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ISONE Chief: #NatGas Producing 49% of Region’s Power, Pipelines Needed

ISONE Chief: NatGas Producing 49% of Region’s Power, Pipelines Needed President Obama didn’t say “natural gas” once during his January State of the Union speech, but ISO New England (ISONE) President Gordon Van Welie couldn’t stop talking about the fuel during a Tuesday briefing with reporters. Welie said the magic words about 68 times, and … Continue reading ISONE Chief: #NatGas Producing 49% of Region’s Power, Pipelines Needed

ISO-NE chief: Winter leaves gas-reliant New England in ‘precarious’ spot

ISO-NE chief: Winter leaves gas-reliant New England in ‘precarious’ spot “The New England states are leading the nation in development of energy-efficiency measures and support of clean energy resources,” van Welie said, but make no mistake: “The transformation of New England’s generation fleet is continuing unabated.” The region is in desperate need of additional energy … Continue reading ISO-NE chief: Winter leaves gas-reliant New England in ‘precarious’ spot

ERCOT POWER PRICES SEEN HAMPERING GAS-FIRED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: SOURCES

ERCOT POWER PRICES SEEN HAMPERING GAS-FIRED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: SOURCES Developers continue to prepare to build natural gas-fired capacity in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas footprint, but low prices and the prospect of the construction of more tax-subsidized, low-cost renewable capacity has some wondering how many new gas-fired units will actually be financed and come … Continue reading ERCOT POWER PRICES SEEN HAMPERING GAS-FIRED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: SOURCES