Creating a super market

Journal Article · · American Gas; (United States)

OSTI ID:6628344

Katz, M

FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) Order 636 changed gas marketing procedures in October 1993 by disengaging the remaining linkages between producers, pipeline companies and LDCs. By erasing the pipelines' already disappearing role as gas suppliers, Order 636 made LDCs entirely responsible for obtaining their own gas supply, transportation and storage. So, many LDCs turned to gas marketing companies -- not only for more gas, but also for many of the services that the pipelines and gas suppliers used to provide. The process is giving the gas marketing companies a whole new role in life -- perhaps even a whole new life. Unlike LDCs and the pipelines, gas marketers are largely unregulated and, as such, are moving into or looking at a host of new areas: Helping customers manage and economize their energy use, not only with natural gas but with other fuels as well; Marketing electricity and fuel oil in addition to natural gas; Laying pipelines and serving local industrial customers the LDCs haven't been able to serve economically; and Selling natural gas to individual residential customers, the last remaining exclusive domain of the LDCs. The paper discusses the new roles for gas marketing companies and what is left for LDCs.

• OSTI ID: 6628344
• Journal Information: American Gas; (United States), Journal Name: American Gas; (United States) Vol. 76:11; ISSN AMGLEH; ISSN 1043-0652
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
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GASES
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NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
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