Pennsylvania joins RGGI, Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Announces Continuation of Operations. On April 23, 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a...
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Over the last few months, these updates have focused on the steady run-up in natural gas prices, and the correlation between US natural gas prices and gas prices in other parts of the world, specifica...
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On behalf of the team at 5, I am pleased to forward our market letter for the first quarter of 2022. In this issue, we continue our focus on the energy transition and the strain that this has put on t...
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What is the Jones Act and how does it impact our energy markets? In January 2018 a cold snap descended across the Northeast. And in Boston Harbor, a liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker appeared on the ...
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What is causing global forces to outweigh the domestic signals for natural gas prices? If you still buy into the old trader’s tale of “buy natural gas in the fall and spring when it is cheaper” it’s l...
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A current look into the market drivers and prices throughout PJM PJM, the largest wholesale electricity market, covering 13 states including the District of Columbia, and serving a whopping 65 million...
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Why are power prices increasing throughout New York? Like many other commodities, the price of wholesale electricity has drastically increased over the last 12 months nationwide. In the middle of Marc...
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How is the Situation in Ukraine Impacting Global and Domestic Natural Gas Markets? On February 21, 2022, Russia declared that the Eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk were independent terr...
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A Two-Year Pause on Solar Projects in PJM The geographic area served by the PJM Interconnection spans from Virginia all the way to northeast Illinois. And despite the name of the hit show, “It’s Alway...
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