wholesale

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | No averages allowed: a look at recent NEM spot prices

    2020 was a tame year for the National Electricity Market (NEM), with few contingency events of note (apart from the Q1 separation of Victoria (VIC) and South Australia (SA)) and wholesale spot prices trending to their lowest in over five years. In contrast, 2021 has taken an eventful turn with...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Default tariff cap set to rise by at least £100 for coming winter

    The default tariff price cap for a typical dual fuel direct debit customer looks set to increase by over £100 for the Winter 2021-22 period, according to an initial assessment from Cornwall Insight’s bi-annual tariff cap predictor. The latest forecast for the cap indicates that it will increase to around...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | Free fallin’: Green generator values hit hard by COVID-19

    Since the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a downturn in GB power demand and an associated slump in wholesale prices. This has has resulted in a sharp decline in green generator revenues. However, the magnitude of these impacts depends heavily on a generators’ routes to market and trading choices. We...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | Falling wholesale power prices, but for how long?

    The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published its Residential Electricity Price Trends report. The report's key finding shows that household power prices may fall over the next three years. This is likely due to a drop in wholesale prices which is a consequence of improved supply of generation...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    Chart of the week | Woah, we’re half way there – H119 wholesale price review

    Half way through 2019, wholesale power and gas contracts have tumbled, with day-ahead NBP gas falling to a two year low, down 58% in six months. In this Chart of the Week, we explore some of these highlights from the first half of the year and see why prices across the wholesale power...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | Will the wholesale bulls finally run out of steam?

    In light of the continuing running of the bulls, this week’s Chart of the Week offers a wholesale market snapshot. It observes what has been driving recent power, gas and commodity prices. It then seeks to offer an outlook for this bullish momentum. Though the chart shows day-ahead gas and power prices...