An Overview of North America’s Electricity Market The North American power markets are not only large, but also multi-faceted, varying by location, season, and state. The area it covers ranges from the small population of Delaware, who consume about 8.6 million MWh in a year, mostly during the long winters, to the people of Texas, […]
Many power traders and analysts study different factors that impact the dynamics of the electricity market. Factors like seasonality, time of the day, and unusual weather conditions can affect the load, which will in turn affect prices. In this blog, I analyze recent temperature fluctuations in the U.S. to find a correlation between electricity prices […]
A few weeks ago we ran a live webinar with our partner OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH) to provide a closer look at how ZEMA analytics can be usefully applied to the natural gas and power market data produced by its subsidiary EOX Holdings (EOX). EOX is one of several futures brokers in OTCGH’s portfolio of […]
Last week I published two articles on a recent presentation on the ERCOT market, which was held by a few of our analysts at ZE. Thus far, I have provided an overview of the market, as well as an analysis of congestion revenue rights. For my third and final installment of this series, I will […]
Earlier this week I wrote about a recent webinar that was held in our offices on the ERCOT market. While it gave a short overview of the market and some of the changes that have occurred, I decided to follow-up with a second article detailing our team’s analysis on Congestion Revenue Rights. Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) […]
A few weeks ago, ZE held a public webinar on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market. As one of the business analysts responsible for building this presentation, I performed a fair amount of research on a market that has undergone many structural changes in recent years. We will run a series of three […]
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 […]
ZE PowerGroup Inc. would like to invite ERCOT Nodal market participants to join us on November 18, 2010 for a free educational “ERCOT Nodal Lunch and Learn” event and product demonstration showing how the ZEMA Suite™ can facilitate business operations in the ERCOT Nodal market. The Workshop will be held at Willie G’s Seafood & […]
As ordered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will be moving from a Zonal to Nodal Wholesale Market in Texas. This transition involves moving from a grid system divided into 4 Congested Management Zones (CMZs) to one comprising of over 4000 nodes. In a nodal market, wholesale […]