natural gas. You may even use natural gas for cooking. However, those uses are not the primary uses of natural gas

in the U.S. In late 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, home heating, cooling, and

cooking accounted for nearly 20% of natural gas usage. What accounts for the rest? The greatest uses for natural

gas are the generation of electric power (almost 37%) and in industry (30%). Together these three uses for natural

gas touch many areas of our lives, so why would there be any opposition to a merger of two natural gas firms? After

all, a merger could mean increased efficiencies and reduced costs to people like you and me.

In October 2011, Kinder Morgan and El Paso Corporation, two natural gas firms, announced they were merging. The

announcement stated the combined firm would link “nearly every major production region with markets,” cut costs
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