| CHAPTER 1 Natural Gas-An Overview |
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Miscellaneous information about natural gas |
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Deregulation in the natural gas industry |
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Natural gas restructuring summary |
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Regulations/laws that affect the production/supply segment |
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Regulations/laws that affect natural gas pipeline companies |
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Regulations/laws that affect local distribution companies |
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U.S. gas market changes over the last decade |
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| CHAPTER 2 Regulation of Natural Gas Local Distribution Company (LDC) |
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Natural gas - the plentiful fuel |
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Intrastate regulation (within the states) |
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Interstate regulation (between states) |
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The Influence Intrastate Regulation has on Natural Gas Costs |
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The natural gas regulation process |
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Major intrastate natural gas LDC's |
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| CHAPTER 3 Developing a Strategy for Reducing Natural Gas Costs |
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Producing a cost reduction strategy |
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What is an Applicable Tariff or Rate Schedule? |
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Sales tax and economic development enterprise zone data |
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Unregulated engineering service company (ESCO) programs |
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Why is reducing natural gas costs so complicated |
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| CHAPTER 4 Understanding the Natural Gas LDC Billing Process |
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The natural gas LDC billing process |
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Natural gas billing example - LDC full serving billing |
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Natural gas billing example - LDC delivery service |
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Marketer natural gas billing example - marketer natural gas delivery service |
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| CHAPTER 5 The Natural Gas Process |
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Natural gas - from exploration to customer burner tip |
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Interstate transportation |
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Intrastate natural gas pipelines |
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Intrastate transportation distribution |
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Classes of natural gas service |
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Alternate/backup fuel systems |
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The purchase of deregulation natural gas |
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Quantitative data required to evaluate an agent transportation contract |
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Interstate transportation - routing and cost |
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Necessary items on agent's billing to customer |
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| CHAPTER 6 The Deregulated Natural Gas Agent Contract Process |
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How to establish a fixed price for natural gas |
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The best contract for the customer |
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| CHAPTER 7 Billing, Nomination, Balancing, and Hedging Procedures |
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The monthly billing process- nomination and balancing procedures |
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| CHAPTER 8 Choosing a Natural Gas Consultant |
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The natural gas consultant |
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Establishing a natural gas cost reduction program |
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Natural gas bill auditors |
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| CHAPTER 9 Analyzing Your Facility for Natural Gas Savings |
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Putting all of the information to use |
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The natural gas evaluation process |
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Details of a thorough natural gas facility analysis |
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Items to consider when analyzing for natural gas savings opportunities |
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| CHAPTER 10 Synopsis of Natural Gas |
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Summary of natural gas cost reduction strategies |
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Comparison of natural gas costs with electricity costs |
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What customers need to do to reduce natural gas costs |
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| CHAPTER 11 Glossary of Natural Gas Terms |
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| INDEX |
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