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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators said they have received a suspicious letter referencing Encana Corp.’s energy development activity in the Dawson Creek area of British Columbia, the RCMP said Thursday.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators said they have received a suspicious letter referencing Encana Corp.’s energy development activity in the Dawson Creek area of British Columbia, the RCMP said Thursday.

Referencing the always combustible mixture of rising natural gas prices and below-normal water levels, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) late Tuesday announced it had filed with state regulators for a retail electric rate increase of approximately $482 million, or roughly 4.5%, effective Oct. 1. The San Francisco-based utility called the gas prices “skyrocketing” and the hydroelectric situation “lower-than-expected.”

Referencing a standard 30-year normal (1971-2000), WSI Corp. said this week that its forecast for the October-December period is expected to average cooler-than-normal temperatures in the northwestern quarter of the country with warmer-than-normal temperatures elsewhere. If proven true, the forecast could alleviate natural gas supply and storage concerns entering the 2005-2006 winter.