Powerisk Glossary

To help you understand some of the terms used on our website we have included a useful glossary of power terminology below.

Items highlighted in green link to news articles which relate to each term, usually where there has been some influence on the energy market.

Arbitrage
Backwardation  13
Baseload  14
Bear Market  170
Bid
Bmu
Broker
Bull Market  128
Call
Cap
Carbon  170
Climate Change  96
Coal  60
Collars {FSLASH} Zero Cost Collars
Conservative  3
Contango  24
Corruption  21
Dark Spread
Demand Weighted Price
Efa
Efa Calendar
Electricity  80
Embedded
EU  90
Finance  121
Forward Curve  150
Gas  229
Generation  160
GTMA
Hedged
Industry  60
Interconnector  34
IPE
Labour  9
Legs
Load Shape 44
Long
Lot Size
Low carbon technology  32
Mark to Market
Matrix  1
Mid
NBP
NISM
Nuclear  80
Off Peak  1
Offer
Oil  99
Oil  90
Options or Derivatives
Peak  5
Price
Prompt  123
Protocols  15
Put
Regulation  69
Renewable Energy  48
Risk Management  82
Russia  17
shape  9
Short
Slick Spread
Spark Spread
Spread  87
Spread
Spread
Squeeze
Standard Deal
Storage  53
Strike Price
Structured Deal
Summer  23
Supplier
Supply  110
Time Weighted Price
Transmission  30
UK Government  145
UK Opposition  1
Unhedged
Volatility  21
Volatility
Volatility  1
Volatility  52
War and Terrorism  11
Weather  150
Wholesale Market
Winter  40



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UK Government Faces legal challenge over FiT cuts  

14 November 2011


Friends of the Earth are seeking a judicial review following DECCs failure to amend its plans to significantly cut the current Feed-in-Tariffs. This follows another legal challenge that has been brought by solar power developer Solarcentury.  read more...

Italy draws attention  

11 November 2011


Greece will be pleased to be out of the spotlight as focus switches to Italy. Interest rates on Italian Bonds have risen above 7% - the level which caused Ireland and Portugal to go looking for help.  read more...

Market Responds Positively to Greek Coalition Government  

07 November 2011


Commodity prices strengthen on coalition Government news from Greece. Third day of gains in the oil markets helping to fuel other energy commoditities.  read more...

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