Generators

Whether and by how much emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by U.S. power generators are restricted in the future will have a large impact on the evolving Atlantic Basin gas market, a new report claims.

Whether and by how much emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by U.S. power generators are restricted in the future will have a large impact on the evolving Atlantic Basin gas market, a new report claims.

Utilities, power generators and industrial end-users are going to have to pick their spots and move quickly to secure lower-priced natural gas in the increasingly higher-priced and challenging market, according to Val Trinkley of EnergyUSA, a NiSource company, who will be conducting a strategy workshop at GasMart 2008 in Chicago May 20-22.

Utilities, power generators and industrial end-users are going to have to pick their spots and move quickly to secure lower-priced natural gas in the increasingly higher-priced and challenging market, according to Val Trinkley of EnergyUSA, a NiSource company, who will be conducting a strategy workshop at GasMart 2008 in Chicago May 20-22.

The profitability of merchant power generators is largely linked to natural gas prices and industrial gas demand destruction as well, as domestic exploration and production success could yield long-term benefits for the sector, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P).

With oil futures prices reaching a record $100/bbl on Wednesday and Thursday, power generators and other traditional natural gas users may soon find themselves competing with everyday drivers for the precious commodity, if NGVAmerica has anything to say about it.

The profitability of merchant power generators is largely linked to natural gas prices and industrial gas demand destruction as well, as domestic exploration and production success could yield long-term benefits for the sector, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P).

Natural gas buyers, from metals companies to food and paper processing conglomerates, power generators and some of the largest chain stores, all will be attending the GasMart 2007 conference hosted by Intelligence Press Inc. (IPI) in the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel in downtown Chicago, May 9-11. This 21st annual event features an all-new focus on its exclusive Market Network Center where buyers and sellers meet.

Demand for gas by California power generators will grow 1.8% annually over the next 20 years while overall state gas demand growth will only be 0.5% per year. Residential and commercial sectors will see low growth and there will be no demand growth among industrials, according to the latest California Gas Report.