...weather is going to do, but if you look at trends, even if we have a bad water year in 2014, because of lower natural gas prices we would expect to spend less on alternate power," he said.Although 2012 was a significant drought year, the...

...using MOX reactor fuel."There are several new players who want to participate in the program," he said. Low natural gas prices have pushed nuclear power producers to become more competitive, he said.Critics continue to seek a halt to the...

...expense was prudent.Wide fluctuations in coal and natural gas prices in recent years led to periods where the company...commission allowed the company to recover costs faster as natural gas prices were dropping. Now, the outstanding balance is...

...Temperatures rose above 100 degrees in Texas, Kansas and a number of other states Wednesday.That's giving a boost to natural gas prices, which rose 7 cents to $2.774 per 1,000 cubic feet. That's the highest closing price since Jan. 11.It...

...only way the state is reducing its reliance on coal. New drilling techniques that led to a significant drop in natural-gas prices prompted Georgia Power to begin switching generating plants from coal to gas, most recently at its Plant McDonough...

A plunge in the price of natural gas has made it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity, but U.S. electricity prices are going up.

...fuel accounts are over ? or under ? expected targets.Georgia Power attributes the drop in fuel costs to lower natural gas prices, which it says are due to increased supply. A mild summer also lessened demand for electricity.Fuel rates...

...Analysts are betting on good weather and even lower natural gas prices. They're "going to continue to go down," said...weather. A heat wave would boost power demand ? and natural gas prices ? as people crank up the air conditioning. But still...

...reductions would average about 19 percent.The rate reduction, spurred by reduced energy costs associated with lower natural gas prices, is unrelated to the Vogtle project.

...ticker symbol.In other newsA 10-MONTH SLIDE in natural gas prices took a breather after the government said U.S...percent, to the lowest price since Jan. 28, 2002. Natural gas prices have been falling since last June.