Consumers

Producers and consumers “didn’t really gain anything” from the Obama administration’s recent plan to allow the potential development of the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic coasts and parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), said the president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER) last Monday.

Producers and consumers “didn’t really gain anything” from the Obama administration’s recent plan to allow the potential development of the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic coasts and parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), said the president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER) Monday.

Producers and consumers “didn’t really gain anything” from the Obama administration’s recent plan to allow the potential development of the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic coasts and parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), said the president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER) Monday.

Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) sent a letter last Thursday to Senate leaders urging them not to accept legislative language that would give FERC the authority to approve transmission facilities interconnecting with renewable energy sources and to require that the cost of the new facilities be shared with customers system-wide.

Given robust gas production from unconventional plays and abundant gas in storage, the American Gas Association (AGA) Monday predicted that consumers will enjoy lower gas bills this winter compared with last year.

Shale gas production in the United States with some output from Canada is expected to more than triple by 2020, according to a new report released by Calgary-based Ziff Energy Group Thursday.

Shale gas production in the United States with some output from Canada is expected to more than triple by 2020, according to a new report released by Calgary-based Ziff Energy Group last Thursday.

Delivering a pre-holidays gift to the state’s consumers, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) in mid-December ordered keeping electric rates unchanged and decreasing retail natural gas rates for two utilities — Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS) and Wisconsin Power & Light (WP&L). The changes are effective Thursday with the start of the new year.

Energy conservation is good for the environment and helps consumers save money, but it also bolsters the esteem in which utilities are held by their customers, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.