Southeast Florida's Resilient Water Resources
Southeast Florida, with a population of 5.5 million, is ranked as one of the ten most vulnerable coastal metropolitan areas in the world, Expected local impacts of global climate change include sea level rise, extremes in precipitation patterns, and more intense storms.
By Bruce B. Henning
Vice President, Energy Regulatory and Market Analysis ICF International
One important feature of current natural gas markets is the heavy reliance on relatively short-term contracts for the purchase of the commodity. When contrasted with the contract practices that existed 25 or 30 years ago, the extent of the changes in the nature of the market becomes clear. Prior to the restructuring of the industry, gas supply contracts often had terms as short as 10 years.
FASB Accounting Rules and Implications for Natural Gas Purchase Agreements
By Bente Villadsen and Fiona Wang
The Brattle Group
An overview of FASB accounting rules and their implications for natural gas contracts; normal purchases and sales exemption and fair value accounting treatment of natural gas contracts.
Natural Gas Price Volatility: Lessons from Other Markets
By Austin Whitman
M.J. Bradley & Associates, LLC
The report draws lessons from markets in the U.S., Europe, and Asia to determine (1) how natural gas markets are structured in the largest consuming regions of the world, (2) the effect that exposure to natural gas prices has had on corporate performance, and (3) how natural gas price movements relate to those of other commodities.
Managing Natural Gas Price Volatility: Principles and Practices Across the Industry
By Frank C. Graves and Steve H. Levine
The Brattle Group
This paper describes gas market risk characteristics; identifies risk management principles and tools for managing price volatility; describes risk management processes and controls, and analyzes limitations in managing price volatility; and compares industry hedging practices.
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