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Thursday Nov 30, 2023 |
The hydro outlook got a lifeline over the holiday weekend as after several weeks with increasingly dry forecasts, a weather system moved into the 10-day forecast that should deliver some much-needed precipitation to the region. The water is still a day away, but starting Friday and lasting ...
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Wednesday Nov 29, 2023 |
Last November was marked by colder than normal weather in both California and the Pacific Northwest. The cold, along with a low hydro year and other factors, led to chaos in the natural gas market and concern over natural gas storage levels in California. This November shaped up quite differently.
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023 |
The past couple of days have delivered the coldest temperatures of the 2024 winter season year-to-date where the Midwest is looking at single digit overnight lows with highs in the upper teens. If you move further south, the Plains are quite chilly along with the Texas Panhandle and the metro ...
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Monday Nov 27, 2023 |
The NYMEX session the prompt month is down twelve pennie, which puts the December 2023 contract at $2.74 as we enter the heart of bid week. The weather has turned since the holiday as the warm air mass that was centered over Alberta is migrating into the Midcon and Midwest later ...
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Wednesday Nov 22, 2023 |
It’s been a warm November so far in Alberta. The figure below shows cumulative HDDs for October through December so far this year compared to the last 6 years. Including the forecast that extends through the end of the month, this November will come to around 950 cumulative HDDs for Alberta.
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Tuesday Nov 21, 2023 |
The drive along the only road that connects the airport to West Maui takes you past three diesel-fired generator stacks along with a row of wind turbines that make a line up the mountainside. The white cap water movement gives you an indication of what is brewing when it comes to the wind ...
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Monday Nov 20, 2023 |
For many, this is a time of year where the annual Turkey Trot is in play or that Pre-Turkey Day meal of a “friendly” neighborhood flag football game in the friendly confines of an elementary school playground grassy area. For the energy sector, it is a week that symbolizes the ...
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Friday Nov 17, 2023 |
Earlier this November, the Washington State Department of Ecology announced the preliminary decision to pursue the linkage of the Washington carbon market with the California/Quebec carbon market. Crucially, for linkage to occur, Washington must sync up its handling of imports such that they are ...
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023 |
Last week in our Tuesday blog post we wrote about the start of the fall Chum operations on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. This is an operation that takes place each year at the start of November and is designed to support spawning for salmon returning to the lower portions of ...
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Wednesday Nov 15, 2023 |
As winter approaches, it’s vital that the supply stack is healthy in preparation for increased heating demand. One source of supply is running slightly behind schedule. The start of November usually marks a sharp decline in nuclear outages as regular maintenance wraps up. The first 11 ...
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