Electricity forwards
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings: firms provide a lifeline in choppy waters
Winners of the 2021 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings supported clients in unprecedented times to be voted counterparties of choice
Energy Risk Commodity Rankings: the return of geopolitical risk
Geopolitical tensions introduced extreme volatility to many commodity markets in 2018, while environmental markets began to take off
UK balancing market opening up to industrials
Will efforts to open UK balancing market garner interest beyond suppliers and aggregators?
Power traders slam Spain’s mooted plant closure rules
Tougher closure criteria would distort power prices and harm functioning of the market, say traders
Intraday power storage and demand optionality
George Levy discusses the value of intraday power storage and demand optionality in UK power contracts
Falling margins force energy firms to expand data use
Verification and model challenges arise as volatility and margins dry up
Uniper’s Khan on risk transformation and green energy
As energy markets change risk management should be at the heart of business strategy, says Novera Khan
Brexit roils UK electricity firms’ carbon hedging plans
Utilities may unwind hedges amid uncertainty over EU emissions market
Battery storage to transform power market models
The development of economical battery storage could rewrite the rules of electricity trading and create a need for newer and more sophisticated models, say market participants
Conference emphasises need for renewables response
Accommodating rises in renewable electricity production means looking at capacity markets and changes to EU target model, suggest participants at Energy Risk Summit Europe
UK power market investigation overshadowed by EMR
A Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe into the UK power market, which may result in a radical shake-up of the sector, is coming amid major changes to the industry under Electricity Market Reform. How the CMA reconciles this will be closely…
Energy trading firms may rue the decline of quants
Quant finance transformed energy markets, but has been met with a lack of enthusiasm and investment since the financial crisis. That is a shame, say industry veterans, who point to a number of areas that could benefit from a renewed focus on quantitative…
UK electricity market likely to be hit by CMA probe
A shake-up of the UK power market is viewed as one likely outcome from a competition investigation into the country’s energy sector, but observers say the probe is being overshadowed by forthcoming regulatory reform
Electricity House of the Year: Citi
Despite cutbacks and withdrawals among banks and large utilities, Citi has seen its commitment to the power market matched by strong revenue growth in the past 18 months
UK power market licence changes ‘no silver bullet’
Ofgem’s moves to increase electricity market liquidity for small suppliers are a step in the right direction, but more must be done, argue market participants
Firms expect power market coupling to have tangible impact
The process of power market coupling is continuing across Europe, with the largest and most ambitious project to date going live in February. But how do market participants feel about market coupling and how it will affect their businesses? Stella…
UK power firms call for quick implementation of EMR
Despite worries about UK Electricity Market Reform, market participants call on government to press ahead
New FCA deadline for power and gas forwards ‘more realistic’, says industry
A decision to delay a deadline for brokers to review their classifications of physically settled gas and power forwards by two months has been welcomed by industry participants
Influx into Italian electricity
Interest in Italian power trading has picked up lately, according to market participants. Nonetheless, the market remains dogged by challenges, including a lack of exchange liquidity and excess supply in the midst of an economic slump. Gillian Carr…
Overcoming power hedging constraints
With inherent hedging issues, gas prices set to rise and increased competition driving volatility, Lianna Brinded takes a look at how existing hedging strategies for power generation assets need to be reassessed
Video: Q&A with Trevor Morgan
Trevor Morgan of the International Energy Agency (IEA) talks to Energy Risk about phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, unconventional gas, why Copenhagen was a failure and the outlook for renewables.