PJM and MISO ran from the altar once before. Now there’s talk of a shotgun wedding.
Lacking regulatory oversight, financial hedges turn into risky speculation.
Duke and Progress complete their merger; NRG agrees to acquire GenOn; Algonquin acquires National Grid's New Hampshire distribution business, and acquires an interest in Gamesa's Sandy Ridge wind project; plus other equity and debt transactions, totaling more than $34 billion.
Bold plan for independence, or more partisan overreach?
AEE is very pleased to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the WORLD ENERGY ENGINEERING CONGRESS (WEEC) at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center. The WEEC is well-recognized as the most important energy event of national and international scope for end users and energy professionals in all areas of the energy field. The WEEC features a large, multi-track conference agenda, a full line-up of seminars on a variety of current topics, and a comprehensive exposition of the market's most promising new technologies.
The efficient frontier is a portfolio analysis concept designed to assess risk vs. return for an investment portfolio.
The efficient frontier is a portfolio analysis concept designed to assess risk vs. return for an investment portfolio. While the financial projections of individual assets are key to the analysis, the end result is critical to successful structuring of the portfolio as a whole. Key to the efficient frontier is that it represents the highest level of a portfolio's return for any given level of risk. It can be applied to physical assets, as well as financial instruments—simultaneously. Figure 1 displays a typical efficient frontier chart.
Energy Trading & Risk Management: Gas price volatility has increased. Relying on antiquated scheduling systems is a recipe for disaster.
Given energy markets’ newfound volatility and the range of exposures that global energy firms must deal with, the reactive, reporting-oriented nature of transaction management practices is in need of serious revision. A new scheduling module can add tremendous strength and value to a company, primarily in the areas of gas logistics and risk management.
Neal E. Schmale, Executive VP and CFO, Sempra Energy