Consumer

A coalition of trade groups, business and consumer advocates has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to move forward with its proposal to set limits on speculation in commodity markets.

There is very little not to like about shale gas from the perspective of Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), one of the largest electric utilities in the nation and the consumer of 2% of the nation’s annual natural gas demand and 17% of California’s demand. For SCE shale is a “game-changer” and a buffer against wholesale gas price spikes.

A broad coalition of industry, trade and consumer advocacy groups has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to narrowly interpret the sweeping Wall Street Reform Act when proposing and implementing rules.

A broad coalition of industry, trade and consumer advocacy groups has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to narrowly interpret the sweeping Wall Street Reform Act when proposing and implementing rules.

There is very little not to like about shale gas from the perspective of Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), one of the largest electric utilities in the nation and the consumer of 2% of the nation’s annual natural gas demand and 17% of California’s demand. For SCE shale is a “game-changer” and a buffer against wholesale gas price spikes.

There is very little not to like about shale gas from the perspective of Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), one of the largest electric utilities in the nation and the consumer of 2% of the nation’s annual natural gas demand and 17% of California’s demand. For SCE shale is a “game-changer” and a buffer against wholesale gas price spikes.

The president of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday criticized the state’s oldest consumer utility group for its accusations regarding how Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars designated for past pipeline maintenance work.

Signs of economic stability surfaced at the end of March, but the Gulf of Mexico oil spill followed less than a month later followed by “less than positive” consumer and business confidence reports, which created “considerable uncertainty for the oil and gas industry,” according to a new report by Ernst & Young LLP.

Signs of economic stability surfaced at the end of March, but the Gulf of Mexico oil spill followed less than a month later followed by “less than positive” consumer and business confidence reports, which created “considerable uncertainty for the oil and gas industry,” according to a new report by Ernst & Young LLP.