Not exact matches
Laut said the company will support TransCanada Corp.'s planned expansions of its Alberta and B.C.
gas gathering pipeline system in hopes that better market access will
lead to
higher prices.
Oil up a second session as potential for U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear pact grows Natural -
gas prices settle at a 2 - week lowOil finishes
higher Thursday, as traders worried that a potential U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement and the International Monetary Fund's threat to expel Venezuela from the international coalition of nations will
lead to tighter global crude supplies.
But the script accuses Higgins of being «so detached from reality that while families in New York are forced to pay more than $ 3.70 a gallon, Higgins has been in Washington supporting big - government policies that
lead to
higher gas prices and restrain the production of American - made energy.»
These positive factors, coupled with falling
gas and food
prices,
led to consumption reaching its
highest growth rate since 2006.
The problem is, inflation and
high commodity
prices — including oil and
gas prices — tend to feed on each other in a vicious circle: people stock up on commodities to hedge against inflation, which
leads to even
higher prices, and thus inflation continues to rise.
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Central among them is historical and ongoing natural
gas price volatility, which can
lead to
higher electricity
prices.
Since May 2012, a combination of
higher prices for natural
gas and increased demand for electricity during the summer months
led electric systems across much of the country to increase their use of coal - fired units.
For example,
higher coal
prices due to carbon taxing will
lead cost - minimizing power grids to more heavily dispatch lower - emitting natural
gas power plants in the short run, and to switch increasingly to zero - carbon wind and solar generation over time.
«The rapidly dropping
price of wind and solar, combined with natural
gas generation rather than coal,
lead to solid economics,
high reliability, lots of renewables, reduced emissions, and local control,» said Weaver.
And this is especially important during the winter, when the demand for natural
gas for home heating spikes in some parts of the country,
leading to
higher prices and less natural
gas available for electricity generation (since home heating takes priority over electricity generation in terms of natural
gas pipeline delivery contracts).
Then in the 1970's, factors such as the oil embargo, inflation, and an increase in natural
gas prices led to
higher power generation costs.
This week, the cold front from Russia is
leading to
higher power and
gas prices, possible travel delays, and the rare incident of Iceland being warmer than the countries in the Mediterranean.