This panel will examine the current and forecast supply/demand balance for theNortheast region, including price determination. Panelists will discuss influences contributing to market volatility and challenges to forecasting such as:
•Influence on demand of coal retirements and gas/coal competition 
•Supply access to markets and pipeline capacity constraints 
•LNG imports and exports impacting Northeast markets 
•Delays and opposition to new pipeline construction
•Policy and regulatory changes

This panel continues to examine market dynamics in the Northeast region, focusing particular attention on:
•Perspectives from an integrated energy company, utility, capital management entity and marketer serving gas buyers  
•Current trends in the marketplace, and how the market responds 
•LNG developments 
•Gas/electric dynamics
•Creative, non-pipeline solutions to peak day demand shortfalls
•Weather index-related transactions as a risk management tool 
•The role the Marketers play in creating market efficiencies
•Impacts on the Northeast from other regions