Entering 2019, a common question of clients has become what will be the impact of new low-cost, high-output, utility-scale lithium batteries be on the natural gas market. The impact of batteries to the generation market could be meaningful. When...
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Energy Market Commentary // solar
Renewable Electricity Generation Gaining Market Share

December 6, 2018 |
As 2018 nears a close, natural gas prices are hovering around $4.50/MMbtu for January 2019. Record heat during the summer of 2018 combined with a record cold November has left storage well below normal, driving natural gas prices higher....
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The Great Renewables Divide

September 25, 2018 |
Coal-fired power generation is on the decline. Hard to argue with that. The EIA recently published an article pointing out that coal generation is still the most predominant form of generation in 18 states. While this is true, coal’s...
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Is Renewables Pain Offsetting US Gas Export Gains?

September 22, 2017 |
As U.S. gas-focused E&Ps have become more efficient, they have also needed new markets for the gas they produce. And the good news for those producers is that natural gas demand in the U.S. has grown from 65 Bcf/d...
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Gas Under Pressure: Renewables Take a Toll

June 27, 2017 |
The other day, while my wife and I were taking our dog for a walk in Denver, the pervasiveness of solar power hit me. On our short walk, we not only passed three cars belonging to three separate residential...
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Sabal Trail Adding Pipeline Capacity but not Demand

June 20, 2017 |
Sabal Trail pipeline started posting pipeline receipts from Transco on June 14, 2017 (Sabal Trail service started on June 6 however the Sabal Trail EBB has incomplete history June 6-11) and is now taking about 250 MMcf/d of natural...
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