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Consensus was hard to find among natural gas cash market traders Monday as the recent trend of squirrelly back-and-forth futures trading left cash points all over the board for delivery on Tuesday. Most regions saw a healthy mix of gains and losses on Monday, with the exception of the Rockies and the West Coast, which were uniformly higher.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday unveiled the state’s draft 2011 energy master plan (EMP), which among other things calls for coal-fired generation to be phased out in favor of natural gas.

California continues to deal with vocal dissenters opposing the widespread switch among energy utility customers — gas and electric — to advanced metering systems. While a growing number of small suburbs in the San Francisco Bay area are trying to make themselves smart meter-free zones, objective studies have verified the safety of the meters, which depend on radio frequency-emitting devices similar to — but less powerful than — cell phones. The Los Angeles Times on Sunday editorialized in favor of the new meters, noting particularly that on the electric side that they “have the potential to change the delivery of electricity as profoundly as the Internet changed the delivery of information.” Utilities save money by eliminating the decentralized house-by-house meter reading function and customers can save by being able to take advantage of time-of-use pricing and smart appliances. With at least four Northern California towns passing moratoriums against the meters, the Times said Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has “rightly ignored the nonsensical bans,” noting that it is regulated by the state, not local governments.

In order to improve collaboration among agencies to ensure that offshore energy development is done in an environmentally sound manner, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

In order to improve collaboration among agencies to ensure that offshore energy development is done in an environmentally sound manner, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Belief that the bottom has been touched and the outlook can only improve for Canadian gas producers is showing even among professional skeptics and declared opponents of wishful thinking in petroleum engineering, geology and economics firms whose stock-in-trade is reserves evaluations.

Belief that the bottom has been touched and the outlook can only improve for Canadian gas producers is showing even among professional skeptics and declared opponents of wishful thinking in petroleum engineering, geology and economics firms whose stock-in-trade is reserves evaluations.

In the early days of Barnett Shale drilling in North Texas it would have been nice to have better communication among area residents, municipal governments, regulators and energy companies, Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner David Porter told NGI. To make that happen in the fast-emerging Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas, Porter would like to see a task force focused on the play.

In the early days of Barnett Shale drilling in North Texas it would have been nice to have better communication among area residents, municipal governments, regulators and energy companies, Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner David Porter told NGI’s Shale Daily. To make that happen in the fast-emerging Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas, Porter would like to see a task force focused on the play.