Subsiding

Most Points Mildly Softer; NYC ‘Madness’ Subsiding

With signs that the touch of winter experienced earlier thisweek in the Northeast was already starting to subside, nearly allof the cash market ranged from flat to about a dime lowerWednesday. Most production area and Midwest citygate points fell bya nickel or less. The declines of a dime or more tended to clusterin the Northeast.

December 2, 1999

N. California Prices Soar on Supply Shortage

Sumas prices were subsiding Monday from their sky-high levelsgoing into the weekend, but the same severe cold front that hadgoosed Sumas as high as $25 Friday caused a moderate supply crisisin Northern California that pushed PG&E citygates up to $10 andMalin to $5. Most points in the overall market rose between anickel and 50 cents as an Arctic cold front was expected to leaveFlorida as about the only warm area left in the U.S. and Canada bytonight.

December 22, 1998