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| Friday Oct 20, 2017 | |
| I try to keep politics out of the newsletters. I’m in the energy business. I’ve lived in Portland, Oregon for 20 years – let’s just say it is a liberal city. I’ve spent a few years of my professional life living in Oklahoma and Texas – let’s just say those are not liberal places. I have friends, colleagues, and clients in the energy ... » read more | |
| Thursday Oct 19, 2017 | |
| SPP has seen very high wind this month and is forecast to reach an all-time high moving into this weekend on Friday and Saturday. Unlike gas and coal units, wind cannot be controlled easily by the plant. Figure 1 shows the wind and thermal stack for SPP. As shown in the chart, the variations in wind are compensated for by thermal units generating more or less during any ... » read more | |
| Wednesday Oct 18, 2017 | |
| On October 12th there was an issue at the Berne compressor on the Tetco pipeline which led to a forced majeure as throughput fell from 1.8 Bcf to 0. The Berne compressor sits in southern PA and stifled flows to the South Central region and resulted in lower overall production volumes. However there was an unexpected consequence that occurred in a neighboring ... » read more | |
| Tuesday Oct 17, 2017 | |
| We have been following California energy economics for two decades. One the qualities of the market that has stood the test of time is that it is an island. The demand needs of the state far exceed its supply abilities. Thousands of miles of pipelines and transmission facilities have been built over the past 60 years to accommodate the consumers on California Island. This ... » read more | |
| Monday Oct 16, 2017 | |
| Over the past few weeks, the Northeast has seen nothing but red when it comes to the temperature charts as the region has been well above normal. This trend looks to continue as we head into the back half of October. Figure 1 | NYISO Weather Forecasts - Daily ... » read more | |
| Friday Oct 13, 2017 | |
| As I’m sure the reader can appreciate, each one of these newsletters starts with an empty page. Sometimes it can be a challenge to fill up the page. At other times, it is easy. Sometimes it is fun. Other times it requires more labor. Today’s newsletter is both fun and easy to write. » read more | |
| Thursday Oct 12, 2017 | |
| As PJM continues to ramp up its gas capacity, coal to gas switching has become more elastic. Figure 1 displays the coal to gas switching ratios of 2016 and 2017. The X axis shows the price of Appalachian coal in dollars per mmbtu divided by the price of TETCO M3 gas compared to the percent of gas in the total coal and gas in real time generation. The additional 3 GW of ... » read more | |
| Wednesday Oct 11, 2017 | |
| Along the US/Canadian border there are multiple high voltage power lines which allow for power exchanges between the two countries. Some of the largest ties run from Quebec into NY (HQ) and New England (Phase I/II) which combine to provide 3,500 MWs of transfer capacity. Typically, the power flows south over the border as the primarily hydro based power ... » read more | |
| Tuesday Oct 10, 2017 | |
| Being a Green Bay Packer fan and owning a business in the energy sector, the two things I watch this time of year is the National Football League (NFL) North match-ups and the weather across all of North America. The former has the Packers on top of the division with a 4-1 record as they beat the Dallas Cowboys on last second touchdown pass by Aaron Rodgers to DaVante ... » read more | |
| Monday Oct 9, 2017 | |
| As we entered into the weekend, the tropical storm (Nate) was quickly turning into a Category 1 hurricane which was headed to the mainland somewhere between Louisiana and Alabama. As of Saturday morning, the latest track had it making landfall late Saturday evening just southeast of New Orleans. Figure 1 | Hurricane Nate's Track ... » read more | |
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