據油價網2022年10月20日報道，美國聯邦能源管理委員會(FERC)周四在其最新一期的年度冬季評估報告中表示，美國所有地區都有足夠的能源資源度過一個“正常”的冬天，但這并不意味著美國所有地區都能安然度過冬天而不受干擾。

如果在美國部分地區出現非季節性的高溫，應該可以讓美國所有地區安然度過今年冬季供暖季，但今年冬天的任何極端天氣事件都可能導致燃料需求暫時激增，威脅電網的穩定。 

例如，在新英格蘭地區的6個州，發電量是“足夠的”，但燃料的限制可能是一個令人頭疼的問題。FERC認為德州擁有“強勁”的發電能力，但因無法從鄰近州進口燃料而受到限制。 

FERC認為，由于美國天然氣出口需求的增加和國內天然氣庫存水平的降低，今年冬天美國的天然氣價格將高于去年冬天。對于部分依賴液化天然氣進口的美國新英格蘭地區來說，液化天然氣價格屆時可能會特別高。

FERC認為液化天然氣的價格是一個值得關注的問題，并準備“解決市場操縱問題”。  

FERC說，天然氣價格上漲對消費者的影響是最重要的。盡管FERC不監管天然氣價格，但FERC有權處理市場操縱問題，FERC打算在這段通脹和價格高度敏感的時期保持特別警惕。  

北美能源標準委員會將于周五召開會議，確定天然氣和大型電力系統可靠性挑戰的解決方案。 

李峻 編譯自 油價網

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.