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Here is early May’s market update:
Reasons to Buy:
- Structural demand is projected to continue increasing.
- When you strip away the effects of the bearish weather we’ve experienced, the supply/demand balance easily flips to bullish.
- Moving into warmer months, projections of a hot summer (and anticipated cooling demand) will have an increasingly stronger influence.
Reasons to Wait:
- Current near-term forecasts continue to be mild (low heating and cooling demand for energy).
- Market fell today amid cooler early summer forecasts.
- With natural gas production growth projected and significantly higher rig counts versus last year, the market could fall if incremental demand doesn’t show up.
Gas Market Highlights:
- Last week was the 3rdstorage report and 3rd injection of the 2016-17 Injection Season. Injection (74 BCF) was in line with analysts’ expectations (67 – 78 BCF). Storage is now 358 BCF below last year’s level and 299 BCF above the 5 year average.
- Year over year deficit has decreased 2.7% since the previous week.
- Surplus over 5 year average has increased 6.0% since the previous week.


June 2017 NYMEX trading at 3.231 after opening at $3.249

Weather Highlights:
- Next 7 days:
- 1-6 below normal in the eastern US and 1-6 above normal in the West.
- Week following:
- 1-3 degrees below normal in the Northeast and South.

Note: Although natural gas does not necessarily indicate where electricity pricing is at, it is good as a general barometer for electricity markets as a whole. When gas gets expensive, so does electricity generated from natural gas.