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Tuesday
Jan172012

Electric plants shift from coal to natural gas

"My sense is you'll get small changes here," he said, since the current low natural gas prices are attracting market demand from around the world.
There are already federal permits for 3 trillion cubic feet per year of natural gas exports, Apt said.
"Will we export that bounty, and if we do, will that drive up U.S. prices," he said. Natural gas sells for about $8 in Europe and $14 in Japan, but less than $4 here.
"They're not going to tear down the coal plants, because they've seen this movie before," Apt said of electric companies. "They will mothball those plants and start up the coal plants again" if natural gas prices rise.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120116/UPDATE/120116036/Electric-plants-shift-from-coal-natural-gas

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