Aug 5 (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators on Mondayordered BP Plc to show cause why a unit of the Britishoil company should not be found to have manipulated the naturalgas market and to pay a fine of $28 million and disgorge$800,000 plus interest.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Office ofEnforcement alleged BP manipulated the next-day, fixed-price gasmarket at Houston Ship Channel from mid-September 2008 throughNovember of that year.