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Count the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) among those concerned about the implications of increased natural gas-fired generation on system reliability.

Natural gas again supplied the largest share of U.S. power generation in September, according to data published this week by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The Missouri chapter of the Sierra Club has filed a resolution with shareholders of Ameren Corp., in an effort to compel the utility to generate more of its electricity through renewable energy sources, specifically wind and solar.

The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is experiencing another period of oversupply, with significant downward pressure on prices in Asian and European markets. How low will prices go is the key question for the industry, said Wood Mackenzie’s Noel Tomnay, head of global gas and LNG research.

While tipping its hat to natural gas, the third annual energy report released Thursday by the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said renewable energy use is at a historic high and poised for even greater advances.

Exporting liquefied U.S. natural gas (LNG) would have global environmental benefits because lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from LNG-fueled power generation are roughly half those of coal-fired power, according to a new study paid for by the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG).

Raymond James & Associates Inc. on Monday reduced its 2016 Henry Hub price estimate by 90 cents, while Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. (TPH) cut its price deck by $1.00, citing decreasing industrial demand growth and rising takeaway capacity from the Northeast.

Cheap coal and expanding renewable energy are pinching natural gas in some places around the world, while “inefficient” markets for liquefied natural gas have “lagged,” International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said Wednesday in Tokyo.

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has announced it will end its use of coal in favor of natural gas in its largest local generation plant two years ahead of previous plans. TEP officials cited regional clean air and increasing tougher federal emissions standards as drivers for the move.