Platts North American Electricity Analytics Service
S&P Global Platts provides comprehensive and granular coverage of the North American electric power market provides the critical forecasts, benchmarking metrics, and up-to-date data necessary to make informed decisions.
Benefits
- See a detailed, fundamentals-driven forecasts of power markets, integrated with S&P Global Platts outlook on natural gas, coal, emissions, macroeconomics, policy and technology
- Uncover the story behind the numbers driving power prices
- Gain insights into operating generation in regions subject to different delivered fuel costs and emissions programs
- Understand current market developments that really matter
- Know key elements for evaluating electricity commodity and equity investments
Features
- 12-month, 2-year and 20-year forward projections for on-peak and off-peak power prices for Mid-Columbia (WA), California-Oregon Border (COB), SP-15/ NP-15 (CA), and Palo Verde (AZ)
- Analysis on power market supply/demand — including hydro, nuclear, coal- and gas-fired generation
- Impact assessment of issues such as the emergence of renewables, demand response, energy efficiency, regulations, etc.
- Analysis and data on a wide range of issues affecting supply, demand, balances and, ultimately, prices of coal
- Comprehensive analysis of the fundamentals that drive power prices as well as implied gas heat rates, net import/export, and the power market's impacts on related fossil fuel markets
- Timely reports and market commentaries that cover topics that are relevant near-term and can influence trading strategy