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What is Driving the Extreme Volatility in the Natural Gas Market? The NYMEX Henry Hub prompt month future contract continued to push the volatility envelope this past month, with the daily change for ... READ MORE >

NYISO Creating More Access to Renewables On July 11, New York celebrated the commissioning of the Empire State Transmission line. The 20-mile line connects the Dysinger switchyard in Royalton to the E... READ MORE >

What is Driving the Increased Load in Texas? This summer, it is clear how much the state of Texas has grown over the last few years. When Texas first deregulated its power grid about 20 years ago, the... READ MORE >

PJM Summer Spot Prices Now Higher Than Winter Anyone who has entered into a new electricity agreement in the last twelve months knows that prices are between two and three times higher than previous c... READ MORE >

On behalf of the team at 5, I am pleased to forward our market letter for the second quarter of 2022. The dramatic increase in the price of electricity and natural gas noted in our Q1 letter continued... READ MORE >

The All-Electric Building Act, known as New York S6843C, has died on the proverbial vine without getting a vote from the full New York State Senate or Assembly. The bill’s introduction came on the hee... READ MORE >

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, from 10:00 AM to about 12:00 PM CDT, the July contract for NYMEX Henry Hub was trading around $9.60 per MMBtu. Even so, $9.60 is not an all-time high price for NYMEX Henry ... READ MORE >

On June 21, 2022, PJM posted the results of its capacity auction, also known as the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM), for the planning year June 2023 to May 2024. The execution of this auction has been... READ MORE >

A Review of ERCOT's Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy report for Summer 2022 The Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy report, otherwise known as SARA, is a quarterly publication from ERCOT ... READ MORE >