Last week’s sudden jolt upward in spot natural gas prices on anticipation of a cold winter was another indication of the “fickleness” of the market, according to the California Energy Commission’s chief natural gas watcher, Bill Wood, who was dismayed by the latest price swing last Tuesday.
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CA Gas Expert Perplexed by Gas Price Swings
This week’s sudden jolt upward in spot natural gas prices on anticipation of a cold winter is another indication of the “fickleness” of the market, according to the California Energy Commission’s chief natural gas watcher, Bill Wood, who was dismayed by the latest price swing Wednesday.
CA Power Price Spikes Send Jolt to Regulators
On reflection, the most surprising aspect of the past two monthsof California’s roller coaster electricity prices is that thepeople who pieced together the state’s power deregulation plans —state legislators and regulators — are voicing the loudestconcern about the first real dose of free-market price volatilityfelt by retail mass consumers, who, it might be added, are alsovoters. In a free market, heavy demand butting heads withconstrained supplies will result in the blood of high pricessplattering everyone.