Consumers

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is feeling the pressure from high natural gas wholesale prices and consumers will have to pay, parent company CEO Peter Darbee told financial analysts last Wednesday during a quarterly earnings conference call.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is feeling the pressure from high natural gas wholesale prices and consumers will have to pay, parent company CEO Peter Darbee told financial analysts Wednesday during a quarterly earnings conference call.

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to dismiss a Dominion East Ohio (DEO) application for an increase in gas distribution rates because the utility has failed to publish complete public notices of its application, which has since been consolidated with an infrastructure replacement program, the OCC said. Also last week, an auction for gas supply raised the rate that standard service offer (SSO) customers will pay if they buy their gas supply from DEO.

The digits of gasoline pumps nationwide might bring woe to consumers, but the digits of the Texas Petro Index and the statistics that comprise it herald an era of exceptional growth for Texas oil and gas producers.

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to dismiss a Dominion East Ohio (DEO) application for an increase in gas distribution rates because the utility has failed to publish complete public notices of its application, which has since been consolidated with a infrastructure replacement program, the OCC said.

The digits of gasoline pumps nationwide might bring woe to consumers, but the digits of the Texas Petro Index and the statistics that comprise it herald an era of exceptional growth for Texas oil and gas producers.

Natural gas consumers in Alaska’s south-central region, where supplies have been short, got good news about future supply prospects last week when the state announced a partnership of the state with the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) and ENSTAR Natural Gas Co. to build the first phase of a bullet pipeline to serve the region.

Natural gas consumers in Alaska’s south-central region, where supplies have been short, got good news about future supply prospects Monday when the state announced a partnership of the state with the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) and ENSTAR Natural Gas Co. to build the first phase of a bullet pipeline to serve the region.

Higher costs for oil, natural gas and electricity are being felt by consumers across the board as companies are forced to pass on to customers the higher prices they pay for energy. In the chemicals and forest products industries, high energy commodity costs are reshaping company strategies, notes Standard & Poor’s (S&P) in a new report.