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According to a study performed by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), the demand for natural gas in the United States is expected to rise from today's level of 22 trillion cubic feet per year to a projected 30 trillion cubic feet per year in the next ten years. In order to meet the need for this new capacity, the natural gas industry must build at least 2,000 miles of new pipeline each year at a cost of over $32 billion. With these large expenditures and tremendous expansion requirements, natural gas companies must make important business decisions about how to best spend their money for the greatest return. Many companies will be adding additional horsepower for transportation of gas through their pipelines. With deregulation, there is growing consideration for alternative and non-traditional energy sources for this added horsepower. Traditionally, transporters of natural gas would use gas from their pipeline to fuel the horsepower required to transport their product. In today's competitive environment, companies must investigate alternative fuel sources, such as electricity. Logic would dictate that it would be a better decision to use the readily available, inexpensive, natural gas from the pipeline to fuel compression which would transport the natural gas. Since many electric utilities use natural gas as a fuel source to produce their product, it is not logical that it may be a better business decision for gas pipelines to use electricity as a fuel to deliver this natural gas. However, in some situations, this is the best business decision. Each case must be considered individually and many aspects must be investigated in order to make the right decision.
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