據(jù)油價(jià)網(wǎng)2022年10月20日?qǐng)?bào)道，美國(guó)聯(lián)邦能源管理委員會(huì)(FERC)周四在其最新一期的年度冬季評(píng)估報(bào)告中表示，美國(guó)所有地區(qū)都有足夠的能源資源度過(guò)一個(gè)“正常”的冬天，但這并不意味著美國(guó)所有地區(qū)都能安然度過(guò)冬天而不受干擾。

如果在美國(guó)部分地區(qū)出現(xiàn)非季節(jié)性的高溫，應(yīng)該可以讓美國(guó)所有地區(qū)安然度過(guò)今年冬季供暖季，但今年冬天的任何極端天氣事件都可能導(dǎo)致燃料需求暫時(shí)激增，威脅電網(wǎng)的穩(wěn)定。 

例如，在新英格蘭地區(qū)的6個(gè)州，發(fā)電量是“足夠的”，但燃料的限制可能是一個(gè)令人頭疼的問(wèn)題。FERC認(rèn)為德州擁有“強(qiáng)勁”的發(fā)電能力，但因無(wú)法從鄰近州進(jìn)口燃料而受到限制。 

FERC認(rèn)為，由于美國(guó)天然氣出口需求的增加和國(guó)內(nèi)天然氣庫(kù)存水平的降低，今年冬天美國(guó)的天然氣價(jià)格將高于去年冬天。對(duì)于部分依賴液化天然氣進(jìn)口的美國(guó)新英格蘭地區(qū)來(lái)說(shuō)，液化天然氣價(jià)格屆時(shí)可能會(huì)特別高。

FERC認(rèn)為液化天然氣的價(jià)格是一個(gè)值得關(guān)注的問(wèn)題，并準(zhǔn)備“解決市場(chǎng)操縱問(wèn)題”。  

FERC說(shuō)，天然氣價(jià)格上漲對(duì)消費(fèi)者的影響是最重要的。盡管FERC不監(jiān)管天然氣價(jià)格，但FERC有權(quán)處理市場(chǎng)操縱問(wèn)題，F(xiàn)ERC打算在這段通脹和價(jià)格高度敏感的時(shí)期保持特別警惕。  

北美能源標(biāo)準(zhǔn)委員會(huì)將于周五召開(kāi)會(huì)議，確定天然氣和大型電力系統(tǒng)可靠性挑戰(zhàn)的解決方案。 

李峻 編譯自 油價(jià)網(wǎng)

原文如下：

FERC Sees High LNG Prices This Winter

All regions in the United States have adequate energy resources for a “normal” winter, but that doesn’t mean all regions will coast through winter without disruption, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said on Thursday in its new annual winter assessment report.

Calls for unseasonably warm temperatures across some parts of the United States should allow all regions of the United States to escape the winter heating season unscathed, but any extreme weather events this winter could lead to temporary surges in fuel demand, threatening the stability of power grids.

In the six New England states, for example, power generation is “adequate”, but fuel constraints could be a headache. FERC sees Texas as having “robust” capacity, but is limited by its inability to import power from neighboring states.

The FERC sees natural gas prices for this coming winter higher than last winter due to rising nat gas demand via exports and lower nat gas storage levels. For New England, which relies in part on LNG imports, the prices could be particularly high.

The FERC sees the price of LNG as a cause worthy of attention and is ready to “address market manipulation.”

“The impacts of rising natural gas prices on consumers are top of mind. Although FERC does not regulate natural gas prices, we do have authority to address market manipulation and we intend to remain particularly watchful during this period of inflation and high price sensitivity,” FERC Chairman Rich Glick said in a Thursday press release.

The North American Energy Standards Board will meet on Friday to identify solutions to reliability challenges with natural gas and bulk electric systems.