Electricity
Power struggle
Forward liquidity has been lacking in the UK power market since 2002, and attempts to improve the situation have met with little success. Roderick Bruce considers what the future may hold for UK power trading
Market focus
Northern Europe’s power generation fleet is set to undergo drastic changes going into the next decade due to regulation and retirements. Point Carbon analysts Paulo Homen Cristo and Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer outline the potential impacts these factors…
The price isn’t right
Shifting European power marketstructures and fundamentalsmake price risk management formajor consumers a real challenge.Noreen Guy and Damien Coxexamine the most effectiveprocurement strategies
Borsa Italiana to launch power derivatives
Milan-based Borsa Italiana has signed an agreement with Italian power market regulator Gestore del Mercato Elettrico (GME) for commercial use of the national single price for electricity (prezzo unico nazionale – PUN).
Barclays Capital launches US power index
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, has launched the first US national benchmark index for power prices.
Texas power spikes set tone for summer
Recent surges in US wholesale power prices are driving debate as to whether current spark spreads are large enough to encourage new build. David Watkins reports
EDF Trading’s Nordic office commences business
EDF Trading, the subsidiary of EDF responsible for wholesale energy market activity, announces the opening of its Nordic office in Oslo, Norway
Texas power spikes set tone for summer
Surging wholesale power prices in the ERCOT region may set the tone for a summer of skyrocketing costs, say analysts.