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| Monday Nov 27, 2017 | |
| While spending Thanksgiving with my family back in Wisconsin, I got to witness first hand a few of battles, two of which persists throughout the year while the other gets hot and heavy for 10 days around the Turkey holiday. Let's start with the National Football League, where the Thanksgiving match-up pitted the Detroit Lions against the foe to the Northwest, the ... » read more | |
| Wednesday Nov 22, 2017 | |
| For the past week or so the majority of the meteorological discussions have been tailored around the strong "ridge" forming across the middle of the country. The pattern is driving temperatures well below normal in the East of the country while keeping things relatively warm in the West. It remains to be seen just how long the pattern will hold but we can ... » read more | |
| Tuesday Nov 21, 2017 | |
| This past Friday, Pacific Gas and Electric filed their rate case for 2019. There have been quite a few developments since the last increase was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. Safety issues, large decreases in gas demand and system improvements are fueling once again another huge increase in service costs. Rate cases are a long saga that will get ... » read more | |
| Monday Nov 20, 2017 | |
| California has been a focal point ever since the pipeline explosion and extended heat that hovered over the state in October. November has seen a near-term forward market stay bullish off the notion that the SoCal Gas system will be tight and its Citygate cash prices will skyrocket as system operators try to balance the system. Back in October, the strain on the ... » read more | |
| Friday Nov 17, 2017 | |
| Western US carbon policy has been coming across my radar screen quite a bit lately. There isn’t any “breaking news”, but there are a number of things going on that could have long term implications for western markets. The state of Washington is considering a carbon tax. The state of Oregon is contemplating a version of cap and trade that is independent of ... » read more | |
| Thursday Nov 16, 2017 | |
| October provided very strong wind throughout the central United States as both SPP and ERCOT saw their capacity factors increase substantially compare to that of August 2017.. In fact, the former saw its highest capacity factor (62%) of the year, which would have been higher if it not for massive curtailments throughout the month. The latter was similar ... » read more | |
| Wednesday Nov 15, 2017 | |
| As a part of the fallout of the brutally cold 2014/2015 winter ISONE was forced to take a hard look at their ability to reliability to provide power to the residence of New England through the winter months. Like many RTOs across the US, the ISONE grid is shifting away from dirtier/more expensive fuels like coal and oil in favor of pipeline fed natural ... » read more | |
| Tuesday Nov 14, 2017 | |
| After a little bit of delay, Dominion's Cove Point Liquefaction Terminal is set to start exporting volumes for tanker loading starting November 16. This has been a four year project to turn the Cove Point import terminal to an export facility. The 3.8 Billion dollar facility is capable of loading .75 BCF per day. Connections from Columbia - Loudoun, Transco-Pleasant ... » read more | |
| Monday Nov 13, 2017 | |
| Being a Green Bay Packer fan over the years has been exciting in a sense that I grew up watching a Hall of Fame quarterback in Brett Favre win a Super Bowl and three consecutive MVP awards. Back in 2005, Ted Thompson saw a guy by the name of Aaron Rodgers fall in the NFL draft and decided to use the Packers 1st round choice (24th overall) for his rights. In his ... » read more | |
| Friday Nov 10, 2017 | |
| We do a lot of valuation work on the consulting side of the EnergyGPS house. We estimate value and risk of a variety of electricity assets. The work tends to follow the asset development and investment cycle. In 2010 we valued a lot of thermal assets. Then came the wind projects. Then the solar projects. Transmission and hydro assets have been sprinkled in there as well. » read more | |