Powerisk - News - A Day for Downs ... then Ups

30 October 2008

The front end of the power market curve saw some downs… and then ups as contracts seemed to reach a floor before rebounding.

The front end of the power market curve saw some downs… and then ups as contracts seemed to reach a floor before rebounding. December 08 Baseload closed yesterday at £79.45/MWh, a touch above its opening level and £2.45MWh above its intra-day low. January 08 Baseload opened and closed at £78/MWh have traded down during the session to a low of £75.75MWh. Further out on the curve, movements were one way – up, helped by NBP and oil. Winter ’10 finished the day up at £62.66MWh.

100 % Summer 05- Steady as she goes

31 March 2005

Powerisk takes a look at Summer 05 read more...

100 % Centrica and IP in the dark

14 February 2005

Gas and power companies do a coal deal. read more...

100 % IPE Index- Launches

24 January 2005

Market ticks up

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...

Prompt continues to dominate

05 October 2007

The market looks set to settle down after the last three weeks excitement it is probably no bad thing that the world starts to do some fundamental analysis. read more...

Summary of the week.

28 September 2007

The market continues to baffle as players gear up for the winter read more...

Peaks vs Baseload Ratios

05 March 2006

The peak baseload ratio is a good traders guide to the state of the market. Much below 1.1 and you need to buying peaks, much above 1.5 and you need to be selling them, but it is perhaps more interesting to look at the individual ratios against each other. read more...

New Highs but peaks look cheap

08 July 2005

Never lose sight of the opportunities for spread trades, peak looks like good value. read more...