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Thursday Dec 8, 2022 |
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This past weekend brought the city of Portland its first snow of the season, with the flakes picking up a little after nine in the morning and lasting through the late afternoon. School-age children stomped their feet and cursed the skies for not waiting one more day before the snow arrived ...
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Wednesday Dec 7, 2022 |
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In November 2022 blue was the dominant color in the forecast for the west coast. Both the Pacific Northwest and California saw a significant increase in heating degree days over the 5-year average for the month. This was an extra chill on top of already falling normal temperatures as we move closer ...
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Tuesday Dec 6, 2022 |
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This winter was supposed to be different. Just six months ago the natural gas market was struggling with a bevy of bullish factors that were expected to cause record high prices to last through this winter. The winter NYMEX HH futures strip was priced at $9. Storage was expected to enter the ...
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Monday Dec 5, 2022 |
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The renewable sector continues to take front and center in the California, Texas and Central Midwest power markets as CAISO has its battery fleet while ERCOT and SPP are deep into wind capacity growth over the years. We cannot forget about the solar influx seen with both behind-the-meter and ...
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Friday Dec 2, 2022 |
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The US natural gas pricing environment has softened a bit over the past couple of months, but it was not too long ago that double digit prompt month ticks were part of the daily conversation. In other parts of the world, they wish their natural gas price was in price range but with the push ...
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Thursday Dec 1, 2022 |
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As we officially take our first step into December there are changes aplenty taking place across the country as the air grows brisker and yuletide carols blaring over the car radio. Taking a walk around the neighborhood at night I see more and more houses adorned with lights and the bright ...
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Wednesday Nov 30, 2022 |
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The SPP market continues to deal with its fair share of wind generation, especially when compared to the overall demand across the North and South region. As far back as October, the system operators have resorted to renewable curtailments to balance their grid often. The block of hours ...
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022 |
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Over the past decade PG&E has made a number of changes to reduce operating costs on their gas distribution system in order to fund the growing costs attributed to renewables transition as well as the most recent bankruptcy settlement. Some of those decisions included the retirement of two gas ...
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Monday Nov 28, 2022 |
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The month of November flown by rather quickly as December 2022 is right around the corner. If you lived in Western Canada or the Pacific Northwest portion of the Lower 48, you have dealing with well-below normal temperatures throughout and the last few days of November are no different. ...
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Wednesday Nov 23, 2022 |
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Last Friday, the EPA announced a decision to deny General James M Gavin Power Plant an extension to continue disposing waste in an unlined coal ash pond. Located in Ohio and serving PJM, the plant is the ninth-largest coal plant in the country with a capacity of 2,680 MW. The decision comes from ...
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