiatives that might shake the foundations of the industry. He told the Washington Natural Gas Roundtable FERC will be working on its legal problems and on its own process.