Sentences with phrase «of natural gas prices»

Given the recent volatility of natural gas prices, the stability of wind power prices is particularly appealing.

This puts pressure on the national system of natural gas pricing, and the resulting effect is that power operators in other states seek to avoid paying higher prices by shifting more to coal.

Issues include identifying the nature of price volatility, the impacts on consumer prices, the correlation of natural gas prices to oil prices, and the uncertainty of price forecasts.

It is coming from the volatility of natural gas prices.

True, there have been some asset sales in the interim and values have plummeted with the fall of natural gas prices, but is the company really worth less than 25 % of what it was 2 1/2 years ago?

UNG's investment objective is for the daily changes in percentage terms of its shares» net asset value to reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of the natural gas price delivered at the Henry Hub, La., as measured by the daily changes in the benchmark futures contract minus expenses.

The United States Natural Gas (UNG) fund, an ETF designed to track in percentage terms the movements of natural gas prices, has struggled in July over the last four years.

Operating results are closely linked to the performance of natural gas prices.

Ethanol makers experienced improved financial performance because of changes out of their control - as in the case of natural gas prices falling drastically in response to increased fracking for natural gas production - but lost money because of increased corn prices caused by escalating Chinese grain demand.

Limiting options in this fashion is likely to prove problematic as the added expense and unreliable nature of renewables will be paired with continued volatility of natural gas prices in Michigan's regulated energy markets.

«But the state needs to face the overreliance and put its energy mix together in a way that makes utility customers less subject to the vagaries of natural gas prices.»

• A global LNG supply shortage of 20 - 35 billion cubic feet per day by 2030 is projected, and US exports would likely play a major role in filling the gap, which in turn could lead to a tripling of natural gas prices from current levels by 2030.

The mix of fuels used to generate electricity — and specifically the competition between natural gas and coal — is dependent on several factors, many of which have been discussed in previous Today in Energy articles: decreasing coal share of generation, increasing coal stockpiles, rising coal exports, effect of natural gas prices, and natural gas consumption by sector.

The staff paper, titled Natural Gas Price Volatility, discusses recent occurrences and probable causes of natural gas price volatility and its impact on market participants and date - specific price forecasting efforts.

«That's an extremely high and dangerous level of dependence on any fuel, much less one that, when you look at 40 years of natural gas prices, is famous for having price spikes that can cause significant problems to the economy and significant energy shortages,» Shellenberger said.

Here's the kicker: the blue wedge only represents various forecasts of natural gas prices.