Hirs: Make gas energy more attractive
HOUSTON
As chief financial officer of DJ Resources, an oil and gas producer in the Rockies, I am forced to watch a ridiculous example of why America is losing its struggle for energy independence.
The promise of natural gas deregulation was that consumers in New Haven could purchase natural gas from producers in the Rockies, Louisiana or Texas and pay a normal transportation charge to move the gas to their homes. Deregulation was only partially accomplished. For much of the past month, natural gas cost New Haven consumers more than $7 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) while...
