A major obstacle for power traders is the inability to store generated power. However, hydro power has a unique flexibility that most other power producers do not: operators can turn these facilities on and off in the blink of an eye. This practice can turn hydro dams into huge storage facilities. Ninety percent of British […]
Analysts in energy and commodity markets are expected to assess the status of particular markets in a timely fashion to stay on top of ever-changing conditions and trends. In order to do so, they must aggregate (analyze) and compare data from various data sources, in different granularities. In other words, analysts need to have “data […]
The last 20 years or so have been very eventful for the U.S. power industry, with markets opening and the government exercising its authority by stipulating what type of generation should be used for electricity production. It has been less than 20 years since FERC’s Order 888 of 1996 effectively unbundled the generation and transmission […]
I recently attended the 20th Annual Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA) Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta. As such, 20 was a key focus of the conference – it has been 20 years since the start of the restructuring process of the Alberta power market, and changes are ahead with the […]
Join our free Enterprise Data Management (EDM) workshop happening January 14th, 2011 in New York City. This workshop will review the challenges of data management and systems integration within the complexity of the energy and commodities market. The workshop will provide an educational environment for market participants to be able to understand the challenges and […]