by Lannie Fox | Jan 10, 2020 | Alberta Wire
2019 Review 2019 was a significant year for policy development and changes in the Alberta power and natural gas markets. Many changes likely impacted your business today. The year began with the provincial New Democratic Party (NDP) in power and a plan to move to a...
by Lannie Fox | Oct 2, 2019 | Alberta Wire
There is a lot happening in Alberta this week, Federal election campaigning continues with only three weeks left, the first snow storm hit in Calgary and surrounding area and it is officially October! September averaged $54.45/MWh, with the past week averaging...
by Lannie Fox | Sep 25, 2019 | Alberta Wire
The Canadian Federal election is less than a month away and leaders are campaigning across the country. This morning the Liberals are promising to push Canada to net-zero emissions by 2050. The Conservatives are saying they would fast track pipeline challenges...
by Lannie Fox | Sep 19, 2019 | Alberta Wire
Power prices doubled this week, averaging $88.04/MWh. Yesterday averaged $188.33/MWh, with significant gas outages and low wind generation. The forward curve was relatively flat with some clarity on unit conversions from TransAlta. Only one asset will be converted in...
by Lannie Fox | Sep 11, 2019 | Alberta Wire
Power prices have come up 35% this week to $44.42/MWh. There are considerable outages occurring right now including the BC/MATL tieline as well as some thermal availability. There was significant volatility in monthly prices across the curve, of note, CAL20 is down...
by Lannie Fox | Sep 4, 2019 | Alberta Wire
Summer flew by with kids heading back to school today. Albeit, summer weather was hit and miss this year. August settles were below expectation mostly due to mild weather, averaging $45.40/MWh. The week averaged $35.39/MWh, slightly below the week prior. With the...
