Confidence Returns to Market  

20 December 2010

Despite a continuation of cold conditions, confidence was seen returning to the market with a stabilisation of spot prices and comfortable system margins. There was some focus on the curve with seasonal contracts all reporting some gain on the previous weeks levels apart form Summer 13.  read more...

Weather continues to dominate  

10 December 2010

Tight margin concerns resulted in Spot prices reaching highs for nearly two years. The cold weather conditions were the driving force though supply issues compounded the situation.  read more...

Cold snap results in single highest gain since Jul-09  

08 November 2010

Prompt contracts responded to the expected cold spell forecast for this week with the Day Ahead contract (Baseload contract for Monday delivery) on Friday gaining £2.65/MWh – the single highest gain seen since July on this contract. This bullish sentiment did not feed through to the rest of the curve though.  read more...

Gains Seen Across the Curve  

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...

Market forgets basic principles and panics!  

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...