There’s more interest than ever in increasing coordination between the U.S. natural gas and electric power sectors. Each market now depends more heavily on the other than at any point in the past. Yet significant hurdles remain, many stemming from fragmented and distinct regulatory regimes; long-standing, fundamentally different physics and economic models; and deeply entrenched operating practices on both sides. In today’s RBN blog, we’ll continue our examination of gas-electric coordination by assessing the National Petroleum Council’s (NPC) recent recommendations and considering what could come next.
In Part 1 of this series, we provided an overview of the NPC’s December report, Reliable Energy: Delivering on the Promise of Gas-Electric Coordination, which was prepared at the request of Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Among other things, the report highlighted the reliability- and resilience-related risks associated with the increasing interdependence of gas and electric markets amid surging electricity demand. It also discussed the misalignment of these markets and the need to facilitate the buildout of new gas and electric infrastructure. Finally, the NPC made a series of recommendations aimed at improving gas-electric coordination.
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Today, we will zero in on what we see as the primary issues/challenges — and look at how we think this all may play out. In Part 1, we discussed a few of the NPC’s specific recommendations. This time, we will be looking more deeply into the underlying issues that have complicated the relationship between the gas and electric sectors for the past few decades and made it difficult — but not always impossible — for the two sides to agree on operational and other changes that might enhance gas-electric coordination.
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About the song
“Happy Together” was written by Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon and is the sixth cut on side one of The Turtles’ third studio album of the same name. The song was recorded in January 1967 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, where Turtles lead vocalist Howard Kaylan said he recorded his vocal in one take. It was released as a single in February 1967, where it knocked The Beatles’ “Penny Lane” out of the #1 slot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. Turtles bassist Chip Douglas did the arrangement on the song, with Joe Wissert handling the production chores. It remains the biggest hit record for the band to date. Personnel on the recording were: Howard Kaylan (lead vocals), Mark Volman (vocals), Al Nichol (lead guitar, piano, backing vocals), Jim Tucker (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Chip Douglass (bass, backing vocals, arrangement), John Barbata (drums, percussion) and Andy Cahan (organ). The single was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The Happy Together LP was recorded between January 1966 and April 1967 at United Western Recorders and Sunset Sound in Hollywood. Produced by Joe Wissert and Bones Howe, it was released in April 1967 and went to #25 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA. Three singles were released from the LP.
The Turtles were an American rock band formed in Westchester, CA. Led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, the group started as a surf-rock band called The Crossfires in 1965 and changed their name to The Turtles after signing with White Whale Records in Los Angeles. Kaylan and Volman later joined Frank Zappa’s Mothers (formerly the Mothers of Invention) and also released records of their own as Flo & Eddie. The pair became the go-to guys for background vocals on over 100 albums; T. Rex's hit record Bang A Gong is one of the best-known ones. The Turtles released five studio albums, 20 compilation albums, seven EPs and 26 singles. Their previous group, The Crossfires, released two singles and a compilation album. For several years Kaylan and Volman appeared together as The Turtles on the Happy Together Tour, which featured various artists from the 1960s. Volman continued fronting The Turtles until shortly before his passing in September 2025 at 78. Guitarist Jim Tucker died in November 2020 at 74 and drummer John Barbata died in March 2024 at 79.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
