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North America’s strong natural gas supply outlook is thanks to what has taken place below ground: horizontal drilling with long laterals and hydraulic fracturing well stimulation. However, what is happening above ground will determine to what extent these efforts will benefit the country’s energy security.

Encana Natural Gas Inc. has opened a compressed natural gas fueling station in Coushatta, LA, its first, to serve the company’s fleet of vehicles in Red River Parish. Starting next year the Encana Corp. subsidiary expects to offer the station’s fueling service to other corporate fleets in the region. The company said plans to open its next four natural gas fueling stations, one in each of the states of Wyoming and Colorado and two in Western Canada next year.

New restrictions on power plant emissions on the horizon will have a significant impact on the nation’s coal-fired power generating fleet, forcing many gigawatts of capacity into retirement, RRI Energy Inc. CEO Mark Jacobs told financial analysts Friday. And that could yield a significant boost to natural gas demand from the power sector.

New restrictions on power plant emissions on the horizon will have a significant impact on the nation’s coal-fired power generating fleet, forcing many gigawatts of capacity into retirement, RRI Energy Inc. CEO Mark Jacobs told financial analysts Friday. And that could yield a significant boost to natural gas demand from the power sector.

With some federal stimulus package funds sprinkled in for good measure, two national heavy-duty truck fleet operators, a local government association and a leading natural gas transportation fueling infrastructure company have announced plans to add 426 new compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty vehicles in Southern California and the Pacific Northwest in two separate agreements.

With some federal stimulus package funds sprinkled in for good measure, two national heavy-duty truck fleet operators, a local government association and a leading natural gas transportation fueling infrastructure company have announced plans to add 426 new compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty vehicles in Southern California and the Pacific Northwest in two separate agreements.

Increased use of natural gas for fleet vehicles, as a transportation fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and as a substitute for coal in electricity generation can play a part in breaking the United States’ dependence on foreign oil and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report from the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank founded by John Podesta, White House chief of staff for former President Clinton.

Public sector fleet vehicles will be driving on the equivalent of $2/gallon fuel through the partnership of Newport Beach, CA-based FirmGreen Inc. and the Waste Authority of Central Ohio, which opened a Green Energy Center near Columbus, OH, on Monday.

With active hedging to manage its 23,000 MW fleet of independent electric generation plants, Princeton, NJ-based NRG Energy Inc. views this summer and long-term with a “fundamentally bullish” attitude toward natural gas prices, CEO David Crane said last Thursday during a conference call with financial analysts.