Gas market takes a hit as Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas
Demand for power seen plunging as people evacuate and temperatures fall
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HURRICANE Harvey has forced natural gas drilling platforms to evacuate and pipelines to shut, curbing supplies of the power-plant fuel across the US Gulf Coast. So why aren't electricity and gas prices skyrocketing?
Because Harvey, which slammed into Texas as the worst hurricane the region has seen in a decade, also sapped power and gas demand as people evacuated and temperatures fell.
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