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Natural Gas Market Dynamics. Jeffrey A. Murphy Managing Director, Commercial Operations Dominion East Ohio June 5, 2009. Natural Gas Market Dynamics. Price Volatility Supply and Demand Fundamentals Dominion East Ohio Market. Natural Gas Market Dynamics. Price Volatility.
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Natural Gas Market Dynamics Jeffrey A. Murphy Managing Director, Commercial Operations Dominion East Ohio June 5, 2009
Natural Gas Market Dynamics • Price Volatility • Supply and Demand Fundamentals • Dominion East Ohio Market
Natural Gas Market Dynamics Price Volatility
Historical Price Movement Source: www.hessenergy.com
July ‘09 NYMEX Contract Pricing Source: www.hessenergy.com
Forward NYMEX NG Prices Source: www.nymex.com
June 2, 2009 Gas Daily Headlines • NYMEX leaps 41.4 cents, but cash prices weaken • “the NYMEX price soared ‘for no good reason’ given that fundamentals have not changed much from last week.” • Bears in control as new hurricane season begins • “nothing - save a catastrophic hurricane … - should prevent gas prices from falling even further this summer” • S&P: Outlook murky for North American gas sector • “the key for oil and gas is the development of demand, and demand right now is heading downhill…” See: www.platts.com
Natural Gas Market Dynamics Key Drivers
Key Drivers: Reduced Demand Weather-Normalized R&C Demand Is Less Source: www.eia.doe.gov
Key Drivers: Reduced Demand Industrial and Power Generation Demand Is Much Less Source: www.eia.doe.gov
Key Drivers: Drilling Activity Source: EIA Natural Gas Year In Review 2008
Key Drivers: Drilling Activity Source: www.bakerhughesdirect.com
Key Drivers: Domestic Production Source: www.eia.doe.gov
Key Drivers: Domestic Production Source: EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2009
Key Drivers: New Reserves Source: FERC Natural Gas Market Overview (12/5/08)
Key Drivers: LNG Imports Source: www.eia.doe.gov
Key Drivers: Storage Inventories Source: www.eia.doe.gov
Key Drivers: Pipeline Capacity Source: rexpipeline.com
Natural Gas Market Dynamics Dominion East Ohio Market
Energy Choice Market Shares – 12/08 Other 13 F E D Aggregation (36%) C B A Energy Choice Participation Rates: Residential Non-PIPP: 78% Nonresidential: 75%
What is Dominion Doing Now? • Dominion is continuing its transition from traditional regulated natural gas sales to a more competitive market for its customers • Dominion will continue to focus on providing regulated distribution service to its 1.2 million customers • Dominion conducted its first Standard Service Offer auction in August 2006 to purchase natural gas for its sales customers • In February 2009, Dominion conducted two more auctions for Standard Service Offer (SSO) and Standard Choice Offer (SCO) commodity service • In April 2009, Dominion placed all Choice-eligible customers into a direct retail relationship with an Energy Choice supplier at the SCO rate established in the auction • SSO/SCO auction process will be repeated in 2010
Resources: Residential/Small Commercial www.dominiongaschoice.com Larger Commercial/Industrial www.dom.com