Factor

The previous day’s drop of 21.4 cents by May futures was probably the major factor in driving cash prices lower across the board Friday, and weekend cooling trends in northern market areas were not generating enough heating load to stem the slide.

Moderating weather, along with screen dive and weekend factor, soften the cash market.

Moderating weather, along with screen dive and weekend factor, soften the cash market.

The speed with which advanced energy technologies are developed and adopted will be the single most important factor in determining how quickly and at what cost greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced, according to a report issued last week by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. But the prospect of an effective international climate change deal coming out of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, which is scheduled for early December in Copenhagen, Denmark, “is not very bright,” the report concludes.

The speed with which advanced energy technologies are developed and adopted will be the single most important factor in determining how quickly and at what cost greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced, according to a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. But the prospect of an effective international climate change deal coming out of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, which is scheduled for early December in Copenhagen, Denmark, “is not very bright,” the report concludes.

“Storm hype” obviously was not a factor in Thursday’s cash market as all but one point fell in response to the return of mild weather — either impending or already accomplished — in nearly all regions and the previous day’s fall of 19.7 cents by December futures.

Natural gas wholesale prices, along with those of other fossil fuels, are a major factor that continues to bedevil planners at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council as they attempt to finalize the organization’s sixth Power Plan, according to report on the draft plan given to council representatives at their monthly meeting last week.

Natural gas wholesale prices, along with those of other fossil fuels, are a major factor that continues to bedevil planners at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council as they attempt to finalize the organization’s sixth Power Plan, according to report on the draft plan given to council representatives at their monthly meeting Wednesday in Sun Valley, ID.

Although a news service reported that a rupture in Indiana on the Panhandle Eastern natural gas pipeline was a factor in lifting natural gas futures values Wednesday morning, the pipeline said it was able to keep shipper nominations whole.