Tag Archives: Wholesale Markets

Why WESM Prices are High at Peak

Alfie has a nice post entitled “Technical Reason Why Price of Electricity in WESM is High at High Demand Periods” I wanted to post a comment on his blog, but I never received a registration password. So I’ll just post my comment here and point you to his post.
Great post, Alfie. Thanks. And the diagram [...]

Transparent Generation Data

As late as yesterday, important changes and debates are happening in the French power markets – and it’s very relevant to the Philippines.
Utilities who own generation and Traders who do not are battling it out on public disclosure of daily generation data and the need for more transparency in the markets.
The French Electricity Association asserts:
Transparency [...]

A Note on Volatility Measures

Wonk Warning – the following post may be boring and probably appeals to an audience of maybe two, if that. But I needed to get it out there. But don’t leave just yet – the take away here is that the on-peak WESM daily average price to-date has been about 15-18 times more volatile [...]