Gains Seen Across the Curve
There was no sign of an early Christmas in the power market on Friday with a 'flurry' of trading resulting in gains across the power curve. read more...
21 December 2009
There was no sign of an early Christmas in the power market on Friday with a 'flurry' of trading resulting in gains across the power curve. read more...
New trading levels anticipated in UK Power Markets
The electricity market saw two main technical levels breached for the first time in the Summer 10 and Winter 10 contracts. read more...
28 August 2009
The electricity market saw two main technical levels breached for the first time in the Summer 10 and Winter 10 contracts. read more...
Night Night Power Market!
The market seems warm and cosy (aka stable with low volatility) - but wait until the players return in September! read more...
07 August 2009
The market seems warm and cosy (aka stable with low volatility) - but wait until the players return in September! read more...
Budget day sees the UK set lead on carbon
The chancellor stated that he wanted the UK to cut emissions by 34% by 2020. read more...
22 April 2009
The chancellor stated that he wanted the UK to cut emissions by 34% by 2020. read more...
Ofgem enquiry completed
Ofgem have completed their competition probe and not really delivered for business. read more...
18 March 2009
Ofgem have completed their competition probe and not really delivered for business. read more...
Dong buy Severn Power
The Danish energy utility, Dong have bought one part of Carron Energy. read more...
10 March 2009
The Danish energy utility, Dong have bought one part of Carron Energy. read more...
Market ticks up
The power market ticked up marginally today on the back of retail clients starting to hedge exposures out of April 09. read more...
04 March 2009
The power market ticked up marginally today on the back of retail clients starting to hedge exposures out of April 09. read more...
Does a bankers pension affect the UK power market?
As Fred Goodwin the departed RBS chief exec weathers the media storm over his pension pot, Powerisk asks if his decisions are affecting the power market. read more...
27 February 2009
As Fred Goodwin the departed RBS chief exec weathers the media storm over his pension pot, Powerisk asks if his decisions are affecting the power market. read more...
Oil prices fall marginally
Oil prices fall back after the largest single daily rise ever seen in the market. read more...
09 June 2008
Oil prices fall back after the largest single daily rise ever seen in the market. read more...
Market falls on oil.
The market has moved down by approximately £1 across the curve as oil prices finally take their toll on UK power. read more...
05 June 2008
The market has moved down by approximately £1 across the curve as oil prices finally take their toll on UK power. read more...
Oil price reaches record high
Oil price continue to climb spooking most markets. read more...
04 March 2008
Oil price continue to climb spooking most markets. read more...
Electricity Labelling called for by retail
Electricity labelling not very well thought out as the costs will far outweigh any of the benefits. This would be classic spin for no reason. read more...
06 February 2008
Electricity labelling not very well thought out as the costs will far outweigh any of the benefits. This would be classic spin for no reason. read more...
Ofgem question ERA
Ofgem cover their backs by writing to the ERA, who not surprisngly respond with a "Who me?" attitude. read more...
21 January 2008
Ofgem cover their backs by writing to the ERA, who not surprisngly respond with a "Who me?" attitude. read more...
Prices could retreat on fundamentals
Electricity prices could start to fall as players turn to the fundamentals in oil and gas. read more...
18 January 2008
Electricity prices could start to fall as players turn to the fundamentals in oil and gas. read more...
Price setting - Evan Davis
Evan Davis' article on Setting prices is well worth a read Powerisk has a few additions to his story. read more...
16 January 2008
Evan Davis' article on Setting prices is well worth a read Powerisk has a few additions to his story. read more...
Will the market start from a hedged position?
The budget versus trading debate often comes up at this time of year, when players see high prices and start to look at the new tarding year ahead. read more...
15 January 2008
The budget versus trading debate often comes up at this time of year, when players see high prices and start to look at the new tarding year ahead. read more...
Big Six collude
Although the headline suggest that the big six get together and set price, in reality it is unlikely that they actually do. read more...
14 January 2008
Although the headline suggest that the big six get together and set price, in reality it is unlikely that they actually do. read more...
Nuclear go ahead of sorts
Nuclear given go-ahead but there is still a lot to do before they produce electricity most predict it will be 2020 before the first project gets on the bars. read more...
10 January 2008
Nuclear given go-ahead but there is still a lot to do before they produce electricity most predict it will be 2020 before the first project gets on the bars. read more...
NPower set to annouce retail price increases.
Could recessionary pressures be coming from the UK power companies as Npower looks set to break ranks. read more...
03 January 2008
Could recessionary pressures be coming from the UK power companies as Npower looks set to break ranks. read more...
The future RWE and GE
The future is electricity storage the first to achieve it will become very rich. read more...
27 December 2007
The future is electricity storage the first to achieve it will become very rich. read more...
Traders seem to balance badly
Traders keen to see Christmas early as they continue to withdraw from Rough. read more...
21 December 2007
Traders keen to see Christmas early as they continue to withdraw from Rough. read more...
Don't switch!
Price war looming in gas and electricity prices, but RWE play it cool with a close of doors to new customers. read more...
17 December 2007
Price war looming in gas and electricity prices, but RWE play it cool with a close of doors to new customers. read more...
Oil falls below $90 brl
Oil prices head south as traders take profits and re-assess the fundamentals. read more...
30 November 2007
Oil prices head south as traders take profits and re-assess the fundamentals. read more...
Storm surges in the North Sea affect prompt prices
Gas fields turn down as staff move back to shore. read more...
09 November 2007
Gas fields turn down as staff move back to shore. read more...
Players look at technicals
Technicals more and more popular with players. Look at your Powerisk grapsh to see more. read more...
07 November 2007
Technicals more and more popular with players. Look at your Powerisk grapsh to see more. read more...
Carbon Prices- Analysed
Analysis of carbon prices shows that there are some interesting possibilities for feeding through to the power market. read more...
23 July 2007
Analysis of carbon prices shows that there are some interesting possibilities for feeding through to the power market. read more...
Carbon soft but bulls waiting in the wings
Carbon still bobbling around to make it interesting to the power traders. read more...
18 July 2007
Carbon still bobbling around to make it interesting to the power traders. read more...
Power- the story so far.......
Power prices continue to look for some form of direction and eventually traing managers will ask whether their traders are taking enough risks. read more...
27 April 2007
Power prices continue to look for some form of direction and eventually traing managers will ask whether their traders are taking enough risks. read more...
Why is Winter 07 over priced?
Sellers in short supply as they test whether there are any real buyers still out there. read more...
23 March 2007
Sellers in short supply as they test whether there are any real buyers still out there. read more...
Prices feel stuck
The market knows that the bottom cannot be too far away but it is being cagey when it wanst to test the low levels. read more...
22 February 2007
The market knows that the bottom cannot be too far away but it is being cagey when it wanst to test the low levels. read more...
NPower next to cut-but why
Power market falls back down on Friday as plentiful supply continues. read more...
19 February 2007
Power market falls back down on Friday as plentiful supply continues. read more...
Market bounces a little
Market sees a little support as a few buyers return to test to see if there is an upside level. Flushing out some stop losses might be the next move. read more...
16 February 2007
Market sees a little support as a few buyers return to test to see if there is an upside level. Flushing out some stop losses might be the next move. read more...
British Gas cut prices on coldest dy of the year
The suppliers are now jockeying for position to try and receive more and more customers. British Gas the first out the blocks is unlikely to make it in first place at the finishing line. read more...
08 February 2007
The suppliers are now jockeying for position to try and receive more and more customers. British Gas the first out the blocks is unlikely to make it in first place at the finishing line. read more...
Is Q3 over valued?
Q3 is diverging between power and gas and so the risk premia is looking expensive, the spark spread traders must be wary of this but many of them have become out and out power traders. read more...
07 February 2007
Q3 is diverging between power and gas and so the risk premia is looking expensive, the spark spread traders must be wary of this but many of them have become out and out power traders. read more...
SSE threaten to reduce prices
SSE have hinted that they may well lead the pack in cost reductions in their retail tariff. But in reality this is probably a play to tempt British Gas to make the first move. read more...
31 January 2007
SSE have hinted that they may well lead the pack in cost reductions in their retail tariff. But in reality this is probably a play to tempt British Gas to make the first move. read more...
First step to a UK power Index
Power indices are the start to attracting a non-physical market which might well look at developing greater liquidity in this world. read more...
23 November 2006
Power indices are the start to attracting a non-physical market which might well look at developing greater liquidity in this world. read more...
A day of contradictions
Spark spread activity dictates what is happening in the market today. Expectations are that gas is misbehaving and eventaully will fall further. read more...
15 November 2006
Spark spread activity dictates what is happening in the market today. Expectations are that gas is misbehaving and eventaully will fall further. read more...
Spark spread of interest
Sparkers dictate the movement of the markets, but it is never as simple as it is cracked up to be. read more...
24 October 2006
Sparkers dictate the movement of the markets, but it is never as simple as it is cracked up to be. read more...
Have we seen the lows already
The market continues to create trading opportunities with a blip up one day and the overiding bearish pressure forcing things down the next. read more...
17 August 2006
The market continues to create trading opportunities with a blip up one day and the overiding bearish pressure forcing things down the next. read more...
A Winters Tale
Winter 10 looks cheap as the unknowns appear not to have been fully factored in. Winter 06 rises as Winter 07 keeps its buying strength. read more...
02 August 2006
Winter 10 looks cheap as the unknowns appear not to have been fully factored in. Winter 06 rises as Winter 07 keeps its buying strength. read more...
Taking and Giving
Trading is an art, and not a science although maths and quants dominate the market eventually it comes down to where will you really do the business, and at that point sometimes a bit of coaxing from the seller or buyer can save some serious ticks. read more...
11 April 2006
Trading is an art, and not a science although maths and quants dominate the market eventually it comes down to where will you really do the business, and at that point sometimes a bit of coaxing from the seller or buyer can save some serious ticks. read more...
Prompt versus the curve
Prompt prices can influence the backend of the curve but sometimes traders over estimate how important it is. read more...
07 March 2006
Prompt prices can influence the backend of the curve but sometimes traders over estimate how important it is. read more...
How do you spot value in the curve
Traders do not always know when there is value in the curve, but sometimes some analysis can change the balance of probabilities. read more...
03 March 2006
Traders do not always know when there is value in the curve, but sometimes some analysis can change the balance of probabilities. read more...
Do suppliers ever reduce prices?
It started with a duopoly we then got competition which led to consoilidation and now we are at oligopoly. For now that may not be a bad thing for the domestic customer. But for the regulators it might be time to look at a shake up. read more...
28 February 2006
It started with a duopoly we then got competition which led to consoilidation and now we are at oligopoly. For now that may not be a bad thing for the domestic customer. But for the regulators it might be time to look at a shake up. read more...
How cold has the winter been?
Europe has been much colder than the UK and this has meant European gas and power prices are setting new highs, this only shows that the system works, but it does make the market more jittery to foreign fundamentals. read more...
03 February 2006
Europe has been much colder than the UK and this has meant European gas and power prices are setting new highs, this only shows that the system works, but it does make the market more jittery to foreign fundamentals. read more...
Does the spark spead ever breakdown?
March looks expensive, but the spark is keeping it high. Powerisk analyses this in further detail and suggests that there maybe opportunities to come in the near future. read more...
20 January 2006
March looks expensive, but the spark is keeping it high. Powerisk analyses this in further detail and suggests that there maybe opportunities to come in the near future. read more...
The other traders thought pattern.
Traders sell curve as an opening gambit to put positions on for 2006. Customers wary of a potential rise, look at reassessing the market in front of them and try to think like traders. read more...
06 January 2006
Traders sell curve as an opening gambit to put positions on for 2006. Customers wary of a potential rise, look at reassessing the market in front of them and try to think like traders. read more...
Christmas Options market develops
Options deltas more easily tradeable in quiet Christmas market. read more...
21 December 2005
Options deltas more easily tradeable in quiet Christmas market. read more...
Market calm before the storm
Market poised for further gains next week. Drax re-visits the constellation bid, as IP and Mitsui pull out. read more...
11 December 2005
Market poised for further gains next week. Drax re-visits the constellation bid, as IP and Mitsui pull out. read more...
Spark spread mathematics does not add up.
One example of why buying physical power to cover a demand short is so difficult when you cannot sell or buy and sell gas. read more...
17 November 2005
One example of why buying physical power to cover a demand short is so difficult when you cannot sell or buy and sell gas. read more...
Trading low even for a Friday
Traders mull over the weeks moves in a mood of mediocrity. A slight rise was all that could be mustered. read more...
22 August 2005
Traders mull over the weeks moves in a mood of mediocrity. A slight rise was all that could be mustered. read more...
Shape premia on the rise
Traders get rich on high prices for shape premia. read more...
06 June 2005
Traders get rich on high prices for shape premia. read more...
Saltend the clue to the future
Americans think power price may fall whilst the Brits are happy to view a power price rise. read more...
31 May 2005
Americans think power price may fall whilst the Brits are happy to view a power price rise. read more...
Winter 05 as predicted by Powerisk hits the magic half century.
Winter hits a half century, worryingly on low volume. read more...
25 May 2005
Winter hits a half century, worryingly on low volume. read more...
Emissions Spark and the prompt
Muck spreaders inflate the Winter 05 market. read more...
19 May 2005
Muck spreaders inflate the Winter 05 market. read more...
Gas down but Power keeps on going
The picnic is still going on and the bears remain in the woods. read more...
18 May 2005
The picnic is still going on and the bears remain in the woods. read more...
50 the magic number
Buyers not welcome whilst the sellers wait to be wined and dined. read more...
17 May 2005
Buyers not welcome whilst the sellers wait to be wined and dined. read more...
Power Market thin and lacklustre
Supermodel traders not getting out of bed. read more...
29 April 2005
Supermodel traders not getting out of bed. read more...
Pain in the IAS 39
IAS 39 appears to be a minefield for accountants to make money. read more...
13 April 2005
IAS 39 appears to be a minefield for accountants to make money. read more...
Mild Outlook turns power down.
Mild weather forces drops which are tempered by a very bullish emissions price. read more...
07 March 2005
Mild weather forces drops which are tempered by a very bullish emissions price. read more...
Cold snap causes spike
Cold snap could be the last price spike of Winter 04 read more...
04 March 2005
Cold snap could be the last price spike of Winter 04 read more...
Intensive Users Lobby Horse
Intensive Users not content with price rises, now lobby on market fundamentals not adding up, amazingly the government yields. read more...
03 March 2005
Intensive Users not content with price rises, now lobby on market fundamentals not adding up, amazingly the government yields. read more...
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EdF enters the world of competition..
EdF has capitalised on competitive energy markets across Europe, not least in the UK, while at the same time enjoying a dominant, competition free, environment at home in France. It looks as though the EC has finally caught up with them... read more...
05 November 2009
EdF has capitalised on competitive energy markets across Europe, not least in the UK, while at the same time enjoying a dominant, competition free, environment at home in France. It looks as though the EC has finally caught up with them... read more...
Demand Led Economic Recovery?
What constitutes real demand is a question increasingly being asked, not least because it is viewed as a key indicator to signal the start of economic recovery. However a rise in demand may not necessarily mean a lift to the economy. read more...
09 October 2009
What constitutes real demand is a question increasingly being asked, not least because it is viewed as a key indicator to signal the start of economic recovery. However a rise in demand may not necessarily mean a lift to the economy. read more...
Market forgets basic principles and panics!
It could be said that the market over reacted today in the prompt market with a price rally on the back of a £142 half hourly cash out price. read more...
02 October 2009
It could be said that the market over reacted today in the prompt market with a price rally on the back of a £142 half hourly cash out price. read more...
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