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Monday, 7 November 2005

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From today's edition of the Morning Sentinel (Maine):

Natural gas is the fuel of choice in Maine these days, and it comes through two pipelines based in Canada, [State Rep. Kenneth ]Fletcher said.

If natural-gas prices go up significantly, the price of electric power will rise as well, although to a lower degree initially due to the way in which energy for electric power is purchased.

Supply might be a bigger concern.

Fletcher said that supply could be compromised for several reasons. When demand for natural gas increases -- such as in deep winter cold spells -- suppliers have every incentive to divert fuel to home-heating needs because that is more profitable than power generation.

As we've seen over the past few weeks, it's not a question of if natural gas prices will rise this Winter, but rather, just how much.

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