2 New NatGas Peakers Coming to Ontario, Canada – M-U to Feed?
We spotted a story from Windsor, Ontario (Canada) that caught our attention. We discovered a new customer for Marcellus/Utica gas might be coming just across the border. The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) that controls Ontario’s electricity supply has approved a plan by Capital Power to build two more natural gas peaking units at its East Windsor Cogeneration Centre in Windsor’s Ford City. Where is Ford City? Just across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan, and close the Dawn Hub–a major natural gas hub that gets some of its gas from the M-U.
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Last summer Pennsylvania House Bill (HB) 2644 was passed into law, becoming Act 96 of 2022 (see 
The second annual Hydrogen Summit was held yesterday in Pittsburgh at the Energy Innovation Center Institute. The summit is a collaboration between Peoples Natural Gas, the Energy Innovation Center Institute, and Bedford Management Partners, with an aim to position the Pittsburgh region to be a leader in global energy innovation. Front and center at yesterday’s confab was talk about two applications from the Marcellus/Utica region hoping to receive money from a $7 billion pot that is part of Biden’s Hunger Games contest, money to be awarded to 6-8 new regional hydrogen hubs.
First, there was DUG, the 
Three far-left organizations, the Clean Air Task Force (CATF), Ceres, and ERM Group, published their third annual report, “Benchmarking Methane and other GHG Emissions of Oil and Natural Gas Production in the United States” (full copy below), which analyzes the production-based emissions of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S. While the aim of the report is to name-and-shame big oil and gas companies (the worst offenders) with respect to methane and so-called greenhouse gas emissions, the report could not gloss over the elephant in the room: This year’s analysis found that reported methane and greenhouse gas intensity in the oil and gas sector have declined 28% and 30%, respectively, between 2019 and 2021, despite an increase in natural gas and total hydrocarbon production.
Yesterday, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), an independent, nonpartisan group, named New York Governor Kathy Hochul (Democrat) its May 2023 “Porker of the Month” for signing a budget that bans gas stoves and furnaces in new residential buildings. Hochul signed a $229 billion behemoth budget bill that bans new construction from connecting to natural gas pipelines (outlawing new gas stoves and furnaces), as well as forces the shutdown of seven gas-fired peaker power plants (see 
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA Supreme Court to consider legality of joining RGGI; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: PDC Energy deal makes Chevron even more formidable in Colorado; Texas, New York take divergent paths on natural gas generation; NATIONAL: Natural gas falls for 3rd consecutive session; Current correction in natural gas sets up for next advance; Biden climate warrior nominee has big stake in oil and gas firm; Biden energy officials snub House GOP hearing on gas stove regs; INTERNATIONAL: Qatar warns Europe of gas shortages; Scotland taps AI to accelerate green hydrogen production; The race to secure long-term LNG contracts; Environmental NGOs – saviors of humanity or predatory special interests?