Policy risk
A joint state-space model for spot and futures power
Portfolio-wide risk management requires a model that accounts correctly for correlations between the spot asset and various futures products. Kjetil Kåresen and Egil Husby discuss a joint multi-factor model for power spot and futures prices and show how…
Managing risk under SMD
Scott Greene, Mark Niehaus and Pankaj Sahay examine the impact of Ferc’s proposed standard market design on power risk management
Through the looking glass
Unlike oil and natural gas, electricity generally suffers poor price transparency. Rachel Jacobson of FAME Information Services looks at power price discovery mechanisms in the US
Balancing the books
Regulators are taking advantage of a lull in power project development in the US to close loopholes in financing rules, reports Catherine Lacoursière
The price of good information
The accounting scandals across the US – particularly at Enron – have led to demands for more independent market data in the energy sector. Who’s providing it, and is it meeting the industry’s needs? Kevin Foster reports
Trouble at the paper mill
Maria Kielmas asks how energy users in Scandinavia are coping with medium-term price uncertainties and the threat of increased environmental legislation
A new cop on the beat?
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been severely criticised for its actions – or lack of them – during California’s disastrous attempt at deregulation. It is now hitting back at the energy industry. Kevin Foster reports
Enel waits on liberalisation
While Italian energy major Enel Group has systems in place to manage its individual market risks, it is delaying any decision on enterprise-level risk management software until Italy decides how it will proceed with energy liberalisation, finds Clive…
Pulling in different directions
Can Opec ever achieve harmonised foreign investment rules? Maria Kielmas talks to former Algerian energy minister Nordine Aït Laoussine – who says it will never work – and to harmonisation’s biggest supporter and architect Bernard Mommer, special adviser…
Discovering new frontiers
Joerg Engels and Volker Linde report on the changes Germany’s deregulated energy market will have to make as a result of the country’s banking act
Europe’s patchwork path to liberalisation
In the three years since the European Union’s Electricity Directive came into effect much has changed in Europe’s energy industry, but the industry is still far from achieving the goal of a pan-European energy market, as Matt Horsbrugh discovers
Utilities renegotiate to survive
For the past 10 years, Argentina’s privatised utilities have been icons of successful energy sector reform. But with the country’s deepening crisis, they face increased difficulties. What can investors do to mitigate such risks, asks Maria Kielmas
Enron’s online after-effects
Recent highly visible events in the US, including the Enron failure, the California electricity crisis and market power rulings by the government have all created considerable tumult and uncertainty, which are bound to have repercussions
Dealing with price risk
FAME Information Services outlines the main issues currently affecting power prices and looks at how companies should be covering themselves against the risks posed by the continuing process of deregulation