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Steve Baum
Compass Energy
Compass Energy
Gas Prices – where are we headed?
CNG Vehicles
Parent Company – AGL Resources, IncStock Ticker - “GAS”$9.0 Billion in assets
7 Regulated Utilities• 4.5 million customers• 139,000 miles of pipe• 31 Bcf of storage• 5 LNG facilities
3 Unregulated Companies• Sequent – Wholesale (Houston)• Compass Energy – C&I• Southstar – Residential & Small Commercial
SEQUENT
Southstar & Enerchange
LISA DYERCINCINNATI
THE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS
Daily QNGc1 3/25/1999 - 10/3/2012 (NYC)
Line, QNGc1, Trade Price(Last)6/25/2012, 2.708, +0.083, (+3.16%)
PriceUSDMMBTU
.123
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11/25 12/23 1/20 2/17 3/17 4/14 5/12 6/9 7/7 8/4 9/1 9/29 10/27 11/24
Bc
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Source: Energy Information Administration
Natural Gas StorageWorking Gas in Underground Storage: US Lower 48
2010
20072009
2,877 @ 6/1/2012+62 vs. last week+713 vs. last year
5 Yr Avg2008
2011
2012
•Warmest winter on record•Large shale supplies continue to flood the market•Weak Economy
•Strong Gas Fired Power Market•Rig Count Going Down•Wells being shut in
WHERE ARE PRICES GOING?
Daily QNGc1 3/25/1999 - 10/3/2012 (NYC)
Line, QNGc1, Trade Price(Last)6/25/2012, 2.708, +0.083, (+3.16%)
PriceUSDMMBTU
.123
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Gas Prices are at 20 year lows
Don’t be a hero
Take advantage of these prices now
Never go into a winter unhedged
September - $2.75
Emissions Reduction in Real Numbers
• Reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20%-30%
• Reduces carbon monoxide (CO) emissions by 70%-90%
• Reduces nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 75%-95%
• Reduction of up to 90% of particle matter (PM) emissions
• Reduces volatile organic compound (VOCs) emissions by 89%
Source: NGVAmerica/DOE/EPA
