Prices
Is the Shale Gas Revolution for Real?
Some have described the proliferation of shale gas plays as a “quiet revolution.” But, the revolution is not so quiet. Stories now appear regularly on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New York Times, and many other newspapers far from the oil patch. What are the facts? US natural gas production is higher…
Read MoreFixed Price versus Variable Price Energy Supply Contracts
When purchasing energy, there is a price/risk continuum between fixed price contracts and variable price contracts. Fixed price contracts allow you to minimize your exposure to price risk by transferring this risk to a supplier. With a variable price contract, you are accepting the risk associated with changes in the market price of electricity. This…
Read MoreConstellation Electric Offer (continued)
Both of our last two blog entries have generated a great deal of interest. Jay Hancock of the Baltimore Sun picked up on our write-up on Constellation Electric’s offer to customers in Pepco’s territory. Below is a link to his article: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2010/08/avalon_energy_constellation_of.html You can scroll down to our original article or access it by going…
Read MorePECO – Life After the Rate Caps
Electricity markets were deregulated in Pennsylvania over ten years ago. At that time, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission implemented two measures. They allowed electric utilities to recover their “stranded costs” or the cost of investments they had made that they, the utilities, argued would no longer be of value in a deregulated environment. These costs…
Read MoreConstellation Electric Offer
A number of people in Pepco’s service territory have asked about Constellation Electric’s (Constellation) fixed price electricity offer. In the commercial world, most customers view the likelihood that energy prices will go up as much greater than the likelihood that energy prices will fall further. I think this makes sense. Energy prices are currently low,…
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