experienced severe, simultaneous price spikes. While frequently attributed to limited pipeline capacity serving the region, we … owing gas. This behavior blocks other firms from utilizing pipeline capacity, which artificially limits gas supply to the … region and drives up gas and electricity prices. The firms observed to withhold pipeline capacity also own non …

shorter-term, energy priorities of the nation; particularly advanced oil and gas exploration and production technologies …

private suppliers. The amount of capacity being sought is increasing, and potential suppliers appear to be abundant. Analysis … of these developments still remains limited. Evidence on the behavior of this market is scarce and sketchy. The … underlying economic principles that are shaping the market have not clearly been articulated. In this report we examine the …

Wyoming under market conditions. However, significant information can be obtained from a constrained partial analysis, which … family of gasoline-market equilibrium price curves over time. Three scenarios are then analyzed by comparing the costs of … supplying synthetic fuels with the market equilibrium prices for gasoline. Market potential for the synthetic fuels is estimated …

influence the market penetration of renewable energy and distributed generation technologies. Most notable among these are … capacity, as well as marginal generation units, generally are natural-gas fired. Assumptions about the rate of improvement in … renewable and distributed generation technologies can also have a significant impact on market penetration. Finally, policy …