The winter peak in gas demand has a new rival: summer peakdemand. And many market observers are wondering if the two canco-exist. With rapidly increasing gas-fired generation, theindustry will be hard pressed to met traditional loads whileserving what once was a low priorty — the power generators.
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EIA Breaks Down the Winter Price Hike
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a handy newbrochure yesterday for residential customers who are wondering whytheir natural gas bills are expected to soar by 44% this wintercompared to last winter. Gas supply will be adequate to meet demandthis winter, according to EIA, but prices and gas usage are goingto increase substantially.
Analysts See Megawatts Multiplying
Traders sweating out the warm winter and wondering how they’regoing to get rid of surplus storage can take heart from a newanalysts report that sees 27,000 MW of natural gas-fired powergeneration capacity being added in the next 12 months.
Analysts See Megawatts Multiplying
Traders sweating out the warm winter and wondering how they’regoing to get rid of surplus storage can take heart from a newanalysts report that sees 27,000 MW of natural gas-fired powergeneration capacity being added in the next 12 months.