Gas Group Warns EU Will Badly Miss 2050 Carbon Emissions Goals Under Current Policies

01.21.2014 | Thomas Overton

The European Union (EU) cannot meet its 2050 carbon emissions goals without reform of its carbon-pricing scheme, according to a report from the European Gas Forum released on Dec. 13. While progress toward the goals has been made, the report…

Panda Power Funds Rolls on with Another New Gas Plant

01.21.2014 | Thomas Overton

Even for the rapidly expanding gas-fired power sector, Dallas-based Panda Power Funds has been making waves. On Dec. 20, the private equity firm announced another deal: It has completed the acquisition and financing of Moxie Energy’s planned 829-MW Patriot generating…

EIA: Gas Price Hikes Pushed Up Wholesale Power Prices Across U.S. in 2013

01.09.2014 | Sonal Patel

Increases in spot natural gas prices generally prompted wholesale electricity price hikes across the nation from in 2013, but power prices were the highest in the Pacific Northwest and New England, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday.  Average…

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MISO Sees Growing Role for Natural Gas in Midwest

12.20.2013 | Thomas Overton

Lower gas prices, expanding infrastructure, and coal retirements are likely to drive a much greater role for natural gas in the Midwest, according to a new study by the Midcontinent Independent Service Organization (MISO). The study, released Dec. 6, is…

Shale: The Rock That Rocked the World

01.01.2014 | Thomas W. Overton, JD

In the early 1980s, a man named George Mitchell, who owned an independent oil and gas company in Houston, began to see a distressing trend in his company’s future. Mitchell Energy supplied natural gas to a

EIA: Natural Gas to Overtake Coal by 2035

12.16.2013 | Thomas Overton

The latest projections from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) are unlikely to quell concern in the coal industry, as the EIA has increased its projections for natural gas production and power burn, while continuing its gloomy outlook for coal. The…

Fracking May Cut Total Water Use From Increase in Gas-Fired Power

12.20.2013 | Thomas Overton

Those enormous amounts of water used in hydraulic fracturing may not be the environmental headache they appear to be. That’s because of the downstream effects of more abundant, less expensive natural gas unlocked by the process, known as “fracking,” according…