Trio

A trio of supportive influences — heating load expected to remain ample for a while longer across Canada and much of the U.S.; the previous Friday’s gain of 12.7 cents by January futures; and the return of industrial load from its typical weekend recess — pushed cash prices to double-digit increases across the board Monday.

A trio of named storms, the first of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, formed over the weekend, with one still hundreds of miles from North America becoming the first hurricane of the year and another tropical storm potentially threatening the Gulf of Mexico.

A trio of energy bills signed into law Monday by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry will help ensure that the state stays at the front of the nation’s alternative energy debate, according to Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge (R-Tulsa), who introduced the bills.

A trio of challenges over the next three years — low demand, new coal-fired power plants and a surge in liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports — will put downward pressure on U.S. natural gas prices until 2012, energy researchers with Wood Mackenzie said this week.

Despite the incoming administration’s focus on renewable energy, traditional fuels — especially natural gas — remain key to America’s energy future, according to a trio of industry experts speaking last Wednesday at the United States Energy Association’s (USEA) Annual State of the Energy Industry conference in Washington, DC.

Despite the incoming administration’s focus on renewable energy, traditional fuels — especially natural gas — remain key to America’s energy future, according to a trio of industry experts speaking Wednesday at the United States Energy Association’s (USEA) Annual State of the Energy Industry conference in Washington, DC.

With global wholesale natural gas prices decidedly volatile but much lower since mid-year, the reaction among a trio of western utilities is just as volatile. Portland, OR-based Northwest Natural Gas Co. has costs going down and retail rates up; Spokane, WA-based Avista Utilities has lowered even further a previously filed decrease; and Xcel Energy’s Texas utility is lowering rates only until after the first of the new year.

Eight years after their crimes were committed and two years after their convictions, two former natural gas traders were sentenced to prison terms by a Houston judge on Aug. 21 for reporting false price data to energy industry price index publishers.

A trio of producers has asked FERC to delay Rockies Express Pipeline’s (REX) hydrostatic testing of its line in September for one simple reason — monetary gain, REX charges.