February natural gas was tackled for a loss Tuesday as traders recited the same causative factors of unsupportive weather and a storage surplus that refuses to stop growing. At the close February had given up 18.2 cents to $2.488, which is the lowest front-month settlement since March 5, 2002.
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El Paso Case, California Market Problems Tackled by House Panel
Top energy regulators and industry officials debated the causes of last year’s record high gas prices in California during a House subcommittee hearing last week that featured a thorough review of the El Paso market manipulation case and all the issues contributing to the serious natural gas market malfunction. FERC Chairman Pat Wood said he does not see a need for legislative action. He believes last year’s high gas prices were the result mainly of multiple supply and demand factors and a mismatch between interstate and California intrastate pipeline capacity, which state LDCs and regulators are in the process of correcting.
El Paso Case, CA Market Problems Tackled at House Hearing
In a congressional hearing that featured a thorough review of the El Paso market manipulation case and all the issues contributing to the serious natural gas market malfunction last year in California, FERC Chairman Pat Wood told a House Government Reform subcommittee chaired by Doug Ose (R-CA) that he does not see a need for new legislation.