The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 2001 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ALVIN SUN
MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2001
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The cost of natural gas is market
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supply and demand, and changes
frequently. The major cause of
recent high natural gas prices has
been uneasiness in the market-
place over natural gas supply.
Simply put, the injection rate of
gas into storage was too slow to
comfort the market for this win-
ter's heating season. Consumption
of natural gas in the summer is
usually relatively low, which
allows excess gas to be injected
into storage. However, gas that
would otherwise have been inject-
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"Fifty-four percent of the bills
filed in this session will die in
committee in the house of ori-
gin,” said Texas Legis ’stive
Service managing partner
Andrew K. Fish. “What happens with a liberal Democrat, Sen.
in committees is tremendously Rodney Ellis of Houston.
important every session.” With the economy trying to
During the last year I have been
traveling throughout the state dis-,
cussing the challenges facing the
Texas natural gas industry. As the
demand for natural gas is increas-
ing, we are seeing the tightening
of supply.
Experts in the energy field
expect the U.S. demand for natur-
al gas to grow during the next
decade. By^OU^i^ projected to
tke more Wtejyjwilimtt rtver the
-1998 level, m addition to the
national demand picture, Texas
natural gas consumption has been
increasing steadily over the last
six years. The biggest driver for
that growth is gas-fired electric
generation.
On most residential and com-
mercial gas bills, gas is a “pass-
through" cost. Utilities make no
profit on the cost of gas; they sim-
ply pass through to the consumer
what it costs the utility to pur-
chase the gas in the marketplace.
When natural gas costs increase,
consumers face higher bills.
When natural -gas costs decrease,
consumers pay less. Utilities
make their profit from distributing
the natural gas to consumers. In
most cases, the rate that a utility
By logical extension, the folks hitchhike toward the south, the
who chair those committees are state revenue pie, of which
even more important. everyone always wants a big
Though several thousand bills piece, will not be as ample as
will be filed this session (at a everyone had once hoped,
rate Fish says is about 110 bills That means the way Ellis runs
a day), only 30 percent of them the committee will be of critical
will pass. interest to anyone with a finan-
The life or death decisions on dal stake in Texas government,
those bills happen in commit- from state employees hoping for
tees with the whack of a gavel a pay raise to the largest state
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While favorably reporting the
paper equivalent of a camel out
of a legislative committee is not
unheard of, the committees are
where things get done or not,
depending on what you’re hop-
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Thousands of bills
expected to be filed
Anyone who buys the old joke
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product of committee work does
not know much about the Texas
While natural gas imports have duction and ensure that the neces-
been rising significantly in recent sary infrastructure to move gas to
years, the United States may be consumers remains available. In
running into some short-term sup- the long run, the market will
ply constraints. Several years of answer most of these concerns,
relatively low prices have slowed But regulatory and legislative
down exploration and drilling for policies will certainly influence
new sources of supply. During the how quickly the market responds,
first downturn in 1986, the oil and I believe that with the growing
gas industry lost over 500,000 demand for gas by electric gener-
jobs nationwide. In addition to ation in Texas, the Railroad
that-number, anothes-SUAMJO-jobs Commission and thers'Texas 1 u
were lost during the most recent Legislature should be considering
downturn of 1998-1999, which policies to increase the production
lasted over 18 months. The recent of natural gas.
higher prices should be causing an This legislative’session, I will
increase in drilling opportunities, suggest we address this issue of
and in fact rig counts have high natural gas prices by looking
increased significantly from a long range. Political policy is
year ago. However, at the sometimes looked at as a short-
Commission we are seeing a term fix when prices are either too
decline in drilling permits and high or too low. We should view
completion permits for natural gas energy issues from a long-term
wells. This should not be happen- perspective and seek to help stabi-
ing. This shows that we have lost lize the industry, which should
talented, qualified people in' the result in lower prices for con-
industry who have the ability to sumers and businesses. The legis-
identify and explore new fields, lature will need to look at what we
drill new wells, and increase pro- can do to help revitalize the
duction. The new wells that will industry, encourage people to
be coming on line may not begin invest their money in Texas ener-
to yield significant increases in gy projects and encourage the
actual production until later in the skilled labor to return.
year. I have testified to the legislature
The demand for natural gas about policies and incentives for
most certainly exists, and the investing capital in the Texas oil
resource is in the ground. The and gas industry. This will ulti-
problem is how to stimulate pro- See Prices, page 7
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Because of that, two Senate always is the bottom line. But
committee appointments made every decade, U.S. Census data
by newly selected acting Lt. necessitates another form of pie
Gov. Bill Ratliff are of major cutting: Redistricting,
import. If anything is any more
The Mount Pleasant important to lawmakers than
Republican, who had been funding aud taxation, it is the
chairman of the powerful size and geographic extent of
Senate Finance Committee their districts. Not to mention
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