Industry Briefs - Natural Gas Intelligence
Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM) is warning its customers of potentially higher natural gas prices this winter, anticipating a continued steady rise in wholesale costs that the Albuquerque, NM-based combination utility has seen since last spring. Compared to last winter when prices never exceeded 28 cents/therm, PNM said they could range between 35 and 50 cents/therm this winter. The utility said it has hedged against gas price spikes by buying most of its supplies on a longer term, fixed-price basis. The supply portfolio saved its customers about $27 million in the price-spike period of...