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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (76229)	3/6/2001 9:07:49 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

I saw more recent numbers from a presentation last week -- at most electrical generation now accounts for 16% of NG usage -- and that's all year. I don't think that there will be any tightness in the summer, but if prices do spike we'll be in deep stuff for the next winter season That 16% moves to about 25% if about half the nat gas gen projects get built that are slated for the next couple of years. Coal prices are going up too -- a secondary effect of natural gas prices. More marginal coal plants are being brought back and some upgrades and so forth have become more economic now ... A couple of months back I had a visit from a fellow from the UK. I was surprised to find out that over there NG plants dispatch before coal plants --