EIA Winter Fuels outlook projects 15% YoY price increase for NG in Midwest region, largest in US. Even so, Midwest remains lowest cost compared to all other regions, 12% less than US average. ... Read More
IL Wx Outlook for week ending 4/22
Forecast: 57 degree days Deviation from normal: -44 (-43.56%) degree days Deviation from last year: 18 (+46.15%) degree days Last 30 days heating degree days (HDD) around the state: O'Hare (ORD) -27% last year HDD, -19% HDD 10-year average Lincoln (ILX) -28% last year HDD, -7% HDD 10-year ... Read More
Oh, look! Links!
My links page is effectively my business launch pad . . . if I maintain it. Been awhile. I've cleaned up about a dozen links, improved a few to point at improvements at PJM. The EnerNOC commodity pages are sorted out. And thanks to enterprising Solar Action Alliance, I've added their link. ... Read More
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions increase in past two years
Not easy to read this mixed message. While the overall trend is in the right direction, it looks like the US will not meet the emissions target set by President Obama for 2020. The more ambitious target for 2025 is not yet certainly out of reach. I think there is consensus that it's good for US ... Read More
Capped by MISO in Ameren IL
Probably should read the fine print before offering an opinion, but who does that? The MISO auction result that prices capacity at $150/MW-day in the Ameren zone of central and southern Illinois may have been conducted properly and according to the rules, but that don't make it right. From North ... Read More
Candlelight dinner . . .
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End in sight for old King Coal . . .
This King Coal commentary from Platts doesn't have much to say about global warming. The point here is that markets and regulators are already adjusting, and that the battle is already lost. As for climate activism and smug political correctness, by all means, let's cite our sources. I do think ... Read More
Star Cities
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Another look back at Polar Vortex
FERC recently released its 2014 State of the Energy Markets. The state of the markets is . . . strong. Chicago merited distinction, sadly: The 43 percent increase in the average price at the Chicago Citygate was a result of both the high price levels during the harsh winter, and of continued ... Read More
“appropriate and necessary”
Bloomberg Business reports: “The Supreme Court has been by-and-large supportive of the EPA in upholding their actions,” said William Bumpers, a lawyer who heads the climate-change practice at Baker Botts in Washington. “So there has been a lot of discussion about whether this conservative court ... Read More
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