Record levels for production, power burn and storage injection will make 2015 a record year for natural gas, Jeff Moore, senior energy analyst at Platts unit Bentek Energy, told attendees Friday at the 38th annual Coal Marketing Days conference in Pittsburgh. Moore said that while coal plant retirements have helped fuel an increase in natural gas generation, the real driver behind in the rise in demand is the commodity’s continued low price. With the Henry Hub price staying below $3/MMBtu, natural gas generation is deployed ahead of coal, Moore said. Bentek data shows that natural gas demand has remained above five-year highs for the entire year and it predicts that trend will continue through the end of 2015. Article continues below… Platts Natural Gas Alert provides global coverage of the major natural gas and LNG markets, including real-time spot market transactions reported as deals are done and key end-of-day […]