G&T Coops Feel the Sting of Low Natural Gas Prices

Natural gas prices have hit record lows, a trend that likely will not change any time soon due to the mild winter and the glut of domestic supply.  This may be good news to some.  However, generation and transmission coops – which generate only 12 percent of their electricity from natural gas – are now facing the rare challenge of seeing their mainstay coal units edged out by currently less expensive natural-gas-fired units.  Click here for more information about historical gas prices and the ways that coops are hedging against market volatility.

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