On December 24, UGI Utilities announced it is requesting customers to voluntarily reduce natural gas utilization through noon on Sunday due to regional natural gas supply constraints caused by extreme weather conditions.

[The request ended on December 25 at noon.]

UGI said natural gas customers can take simple conservation steps such as:

– Setting thermostats to 65 degrees, if health permits;

– Postponing use of natural gas appliances such as stoves, ovens, and clothes dryers;

– Avoiding use of natural gas fireplaces.

Customers with questions or concerns are urged to contact the UGI Call Center at 1-800-276-2722 for additional information. UGI, based in Reading, serves 730,000 customers in 45 Pennsylvania counties.

Visit the UGI Utilities website for more information.

(Map: Blue areas UGI natural gas service.)

NewsClips - Natural Gas Use:

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints  [PaEN]

-- UGI Natural Gas: Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions, UGI Is Asking 730,000 Customers In 45 Counties To Reduce Gas Use 

-- The Daily Item: UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Decrease Use Thru Noon Today To Combat A Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions

NewsClips - Electricity Use:

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 12,196 Customers Without Electric Power [6:00 a.m.]  [Tioga County - 5,754 customers out, 23.1% Outage; Tioga ranks #7 in natural gas production]

-- PJM Dec. 24 Video Update 4:15 pm: Mike Bryson, Sr. VP Operations: Keep Saving Energy

-- AP: PA, Other States Warned Of Rolling Blackouts, Asked To Conserve Electricity

-- WHYY: Turn It Off: Electricity Grid Operator PJM Asks Customers To Conserve Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PJM Interconnection Urges Customers To Conserve Electricity

-- Bloomberg: PJM Interconnection Orders Some Customers To Curtail Demand, Issues System-Wide Emergency 

-- Bloomberg: PJM Leans On Consumers To Keep Electric Grid Stable

-- PA PUC Echoes Call For Electricity Customers To Conserve Thru Holiday Weekend

-- PJM Interconnection: As of 12.23.22 9:00 p.m. Forecast Load: 131,181MW; Generation: 136,297MW; Winter Peak Demand Forecast: 137,000 MW

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Cuts U.S. Oil, Natural Gas, Power Output, Sending Prices Higher

Related Articles - Electric, Natural Gas:

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Outages Is Real’ -  A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request  [PaEN]

-- PJM, Members Prepared To Meet Winter Electricity Demand

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints  [PaEN]

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills

-- PUC Alerts Consumers Utility Natural Gas Costs Will Be Going Up By As Much As 128%, Electric Costs Will Be Going Up By As Much As 34%; Both Driven By Cost Of Natural Gas On World Markets  [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year

Related Articles This Week:

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Navy Veterans Patrick & Helen Robinson Relate Their 7-Year Struggle Dealing With Impacts Of Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Indiana County, And They Continue [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction  [PaEN] 

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long [PaEN]  

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests  [PaEN]

-- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety  [PaEN]

[Posted: December 25, 2022]

12/26/2022