
02 June 2008
Prompt prices are forcing any sellers to go home, as levels are high and supply is intemittent.
Day ahead prices are now trading at too higher a level. The combination of supply problems in the UK specifically in nuclear plant and the possible supply squeeze created by the UK having to export to France who are also having supply issues is creating a nasty prompt price squeeze. This is stopping any bearish activity along the curve as traders site the prompt as the main reason for buying forward. Admittedly we are now seeing a sell off at the very back end of the curve as oil returns to backwardation.
Centrica and BE - A Natural Fit?
 
27 August 2008
Invesco – the investment company that owns 15% of British Energy and 5% of Centrica has discussed with the Government the possibility of a merger between the two energy companies.  
read more...
Unseasonal Temperatures help to melt prices
 
16 November 2009
Middle of November but no sign of wintery temperatures. The effect was to soften the prompt power market, which also felt the pressure from weak commodity curves. The downward trend fed through the power curve.  
read more...
What's Happening in the Back-End?
 
19 June 2009
The back end of the curve is extremely difficult to trade. Those dipping their toe in tend to be Producers (with excessive length adjusting their risk positions) and Banks looking for some exposure. At the same time Retailers tend to be short-termist.  
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...
A sliding Prompt
 
14 November 2008
A comfortable system in terms of supply margins left the prompt power market sliding.  
read more...