...is 70 cents per therm, down from 71 cents in November. "We've seen some ups, we've seen some downs," said Vince Chavez, manager of the Department of Commerce's natural gas unit. "This is a readjustment to the market conditions with...

...winter, but the bad news is that I don't think they'll ever go back to the levels of the past 10 years," said Vince Chavez of the Commerce Department. Reliant Energy Minnegasco reports that in January it saw a 7.5 percent increase in the...

...for natural gas in the 1999 calendar year, but will end up paying $750 in 2000. "We're in new territory," said Vince Chavez, Commerce Department natural gas supervisor. "We're going to have to conserve like we've never done before...

...consumption up, wholesale natural gas prices are about 50 percent higher than they were at the same time last year, said Vince Chavez, supervisor of the natural gas unit at the Minnesota Department of Commerce's Energy Division. Residential natural...

...gas into storage, Klenken said. "Last year at this time, storage was in better shape than it was now," he said. Vince Chavez, who supervises the natural gas unit at the Minnesota Commerce Department, said that agency's survey shows prices...

...is nearly double the rate of 53 cents a therm in March 2002. "Energy markets are quite volatile right now," said Vince Chavez, supervisor of the Minnesota Commerce Department's natural gas unit.

...the Northwest or Midwest, and it's been cool enough in the South and the West to suppress cooling demand," said Vince Chavez, the department's supervisor of the natural gas unit. "With those pressures off, utilities have been able to put...