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Finalizing the Winter Supply of Natural Gas

Finalizing the Winter Supply of Natural Gas

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Energy companies are rushing to assure adequate supplies of natural gas for the upcoming winter.
Luke Hansen, gas supply manager for Northwestern Energy, says they don’t have a lot of their own gas storage….https://on.soundcloud.com/ekc66

Hansen says their contracts for ongoing gas supply are pretty solid….https://on.soundcloud.com/mto8q

Hansen says if they need extra gas during the winter, they have to go to the open market…..https://on.soundcloud.com/ss3mq

Hansen says consumers should pay about the same for gas this winter due to the elimination of the Texas surcharge from last year.

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