All posts by Ron Swartz

ERCOT issues summer forecast for energy usage across Texas

TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., held its annual Media Day on Wednesday to present its “State of the Grid” as well as its future projections, including a summer forecast for energy consumption. Summer for ERCOT is June 1 to September 30. See KXAN News to read the full article.

EnerKnol Research: Demand Response to Grow Under Alternate Scenarios Regardless of FERC Order 745 Outcome

NEW YORK, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — EnerKnol Research today released a report analyzing the implications of an upheld FERC Order 745 on demand response across the nation. The report finds the future for demand response participation in wholesale energy markets due to FERC Order 745 uncertainty will have mixed implications, but the resource will … Continue reading EnerKnol Research: Demand Response to Grow Under Alternate Scenarios Regardless of FERC Order 745 Outcome

Realtime Energy Trading with Innotap® PowerFeed® for Excel®

Innotap PowerFeed for Excel Realtime Data Delivery to Your Spreadsheet Provides realtime data from market sources such as PJM, Midwest ISO (MISO), Texas (ERCOT), California (CAISO), New England (ISO-NE), New York (NYISO), Southwest Power Pool (SPP), NOAA, Transco, etc. that can be referenced and manipulated inside Excel® spreadsheets, where the data displayed is automatically updated … Continue reading Realtime Energy Trading with Innotap® PowerFeed® for Excel®

Market Monitor Finds PJM Wholesale Electricity Markets Competitive

SOURCE Monitoring Analytics, LLC 2014 State of the Market Report for PJM EAGLEVILLE, Pa., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — PJM Interconnection’s wholesale electric energy and capacity markets produced competitive results during 2014, according to the 2014 State of the Market Report for PJM, released today by Monitoring Analytics, LLC, the Independent Market Monitor for PJM. … Continue reading Market Monitor Finds PJM Wholesale Electricity Markets Competitive

Nasdaq Expands Global Commodities Initiative With Energy Derivatives

Published: Mar 11, 2015 9:30 a.m. ET  Founding Market Participants Endorse Competitive Pricing and Innovative Clearing Solution Nasdaq announced the establishment of a new energy futures market with the support of leading commodities participants. Nasdaq Futures (NFX) will offer competitive pricing, an innovative clearing solution and high-performance technology for futures and options based on key … Continue reading Nasdaq Expands Global Commodities Initiative With Energy Derivatives

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Threatens To Turn The Lights Out On America

LAURA SHEEHAN   |   MARCH 3, 2015 The Washington Post profiled Sharon Garcia, a single mom from Pueblo, Colorado, last year who suffers from a state policy that shuttered coal plants in favor of costlier, less reliable fuel sources. Ms. Garcia and her family—emblematic of so many other U.S. families—are forced to live in darkness at … Continue reading EPA’s Clean Power Plan Threatens To Turn The Lights Out On America