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Natural Gas Residential Market rates now available. You take on the risk in exchange for lower electric rates.

contact — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:55:15 +0000

Residential Rates are back down to the 10 cent per KWh range.
Consumer Strategist

Texas Electric Company Reporting – Donny Eisenbach

10 – 10.8 cent per KWh electricity rates are showing back up in Texas but are these rates legit?
January marks the beginning for a month with no marked price-to-beat rate. This means incumbent electric providers can charge whatever they want. A few of

the electric retail providers pricing electric energy rates at around 10 cents per kilowatt-hour to 10.8 cents. Reliant Energy still offers a 16 cent per KWh

residential rate even though rates have dramatically climbed down. This would be price gauging by most peoples estimation. What type of people do they charge

this rate to? Someone is buying but exactly who and how did they get you?

The public utility commission estimates about 30% of North Texas have switched from TXU to another Retail Electric Company.

Now that the price-to-beat is no longer active is it a good time to switch retail electric providers?

There are these low electric rates being offerred on a month-to-month basis but these plans are strictly market rates so when natural gas rates go up so does

your rate. The spikes that occur with natural gas can sometimes be 3 times higher then a previous month. Is this really a smart choice for Residential

customers who don’t know any better? Startex Power, Reliant Energy, Commerce Energy, and Amigo Energy currently have these market plans available and they

are good so long as you know what you are getting into.

When the natural gas spot rate goes up on the NYMEX and Henry Hub expect the same to happen to electricity rates. Natural Gas and coal makes up about 75% of

the electricity cost of generation. Expect to see consumers feeling as if they were tricked into something they weren’t educated on.

While Natural gas continues to fall lower this does represent an opportunity to educated consumers who are willing to take on the risk of gas spikes. If a

consumer is concerned about an unexpected rate hike because of the commodity market in Natural Gas rising higher from anything from a hurricane to a mideast

war issue then stay away.

No one wants a higher electric bill but this is what happens when taking on your own risk instead of letting the electric company hedge the electric energy

and offer a fixed rate. Customers make the decision so long as they are informed about the rate, otherwise they get into a low rate they know nothing about.

Reliant Energy is a large enough experienced company to lead the way in providing a truly understandable natural gas electric plan that anyone can

understand. We hope they choose to do this.

Commerce energy is aggressively seeking new customers and have a 10 cent market rate that is competitive when put side-by-side the other Retail Electric

Providers.

Reliant energy, has a new PowerTracker plan that starts at 10.3 cents.

Reliant Energy’s rate is based on a Natural Gas formula using the NYMEX natural gas futures’ contract price and a market conditions multiplier that is

supposed to reflect market changes.

As with any electric rate the rate also has some built in fees related to the customer’s electric utility TDSP service area.

It is veyr important for consumers to stay informed because this plan is absolutely not for everyone and could easily be cause for some irate non paying

customers if Natural Gas Prices spke up.

With a residence you usually pay at the most $500 a month so if the electric rate spikes the Retail Electric Providers assume you will be able to pay the

bill still if the average month bill increases to say $1000. At this time a consumer who was unhappy could convert to a fixed price to avoid any future rate

spikes.

Because these plans have no long term commitment you can convert to fixed price at any time.

The big companies have coined the term “market-tracker” as the type of product that follows the Natural Gas futures market on the NYMEX exchange. The

market-tracker plan follows natural-gas prices. TXU’s plan is a 24-month contract with a $200 cancellation fee at 15 cents a killowatt hour right. This rate

is extraordinarily high and the people locking into this rate are being gouged severily.
The positive aspect of this plan is that it caps its rate and provides protection from short-term spikes. The negative to this plan is that it does so at a

premium that makes no sense for being so high.

Now that the “price to beat” rate is finished because of the government deregulation process, we will see continued lower rates in the form of market rates

for energy and fixed electric rates.

Gas prices were as high as $12 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita but since this time the natural gas spot price has dropped enough to allow for truly

discounted rates at around 10 cents per KWh.
Natural gas prices are purely a guessing game and are highly speculated as to what they will do next. As of Feb 2007 they are currently quite a nit above

the averages from lat year at this time. This is due largely to colder then expected weather. This week in Texas the weather is warming up again and

natural gas prices will likely drop the week of Feb 4 2007.

Because of the volatility, the lack of a minimum term may help consumers, he said.

“If prices get to the point beyond their tolerance level, they could leave the rate,” he said.

At this time the deregulated electricity market has not seen the low rates promised by the Texas deregulation plan but the more interest energy consumers

show in a true energy market rate the lower the rates will go.

The best residential electric contract option at this time in the market would be a 10 cent fixed priced product for residential customers. Right now the

demand is just not there for electric companies to go there.

Here are a few Retail Electricity Companies offering Market Rate prices following the natural gas market.

10.3 cents

Reliant Energy,

866-222-7100,

www.reliantenergy.com. Plan becomes available Monday.

10.4 cents

Commerce Energy, Costa Mesa, Calif.: 877-226-5425, www.commerceenergy.com. Includes $4.95 monthly service charge.

10.8 cents

StarTex Power,

866-917-8271,

www.startexpower.com.

10.8 cents

Amigo Energy,

888-469-2644,

www.amigoenergy.com. $6.95 charge for using less than 500 kWh.

SOURCES: Reliant Energy,

Commerce Energy, StarTex Power, Amigo Energy

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Natural-gas prices can be followed on www.naturalgasprice.net

Natural Gas Company List, Distribution, Transportation, and purchasers

contact — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:32:32 +0000

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Purchasers Company List:

Amerada Hess
American Refining
Amoco
Arco
Atlantic Richfield
Ashland
Basis Petroleum
BCO
Big Heart
Big West
BP
Calumet
Cardinal
Cenex
Champlin
Charter
Chevron
ChevronTexaco
Citgo
Citronelle
Coastal Derby
Coastal States
Coffeville
Conoco
ConocoPhillips
Conoco NGL
CountryMark
CRA
Crown Central
Diamond Shamrock
Douglas
Duke NGL
Dynegy
El Paso Petroleum
EnCana
EOTT
Equilion
Equiva
Ergon
Esso
Exxon
ExxonMobil
Farmland
Fina
Flint Hills
Frontier
Gary Williams
Genesis
Getty
Giant
Gibson
Gulf Oil
Humble
Hunt
Husky
Imperial Oil
JM Petroleum
Kerr-McGee
Koch
Link
Lion
Marathon
Miller
Mobil Oil
Montana Refining
Murphy
National Cooperative Refinery
(“NCRA”)
Navajo
Nexen
Oklahoma Refining
Pan American
Pennzoil
Permian
PetroCanada
Phibro
Phillips Petroleum
Plains
Pride
Quaker State
Scurlock
Scurlock Permian
Seminole Crude
Shell
Sinclair
Sohio
Sun
Suncor
Sunoco
Tesoro
Texaco
Total
Union 76
United Crude
UnoCal
Union Pacific
UPG-Falco
Valero

Major interstate pipelines

US Gas Pipelines in 2000

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Alliance Pipeline L.P.
ANR Pipeline Company — formerly Michican Wisconsin
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company
Centerpoint Energy – Mississippi River — formerly, Mississippi River Transmission
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
Dominion Transmission, Inc. — formerly Consolidated Gas Transmission
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
El Paso Natural Gas Company
Florida Gas Transmission Company
Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation [1] — formerly Pacific Gas Transmission
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership
Gulf South Pipeline Company L P — formerly, United Gas Pipeline Company
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC — owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, formerly Kansas Nebraska and KN Energy
Kern River Gas Transmission Company
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. [2]
Midwestern Gas Transmission Company
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
Natural Gas Pipeline Company Of America
Northern Border Pipeline Company
Northern Natural Gas Company
Northwest Pipeline Corporation
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP
Questar Pipeline Company
Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company
Southern Natural Gas Company
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Texas Eastern Transmission, L P [3]
Texas Gas Pipe Line Corporation
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC [4]
Texas-Ohio Pipeline, Inc.
Trailblazer Pipeline Company
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC
Trunkline Gas Company, LLC
Viking Gas Transmission Company
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.

Minor interstate pipelines

ANR Storage Company
Arkansas Western Pipeline, L. L. C
Black Marlin Pipeline Company
Blue Dolphin Pipe Line Company
Blue Lake Gas Storage Company
Boundary Gas, Incorporated
B-R Pipeline Company
Canyon Creek Compression Company
Caprock Pipeline Company
Central Kentucky Transmission Company
Central New York Oil And Gas Company, LLC
Chandeleur Pipe Line Company
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Cotton Valley Compression LLC
Clear Creek Storage Company, LLC
Crossroads Pipeline Company
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners
Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Distrigas Corporation
Dominion South Pipeline Co., LP
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company
Egan Hub Storage, LLC
Enbridge Pipelines (Alatenn) L.L.C. (formerly, Alabama-Tennessee)
Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) L.L.C. (formerly, Mid-Lousiana)
Enbridge Pipelines (Kpc)
Equitrans, L. P.
Energy West Development, Inc.
Freebird Gas Storage, L.L.C.
Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC
Gas Gathering Corporation
Gasdel Pipeline System, Inc.
Gulf States Transmission Corporation
Great Lakes Gas Transport, L.L.C.
Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.
Honeoye Storage Corporation
Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
The Inland Gas Company
Centra Pipelines Minnesota Inc.
Jupiter Energy Corporation
KO Transmission Company
Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
Markwest New Mexico L.P. (Pinnacle)
Millennium Pipeline Company, L.P.
MIGC, Inc.
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Michigan Gas Storage Company
Midwest Gas Storage, Inc.
Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC
Missouri Interstate Gas, LLC
Mobile Bay Pipeline Company
Mojave Pipeline Company
Ngo Transmission, Inc.
Nora Transmission Company
Norteño Pipeline Company
North Baja Pipeline, LLC
North Penn Gas Company
Oktex Pipeline Company
Overthrust Pipeline Company
Ozark Gas Transmission, L. L. C.
Penn-York Energy Corporation
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Pacific Interstate Transmission Company
Paiute Pipeline Company
Petal Gas Storage, L. L. C.
Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC (peak shaving storage — not an import terminal)
Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Richfield Gas Storage System
Riverside Pipeline Company, L. P.
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Entrega)
Sabine Pipe Line Company LLC
Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.
SCG Pipeline Inc. — merger pending with South Carolina Pipeline Corp
Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC
Southwest Gas Storage Company
Steuben Gas Storage Company
T C P Gathering Co.
Total Peaking Services, L. L. C.
Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company
Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline, L.P.
TransColorado Gas Transmission Company
Vector Pipeline L.P.
Venice Gathering System, L. L. C.
Washington Natural Gas Company
West Texas Gas, Inc.
Western Gas Interstate Company
Western Transmission Corporation
Westgas Interstate, Inc.
Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd.
Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.

Portland General Electric Company
Nornew Energy Supply, Inc.
Phillips Gas Pipeline Company
U S G Pipeline Company

Predominantly Offshore Pipelines

Natural Gas Company List, Distribution, Transportation, and purchasers

contact — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:32:29 +0000

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Purchasers Company List:

Major interstate pipelines

US Gas Pipelines in 2000

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Alliance Pipeline L.P.
ANR Pipeline Company — formerly Michican Wisconsin
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company
Centerpoint Energy – Mississippi River — formerly, Mississippi River Transmission
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
Dominion Transmission, Inc. — formerly Consolidated Gas Transmission
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
El Paso Natural Gas Company
Florida Gas Transmission Company
Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation [1] — formerly Pacific Gas Transmission
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership
Gulf South Pipeline Company L P — formerly, United Gas Pipeline Company
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC — owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, formerly Kansas Nebraska and KN Energy
Kern River Gas Transmission Company
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. [2]
Midwestern Gas Transmission Company
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
Natural Gas Pipeline Company Of America
Northern Border Pipeline Company
Northern Natural Gas Company
Northwest Pipeline Corporation
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP
Questar Pipeline Company
Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company
Southern Natural Gas Company
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Texas Eastern Transmission, L P [3]
Texas Gas Pipe Line Corporation
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC [4]
Texas-Ohio Pipeline, Inc.
Trailblazer Pipeline Company
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC
Trunkline Gas Company, LLC
Viking Gas Transmission Company
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.

Minor interstate pipelines

ANR Storage Company
Arkansas Western Pipeline, L. L. C
Black Marlin Pipeline Company
Blue Dolphin Pipe Line Company
Blue Lake Gas Storage Company
Boundary Gas, Incorporated
B-R Pipeline Company
Canyon Creek Compression Company
Caprock Pipeline Company
Central Kentucky Transmission Company
Central New York Oil And Gas Company, LLC
Chandeleur Pipe Line Company
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Cotton Valley Compression LLC
Clear Creek Storage Company, LLC
Crossroads Pipeline Company
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners
Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Distrigas Corporation
Dominion South Pipeline Co., LP
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company
Egan Hub Storage, LLC
Enbridge Pipelines (Alatenn) L.L.C. (formerly, Alabama-Tennessee)
Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) L.L.C. (formerly, Mid-Lousiana)
Enbridge Pipelines (Kpc)
Equitrans, L. P.
Energy West Development, Inc.
Freebird Gas Storage, L.L.C.
Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC
Gas Gathering Corporation
Gasdel Pipeline System, Inc.
Gulf States Transmission Corporation
Great Lakes Gas Transport, L.L.C.
Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.
Honeoye Storage Corporation
Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
The Inland Gas Company
Centra Pipelines Minnesota Inc.
Jupiter Energy Corporation
KO Transmission Company
Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
Markwest New Mexico L.P. (Pinnacle)
Millennium Pipeline Company, L.P.
MIGC, Inc.
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Michigan Gas Storage Company
Midwest Gas Storage, Inc.
Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC
Missouri Interstate Gas, LLC
Mobile Bay Pipeline Company
Mojave Pipeline Company
Ngo Transmission, Inc.
Nora Transmission Company
Norteño Pipeline Company
North Baja Pipeline, LLC
North Penn Gas Company
Oktex Pipeline Company
Overthrust Pipeline Company
Ozark Gas Transmission, L. L. C.
Penn-York Energy Corporation
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Pacific Interstate Transmission Company
Paiute Pipeline Company
Petal Gas Storage, L. L. C.
Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC (peak shaving storage — not an import terminal)
Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Richfield Gas Storage System
Riverside Pipeline Company, L. P.
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Entrega)
Sabine Pipe Line Company LLC
Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.
SCG Pipeline Inc. — merger pending with South Carolina Pipeline Corp
Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC
Southwest Gas Storage Company
Steuben Gas Storage Company
T C P Gathering Co.
Total Peaking Services, L. L. C.
Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company
Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline, L.P.
TransColorado Gas Transmission Company
Vector Pipeline L.P.
Venice Gathering System, L. L. C.
Washington Natural Gas Company
West Texas Gas, Inc.
Western Gas Interstate Company
Western Transmission Corporation
Westgas Interstate, Inc.
Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd.
Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.

Portland General Electric Company
Nornew Energy Supply, Inc.
Phillips Gas Pipeline Company
U S G Pipeline Company