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The reliability of the bulk power system for this summer should be adequate, though wholesale electric prices — influenced more by natural gas than anything else — are likely to continue to rise, according to Charles Whitmore of FERC’s Office of Enforcement.

The reliability of the bulk power system this summer should be adequate, though wholesale electric prices — influenced more by natural gas than anything else — are likely to continue to rise, according to Charles Whitmore of FERC’s Office of Enforcement.

No matter the temperature, there will be no fuel worries this winter in Canada — high storage levels of natural gas will be more than adequate to meet heating demand, according to the National Energy Board (NEB) winter outlook.

No matter the temperature, there will be no fuel worries this winter in Canada — high storage levels of natural gas will be more than adequate to meet heating demand, according to the National Energy Board (NEB) winter outlook.

Public-sector power in the Pacific Northwest has used up all of its surplus federal hydroelectric supplies and now is scrambling with its private-sector counterparts to line up adequate supply portfolios for the future, Bellevue, WA-based Puget Energy CFO Erick Markell told a session Wednesday at the Lehman Brothers Energy/Power Conference in New York City. Meanwhile Puget’s utility, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), faces the need to replace or extend expiring purchased power agreements with various public utility districts (PUD).

Unable to effectively hedge commodity prices or secure adequate equity for capital expenditures, few exploration and production (E&P) companies in the early 1980s found success with the then-emerging master limited partnership (MLP) sector. Today, however, a significant pool of E&P assets appears to be trending toward the sector, a group of energy experts said last week.

Unable to effectively hedge commodity prices or secure adequate equity for capital expenditures, few exploration and production (E&P) companies in the early 1980s found success with the then-emerging master limited partnership (MLP) sector. Today, however, E&Ps are rediscovering the MLP market in a big way, and a significant pool of assets appears to be trending toward the sector, a group of energy experts said Thursday.

Testing the waters to see if there is adequate market support for the conversion of a gas liquids storage cavern to natural gas storage operations in Mont Belvieu, TX, Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP and Duncan Energy Partners LP, through their Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC (MBC) affiliate, announced the start of a binding open season for up to 10 Bcf of firm natural gas storage capacity.

Testing the waters to see if there is adequate market support for the conversion of a gas liquids storage cavern to natural gas storage operations in Mont Belvieu, TX, Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP and Duncan Energy Partners LP, through their Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC (MBC) affiliate, announced the start of a binding open season for up to 10 Bcf of firm natural gas storage capacity.