About: Mariana Eizayaga

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Market Monitor – Pacific Northwest Hydro Production Falls

• Friday, September 9, 2016
• Mariana Eizayaga
• Market Monitoring



Hydroelectric production levels in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) dropped significantly in August from both year-ago levels and from the previous month as well below-normal levels of precipitation during the month appeared to impact the availability hydropower supplies in the region. According to data from the US Army Corps of Engineers, total net electricity generation at […]

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Market Monitor – RPS Massachusetts – UPDATED

• Tuesday, June 7, 2016
• Mariana Eizayaga
• Market Monitoring



Starting over a decade ago, the Massachusetts legislature began creating laws that require all suppliers of electricity (including utilities) to obtain a certain percentage of their electricity from renewables. The original legislation, called the Renewable Portfolio Standard or RPS, began in 2003 with all suppliers required to purchase 1% of generation from qualifying renewables. Since […]

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Market Monitor – EPA Oil and Natural Gas Methane Regulations

• Friday, May 13, 2016
• Mariana Eizayaga
• EPA



On May 12, 2016, the EPA took another set of steps to cut methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry and stay on track to achieve its goal of cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40-45% from 2012 levels by 2025. In addition to curbing emissions of methane, the […]

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Market Monitor – Southeastern US Natural Gas Outlook

• Tuesday, May 3, 2016
• Mariana Eizayaga
• Electricity Reliability



Due to increases in power sector demand for gas, coupled with growing demand from the industrial sector in the region, overall natural gas demand in the Southeastern US is expected to grow by nearly 8 Bcf/d over the next 15 years. All these factors combine to create significant risk of higher natural gas basis prices […]

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Market Monitor – FERC Ruling on Ohio PPAs

• Friday, April 29, 2016
• Mariana Eizayaga
• Market Monitoring



On April 27, 2016 FERC ruled in favor of groups challenging FirstEnergy’s and AEP’s long term electricity supply agreements. The ruling rescinded the previously granted section 205 waivers, which had allowed the utilities to purchase electricity from their affiliate generators, effectively invalidating the PPAs. Additionally it questioned the non-bypassable RRS rider proposed to fund the […]

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