Our gas buyer panelists will give you solid and valuable insight into what is currently working, what they have learned from volatility and what they will do differently next time. Topics of discussion to include:

1. Are customers switching to natural gas from alternate fuels, or to alternate fuels from natural gas?
2. How did the adverse weather and curtailments affect your purchasing strategies?
• How will this winter impact your purchasing going forward?
• Do you plan on using more or less long-term supply contracts vs. long term hedging agreements? Will they start to make a comeback after this winter?
3. How do the increasing shale supplies affect your gas purchasing and contracting practices?
• Did shale help to mitigate what might have been an even more volatile winter season?
• Is the new transport enough to meet the new demands of the province?
4.Are you planning to supplement your portfolio with renewable generation?
5. Will we see LNG exports from North America?
6. Have you seen an impact from new natural gas demand for vehicle fueling (CNG/ propane)?
7. Given the current state of storage inventory, have you adjusted your storage-injection plan? Do you think the industry will fill storage to levels required for the next heating season?
8. How predictable is your gas consumption?
9. How are you dealing with Cap and Trade?   Will the costs flow through to the customer or be absorbed?
10. What factors, other than price, influence your decision to choose one supplier over another?