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Wednesday Jan 16, 2019 |
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The government shutdown continues as we are in the 4th week where the division of party views seems to be at a stand still while many government workers are still coming to work only to bank their hours in hopes that business gets back to normal and checks get written and the bills need to be ...
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Tuesday Jan 15, 2019 |
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It has been a long time since we have had the opportunity to talk about heating load across the Lower 48. The climate has been in an El Nino pattern since the beginning of December which has kept the demand well below normal. But over the weekend the models confirmed a big change in the outlook.
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Monday Jan 14, 2019 |
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Over the years, the Western Markets have been one of the most volatile across all of North America. On the power side, we have the largest hydro system in the Lower 48 as well as a state (California) that started pushing their Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) a few years back and have ...
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Friday Jan 11, 2019 |
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To be 14 years old again, what a blast!! As I picked up my son from school, he asked if we could go to Taco Bell and get an 'Arctic Blast' drink as he was thirsty and it sounded good. I was like, "what the heck is an Arctic Blast?" He described it to me as a somewhat healthy drink ...
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Thursday Jan 10, 2019 |
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While I was out on a walk through the park, I noticed smoke billowing out of a chimney in the distance. I couldn’t help but think of how coal generation had ramped earlier this winter and wondered if this was still the case. As I reached my computer the following day, started to look at the ...
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Wednesday Jan 9, 2019 |
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Yesterday morning on my drive into work, I got a call from my mother, who still lives in God's Country (Wisconsin). At this stage in my parents life, my heart starts pounding for all the wrong reasons as the first thought is something must have happened back home. To my joy, it was just ...
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Tuesday Jan 8, 2019 |
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Recent weakness in the daily supply demand balancing has allowed the cash prices along the Gulf to drop back below the futures prices. This reverses a trend that has been in place since June with cash rices remaining well over the futures values. The result is that we have been getting ...
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Monday Jan 7, 2019 |
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Over the years prior to our eCommerce Newsletter package we discussed the Renewable penetration across all of North America as part of our North American Power and Natural Gas product. The conversation quickly reverts to the power burn component of the supply/demand balance as any ...
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Friday Jan 4, 2019 |
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Prior to October 8th, 2018, the Pacific Northwest was all about the upcoming hydro season and how California's gas situation might impact the transmission flows on both the AC and DC interties. That all changed when the Enbridge pipeline explosion near Shelley, British Columbia occurred that ...
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Thursday Jan 3, 2019 |
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In contrast to 2017-2018, temperatures remained mild over the winter holiday this year. Additionally, the surge in gas prices earlier has reverted back towards normal driving down fuel costs. These factors kept prices down throughout the Northeast causing efficient generators with cheap fuel costs ...
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