Autumn temps spark rise in heating demand

摘要

The arrival of autumn-like temperatures across much ofrnthe US has prompted a recent surge in residential-commercial gasrndemand and a simultaneous drop in power burn, an analysis of datarnfrom Platts Analytics’ Bentek Energy showed Monday.rnIn the week ending October 3, res-comm demand climbed to anrnaverage 14.1 Bcf/d and was up nearly 14% from consumption thatrnaveraged 12.4 Bcf/d in the week prior.rnConsumption of gas for power generation, meanwhile, declined byrnover 19% in the last week, averaging 24.9 Bcf/d. By comparison,rngenerators consumed an average 30.8 Bcf/d in the week endingrnSeptember 26.