Reduced drilling activity and capital expenditures (CAPEX) cuts by oil and natural gas producers present a strong risk of higher natural gas and, subsequently, electricity prices in the coming years. In 2020, mild winter weather and record natural gas production levels have dragged natural gas prices to 25-year lows. Also, oil prices have collapsed to […]

The 2019 ERCOT 4CP Season, which ended on the last day of September, witnessed new monthly records for August and September with the August peak representing a new record demand in ERCOT.

CenterPoint Energy On April 5th, CenterPoint Energy filed an electric delivery rate increase request with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas. The requested adjustments would address a higher equity ratio and higher cost of equity for CenterPoint Houston, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 that has significantly reduced the company’s cash flow. […]

The U.K. natural gas markets went into winter with significant risks due to the lack of long term storage increasing the need to supplement with potentially volatile LNG imports. Electricity markets were further at risk due to increased intermittent renewable generation. Seasonal baseload electricity and NBP prices pushed up ~50% between April and September 2018 […]