In this month’s issue, Olga Gorstenko’s editorial letter reviews aspects of an industry discussion recently launched by FERC about the potential centralization of natural gas procurement and transacting processes. This is an attempt, ultimately, to bridge the gap between the increasingly interdependent natural gas and electric power industries. Vera Tikhomolova revisits the subject of current geopolitical and market trends affecting the global natural gas market, focusing in this issue’s In Depth on demand. Numerous short articles provide updates on IFC’s new financing program to strengthen India’s capital markets, Platts’s discontinuation of electricity assessments for ISO markets, and more.
