OKE is a bit hard to compare to most other utilities because of the unique structure they have, but certainly the underlying natural
gas utility operations offer some stability.
Not exact matches
By looking at the plant's total annual
utility use and the fraction of yearly
operations needed to print a single issue of DISCOVER, David Hakenewerth, a manager at Quebecor's Jonesboro facility, determined that producing one month's edition of the magazine consumes 63,364 kilowatt - hours of electricity and 1,704 therms of natural
gas.
Ameren (NYSE: AEE, $ 23.96) is an electric and natural
gas utility based in St. Louis, Mo., which also has
operations in Illinois.
Other current assets can include restricted cash, deferred income tax, unbilled
utility revenue (
utilities only), deferred
gas cost (
utilities only), current assets from discontinued
operations, and other current assets.
«We have absolutely no doubt that we'll be able to get there,» said Geisha Williams, president of electric
operations at Pacific
Gas & Electric, one of the state's largest
utilities.
«Wind and natural
gas are what will grow,» Mike Bryson, PJM Interconnection vice president of
operations, told
Utility Dive recently about his market's service area in the Mid-Atlantic states.
On January 25 this year, the
gas - fired Fortuna unit of the Lausward Power Plant, owned by the municipal
utility Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, began commercial
operations — almost immediately setting several world records for power generation capacity and efficiency (see the «POWER POINTS» sidebar).
Power plants across the country, including ones in California, Wisconsin, Florida and Vermont, are being shuttered as
utility companies opt to build natural
gas plants rather than extending
operation of nuclear reactors.