In Parched California, a Market for Canada’s Gas Emerges
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Driven out of their best U.S. markets by the shale boom, Canada’s gas producers are turning to the power-hungry West Coast.
Canadian gas shipments to Washington state are the highest seasonally since at least 2008, and exports through a border point in Eastport, Idaho, surged in November to a winter record, data compiled by Genscape Inc. show. Demand from California gas-fired power plants is increasing as a drought now in its fourth year cuts hydroelectric production.