addition to its direct contribution to price stability, an increasing number of studies show that renewable energy deployment … can also put downward pressure on natural gas prices by reducing demand for gas among gas-fired generators. These gas … price reductions are, in turn, expected to reduce electricity prices and--more importantly--directly reduce consumer natural …

case long-term natural gas price forecasts from the AEO series to contemporaneous natural gas prices that can be locked in …-fired generation that have been based on AEO natural gas price forecasts (rather than forward prices) have yielded results that are … ''biased'' in favor of gas-fired generation (presuming that long-term price stability is valued). In this memo we simply update …

. Accordingly, assuming that long-term price stability is valued, the most appropriate way to compare the levelized cost of these … resources in both cases would be to use forward natural gas price data--i.e. prices that can be locked in to create price … production tax credit and current high gas prices), a margin of 0.3-0.6 cents/kWh may in some cases be enough to sway resource …

immune to fuel price risk. If ratepayers are rational and value long-term price stability, then--contrary to common practice … uncertain gas price forecast. This paper compares natural gas prices that can be locked in through futures, swaps, and physical … supply contracts to contemporaneous long-term forecasts of spot gas prices. We find that from 2000-2003, forward gas prices …

approximating an apples-to-apples comparison, and no further consideration is necessary. If, however, natural gas forward prices …Against the backdrop of increasingly volatile natural gas prices, renewable energy resources, which by their nature are …-term price stability, a utility or other retail electricity supplier that is looking to expand its resource portfolio (or a …

quantify the price stability benefit that wind and other renewables provide. This paper attempts to quantify this benefit by … equating it with the cost of achieving price stability through other means, particularly gas-based financial derivatives ….50 cents/kWh over expected spot prices to lock in natural gas prices for the next 10 years. This incremental cost is …

-term natural gas price forecasts from the AEO series to contemporaneous natural gas prices that can be locked in through the …, forward natural gas contracts (with prices that can be locked in--e.g., gas futures, swaps, and physical supply) have traded … price gas-fired generation that have been based on AEO natural gas price forecasts (rather than forward prices) have yielded …

quantify the price stability benefit that these sources provide. In evaluating this benefit, it is important to recognize that … physical, fixed-price gas contracts. Whether energy efficiency and renewable energy can provide price stability at lower cost … gas swap (i.e., what it costs to lock in prices over the next 10 years) to a 10-year natural gas price forecast (i …

price stability. The sector most vulnerable to fuel price variations is, of course, the transportation sector. The most … effective strategy to achieve energy pace stability is to reduce petroleum consumption in this sector. The natural gas vehicle … explained above, enhanced gas supplies can reduce the volatility of gas prices and severe the link between gas and oil prices …

-term natural gas price forecasts from the AEO series to contemporaneous natural gas prices that can be locked in through the … natural gas contracts (with prices that can be locked in--e.g., gas futures, swaps, and physical supply) have traded at a …-fired generation that have been based on AEO natural gas price forecasts (rather than forward prices) have yielded results that are …