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Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Shut Ahead of Storm Gordon, U.S. Gulf Coast...
Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall on September 4 over the lower Mississippi Valley. Meteorologists expect the storm to become a category one hurricane, bringing heavy rainfall, high...
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BREXIT: Cutting Ties or Creating New Ones?
In March 2019, the UK is due to leave the EU, raising a concern for experts who believe that a “hard Brexit” or “no-deal exit” would also mean that they pull out from the Internal Electricity Market...
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Gasoline Demand in the Carolinas Hits Historic Daily Highs Ahead of Hurricane...
Gasoline demand reached historic highs September 11 amid the imminent approach of Hurricane Florence to the North and South Carolina coasts and associated evacuation orders. Gasoline demand jumped to...
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Hidden Costs: Uncovering the Implicit Execution Risks of Retail Electricity...
In the first two articles of our retail electricity pricing blog series, we focused on the basic principles of rate setting for Retail Energy Providers (REPs), EDI partners, and billing providers. In...
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Long Awaited Ethane Surge Meets the Eye of the Supply Needle – the...
A major surge in ethane prices is making big news in the natural gas liquids (NGL) world the past few weeks. Ethane prices have awakened from a five-year nap at gas equivalent levels in the Gulf Coast...
View ArticleGenscape Launches Expanded Mexico Natural Gas Product Extending Coverage...
In response to the developing need for Mexican market transparency, Genscape, Inc., the world’s leading provider of real-time data and intelligence for commodity and energy markets, launched Mexico...
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Hokkaido Earthquake Grid Blackout Visualised with Genscape’s PowerRT
During the early morning of Thursday, 6 September 2018, the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido experienced a significant, 6.7 magnitude-earthquake at 3:07am (local time). Out of safety concerns,...
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Fall Maintenance in New England Brings Risks to Gas and Power Markets
Algonquin Gas Transmission Begins Their Biggest Maintenance Event of the YearAfter frequent rescheduling and downgrading, including a last-minute delay after market close last Friday, September 21, New...
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MISO Volatility: September Heat Drives Price Blowouts Across the Grid
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) declared a state of emergency on September 15, 2018, as price spikes rocked the market. Hot temperatures and a series of increasingly large demand...
View ArticleAs German Renewables Production Increases, Gas Moves up the Stack
During Summer 2018, Germany witnessed another season of increased renewable power generation. German solar output was at 34 terawatt-hours (TWh), up 5 TWh or 17 percent compared to last summer. German...
View ArticleAlso Energy Merges with Locus Energy, Genscape Retains Equity Stake and...
Genscape, Inc., announces the merger of Locus Energy, a solar monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the solar photovoltaic (PV) market, with Also Energy, an established leader in the...
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Mexican Pipeline Projects Delayed; Impacts on LNG and U.S. Imports Expected
On October 3, 2018, we received confirmation that the in-service date for two new Mexican pipelines is delayed. These delays change our forecast for Mexican supply, leading to higher-than-expected LNG...
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Load Factor: The Most Important Formula in Retail Pricing
In this blog series, we’ve already discussed a variety of the costs and risks to account for in a retail pricing model. Here, we focus on how important it is for Retail Energy Providers (REPs) to...
View ArticleGenscape Sues LPI For Misappropriating Trade Secrets and Misusing...
Genscape, the leading global provider of real-time data and intelligence for commodity and energy markets, recently filed suit against Live Power Intelligence (LPI) and LPI’s CEO, former Genscape...
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Changes in Generation Mix Impacts West Japan Power Prices during Summer Heatwave
Japan experienced a record-breaking heatwave in July 2018, spiking wholesale power prices across the grid. The monthly average temperature and the total solar irradiation were the highest in the region...
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Hurricane Michael Approaches Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Michael, officially upgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Hurricane late yesterday morning, continues to barrel toward the southeast U.S. and is expected to make landfall in the Florida...
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EPEX Splits Germany and Austria into two Separate Zones
As of 30 September 2018, the common bidding zone of Germany-Luxembourg-Austria of the EPEX SPOT was divided, with Germany-Luxembourg on the one hand and Austria on the other. Instead of unlimited...
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Hurricane Michael Impacts Local Gasoline Demand, Long-Term Effects to Supply...
Gasoline demand increased in the Florida Panhandle, southern Georgia, and South Carolina ahead of Hurricane Michael’s arrival to the areas, but repercussions to demand appeared to focus on rack cities...
View ArticleOne Size Does Not Fit All: Targeted Marketing Campaigns for Retail Energy...
In this blog series, we’ve covered the most important considerations of rate setting. Once all of these considerations are appropriately accounted for, customer enrollment kicks in. The two most common...
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Genscape Begins Monitoring Solar Farms in West Texas
Genscape recently added monitors on our first solar farm in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market in October 2018. Our monitoring of SolaireHolman is a milestone, marking the first...
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