by Lannie Fox | Feb 20, 2019 | Alberta Wire
Coming out of the deep freeze in Alberta, prices settled 34% lower week over week at $64.00/MWh. The monthly average remains above $120/MWh. Prices for the remainder of the month are expected to be softer with warmer temperatures and anticipated higher wind...
by Lannie Fox | Feb 13, 2019 | Alberta Wire
In case you didn’t know, it’s still freezing in Alberta. Frigid temperatures led to high settles again this week averaging $96.24/MWh. However, stronger asset availability has the average 43% below the prior week. There is significant volatility in the curve, however...
by Lannie Fox | Feb 5, 2019 | Alberta Wire
February is off to a bold start with $453.07/MWh on Sunday, the highest daily settle since July 2014. Forced outages on thermal, weak wind and strong demand led the Alberta Electricity System Operator to issue an energy alert. The week averaged $168.49/MWh, a 385%...
by Lannie Fox | Jan 31, 2019 | Alberta Wire
Another mild week in January is leading to softer monthly settles than anticipated for the start of 2019. This past week’s settles averaged 25% less at $34.71/MWh. This week’s prices could see strength with significant cold weather across most of the US depending on...
by Lannie Fox | Jan 28, 2019 | Alberta Wire
A couple colder days across Alberta this week led to the first hourly settles in the triple digits of 2019 with the highest hour settling at $394.44/MWh. Weaker than expected wind generation, derates on thermal generation and higher demand contributed to a weekly...
by Lannie Fox | Jan 28, 2019 | Alberta Wire
Alberta’s very mild January is heading into a colder period by the end of the week. Interestingly, the weekly average is up 19% week over week to $38.56/MWh with extreme wind and lower wind generation. There have been no major deviations from forecasted generation...
