Wholesale Market Review
The frequency of blog posts fell off last year after October as we found ourselves in an early Christmas rush period. We hope to be more consistent this year. First up, our submission on the Electricity Authority’s wholesale market review.
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Electricity Contract Indexes December 2021, Issue 153
CFD index went down, FPVV index went up, so no change to the overall index this month, which stayed at 11.1 c/kWh ($111/MWh) Read More
Electricity Contract Indexes November 2021, Issue 152
The main index fell by 7.6% this month, mainly the result of a fall in the FPVV sub-index. This month the data showed six new long-term contracts of ten year terms, following on from the three that appeared last month. Read More
Electricity Contract Indexes October, Issue 151
The main index rose this month as buyng pressure came back into the futures market. Three large CFDs are excluded from the indexes because they are ten years in length or more, and therefore are exempt from price disclosure under the Electricity Industry Participation Code. Read More
Of twists and turns and the meaning of Tiwai
We talk about the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter almost every day at work – will it stay, or will it go? But it occurred to me today that I have absolutely no idea what Tiwai means in Te Reo Māori. I went searching, and was surprised at what I found.
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New Option Contract: Cap 300
A new hedge contract started trading in September 2020. It’s a cap product with strike price of $300/MWh. Over 320 of these contracts traded so far, but we still don’t know who is selling them.
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Electricity Contract Indexes September, Issue 150
The main index continued its fall this month, as did both the FPVV and CFD indexes. The traded volumes in the indexes were relatively low again this month, perhaps as a result of lockdowns, but this may be pure coincidence.\Read More
Price Formation with 100% Renewable Electricity
This week Greg Sise provides a summary of his presentation on the problem of price formation with 100% renewable electricity, which he presented at the the Electricity Authority’s Market Development Advisory Group (MDAG) recently.
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Energy Link’s 25th Anniversary
Thursday of last week, 2nd September, marked the 25th anniversary of Energy Link Ltd. This post is a reflection on company and personal history, against a backdrop of an industry in transition. Over the last 25 years, it’s fair to say that some things have changed, but then some things have not.
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