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Energy Markets 101

Energy Markets 101. Tribal Solar Working Group March 24, 2015. Topics. Overview of the Electric Grid Market components What goes into an energy deal?. The Electric Grid. The Electric Grid – 2 Views.

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Energy Markets 101

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  1. Energy Markets 101 Tribal Solar Working Group March 24, 2015

  2. Topics • Overview of the Electric Grid • Market components • What goes into an energy deal?

  3. The Electric Grid

  4. The Electric Grid – 2 Views • Reliability View (Grid Operators)Balance Supply (Generation) & Demand (Load)Mandatory compliance standards • Merchant View (Providers/Consumers) Sellers want to sell higher than their production costsBuyers want to buy lower than their own production costs

  5. What is a Market? • Any time buyers & sellers get together to exchange goods or services • Multiple energy Markets (Real time, Day Ahead, & Forward)

  6. Potential Suppliers (Sellers) • Utilities • Municipalities • Government Agencies • Independent Power Producers (IPP)

  7. Potential Consumers (Buyers) • Anyone who has an obligation to serve load or to deliver energy (Utilities, Municipalities, etc.)

  8. Deal Components • Price ($/MWh) • Product (Firm, Non Firm, Contingent, etc.) • Volume (MWs/hr) • Term (hourly, daily, monthly, quarterly, etc.) • Trading hub (Mead230, Palo Verde, etc.)

  9. How are prices set? • Market prices are determined by what people are willing to pay? • Many drivers (supply, demand, weather, fuel costs, RPS requirements, etc.) • Vary each hour of the day as well as seasonally • Risk plays a big role • The longer the horizon, the more difficult to forecast

  10. The lifecycle of an energy deal • Buyer/Seller communicate their intent to Buy/Sell (phone, IM, electronic platform, Broker, RFP, etc.) • Negotiate terms (product, price, volume, hub, etc.) • Deals are confirmed • Energy scheduled • Energy flows • Settled ATF

  11. Western Resources • Transmission Infrastructure Program (TIP) • Wholesale Market participation • Marketing Services • Planning Support • Close relationship w/ DOE

  12. Questions?? Allan Austinaustin@wapa.gov(602) 605-2747

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