Winter Energy Outlook

EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook will be included in the October 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook which will be released at 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2013 on the EIA website at:  http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/ 

Alaska Dispatch by Suzanna Caldwell.   … For the last Tony Izzo, Matanuska Electric, Supply Manager, ENSTAR, Cook Inlet Gas Supply, Photo by Dave Harbourdecade, utilities and producers have warned of possible natural gas shortages in Southcentral Alaska. Aging wells in Cook Inlet have steadily waned in production. Despite the possibility of trillions of cubic feet of gas remaining undeveloped in the region, new wells haven't come online fast enough to keep up with needs. Last year, fearing a gas shortage that could cause a catastrophic line failure and leave thousands of Alaskans in the cold, utilities warned that importing natural gas could be the region's only option.  “The urgency has gone away, but the emergency has maybe been put off a bit” said Tony Izzo (NGP Photo), task force member and supply manager for Matanuska Electric told the body Wednesday.