Sentences with phrase «raise natural gas prices»

This would raise natural gas prices, though recent increases in natural gas production suggest that the change in gas prices would be moderate.

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The utility concluded that without the project, it would be 75 percent reliant on natural gas, raising concerns about future price volatility, Huggins said.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

The Obama Administration's «Clean Power Plant» would also prematurely shutter U.S. coal - fired power plants and replace them with wind, solar, and natural gas - fired power plants, raising electricity prices to U.S. consumers.

Substituting wind, solar, and other low - density energy sources for coal, oil, and natural gas therefore hurts the poor not only by raising energy (and all other) prices but also by reducing food production.

Fracking has reduced natural gas prices but raised concerns about impacts on local communities and the climate.

Hydraulic fracturing has reduced natural gas prices but raised concerns about impacts on local communities and climate.

Jared Meyer — Manhattan Institute — December 1, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency's new proposed ozone regulations, released the day before Thanksgiving, will raise the price of American energy by forcing new requirements on utilities, coal, oil, and natural gas.

«The potential issues it raises in terms of the functioning of the wholesale markets actually may turn out to be relatively limited,» Weissman said, «except to the extent that it may do a lot better job in maintaining fuel diversity and may be important in reducing the risk of exposure to [natural gas] price spikes.»

One hypothesis might be that while electricity from solar and wind became cheaper, other energy sources like coal, nuclear, and natural gas became more expensive, eliminating any savings, and raising the overall price of electricity.

As Massachusetts has been shuttering its coal - fired power plants, that back - up power has mostly been supplied by natural gas, raising the price of electricity as cold weather forces different sectors to compete for natural gas.

While nuclear, imported hydropower and renewables made up more than half of the state's generation output in 2015, regulators are concerned low - priced natural gas generation would replace retiring nuclear plants in electricity markets, raising emissions and putting the goal in doubt.