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After nailing two weeks ago in his forecast that New England would receive a large arctic push last week (see Daily GPI, Jan. 7), Joe Bastardi, senior meteorologist for AccuWeather.com, said Tuesday that the region is not out of the woods yet.

Calling the wholesalers’ mass exodus of retail energy marketing a “cyclical” process, Compass Energy Services Inc. President Chris Ziegler said he expects the large companies to return to the segment at some point, but not in the near future.

Calling the wholesalers’ mass exodus of retail energy marketing a “cyclical” process, Compass Energy Services Inc. President Chris Ziegler said he expects the large companies to return to the segment at some point, but not in the near future.

In the wake of the Enron debacle, the mass exodus from the energy merchant segment that immediately followed has forced natural gas producers to once again throw their respective hats into the marketing arena to sell their own supplies.

In the wake of the Enron debacle, the mass exodus from the energy merchant segment that immediately followed has forced natural gas producers to once again throw their respective hats into the marketing arena to sell their own supplies.

With the arrival of a frigid arctic air mass in the East and indications that it will stick around for a while, natural gas consumers should expect “a material increase” from their recent “eye-popping” December and January heating bills, according to UBS Warburg analyst Ron Barone.

Scana Energy Marketing could have the early lead in Georgia’sretail gas market. Its mass marketing campaign and generousincentives for residential customers to switch suppliers seem tohave caught many competitors by surprise.

Scana Energy Marketing could have the early lead in Georgia’sretail gas market. Its mass marketing campaign and generousincentives for residential customers to switch suppliers seem tohave caught many competitors by surprise.

Retail energy service providers and marketers now have an addedpotential way to reach into California’s mass market residentialand small business customers by buying part of the utility billingenvelope space. Under new state regulatory rules, investor-ownedenergy utilities (IOUs) are opening access to their ubiquitousbills that are mailed regularly to millions of customers.