AGA Confirms Plans to Continue Storage Survey Until May 
The American Gas Association (AGA) confirmed that it will continue its weekly storage report until May 1 following requests by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  In October, the association announced plans to discontinue the report on Jan. 2 because it drained resources committed to other programs more beneficial to AGA members. Subsequent to that announcement, the Energy Information Administration announced plans to begin its own weekly survey of natural gas storage levels, but the EIA said it could not have its survey system operational by Jan. 2. EIA requested that AGA continue its survey to avoid a lapse in information during the winter heating season. 
AGA said it intends to meet that request, but continued publication is contingent on the availability of AGA resources, continued voluntary reporting by the reporting storage operators and the timing of the EIA survey under development.