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A natural gas industry study destined for release in mid-July says that a two-year delay in building gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals will cost U.S. gas consumers more than $200 billion by 2020.

Following the Green River and Powder River basins in Wyoming, the Piceance Basin in western Colorado is destined to be the next area of substantial gas production growth in the northern Rockies thanks to EnCana, Williams and other producers, and to plans for additional pipeline infrastructure. However, development never moves quickly in the Rockies; this could take at least two or three years.

Following the Green River and Powder River basins in Wyoming, the Piceance Basin in western Colorado is destined to be the next area of substantial gas production growth in the northern Rockies thanks to EnCana, Williams and other producers, and to plans for additional pipeline infrastructure. However, development never moves quickly in the Rockies; this could take at least two-three years.

For both price and diversity reasons, coal-fired electric generation plants are destined to remain a key part of San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s future, although the company’s experience and history are deeply rooted in natural gas.

For both price and diversity reasons, coal-fired electric generation plants are destined to remain a key part of San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s future, although the company’s experience and history are deeply rooted in natural gas.

The Department of Energy (DOE) said last week that it plans tosend the long-awaited Clinton administration’s legislation onretail choice for electricity customers to Capitol Hill in thelatter half of March.