EnergyBiz Magazine - January 31, 2006

As Congress returns to the Capitol for its second session, cold winter weather is expected to turn up the political heat. Republican committee chairmen and top Democrat senior committee members have been feverishly readying legislation since last November to address expected spikes in electricity costs. Two categories of bills are in the offing. One attempts to mute the effect of high natural gas (and electricity) prices by dictating economic or efficient dispatch of power. A much broader solution aims to increase the supply of natural gas to utilities, industrials, farmers and everyone else, thereby deflating the price of natural gas. Get the details -- on the differences -- in the January/February issue of EnergyBiz magazine. http://www.energybizmag.com