Megawatt Daily

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Platts Megawatt Daily has long been a go-to source for major players in the electric power industry, helping them understand what is moving the US power markets, gain market intelligence, and reference prices for contracts. It provides detailed coverage of power prices in major US and Canadian electricity markets, up-to-date information about solicitations and supply deals, and information about complex state and federal power regulations.

As of March 4, 2013, Platts has expanded the coverage available in this report to provide a more complete view of the industry and the addition of analytical content from Bentek Energy, a leading supplier of fundamental energy data to the industry and a part of Platts.

Megawatt Daily Benefits

With the enhanced content and analysis in the new Platts Megawatt Daily, you can:

• View over 200 daily on-peak and off-peak ISO and Platts prices - each with marginal heat rates based on Platts gas pricing
• Better understand U.S. power demand by ISO with previous day load and 5 day forecast by fuel type
• Take a more complete look at the North American power markets with increased generation, transmission and demand/load coverage

The new Platts Megawatt Daily includes content that will help you evaluate utility market strategies and how they meet load. With it, you can better understand new generation and its impact on zonal and regional prices, and of competition among competing fuels and renewables. You can also analyze transmission projects and their impacts on zonal and regional prices, and understand regional trading markets, players, and strategies. Use Platts Megawatt Daily to also stay on top of policies and decisions of ISOs, FERC, CFTC, EPA and Congress and their potential market impacts.

Who buys Platts Megawatt Daily?

Traders and marketers, analysts, finance and compliance, business development and sales, attorneys, and executive managers use Platts Megawatt Daily to track U.S. power market movements, deliver business-critical information, resolve contract pricing issues, understand the electricity market, develop new business opportunities, and monitor competitors.

Platts Megawatt Daily covers key regions across the US and Canadian power markets. Delivered on a daily basis, Platts Megawatt Daily brings you crucial competitive intelligence across the entire power marketplace, helping you make smarter, faster decisions. It includes:

• More than 200 daily on-peak and off-peak ISO and Platts prices - each with marginal heat rates based on Platts gas pricing, plus prompt-month prices, on-peak and off-peak
• Exclusive coverage of ISOs and market rules, unmatched coverage of market-relevant FERC actions and policies, and market-focused policy coverage of EPA, CFTC, and Congress
• Increased generation, transmission, and demand/load coverage, including the impact of generation and transmission on load-serving utilities, utility-focused coverage of changes in demand/load, and strategies utilities are using to meet load
• 15 day prices trends in each of the 4 major hubs of the regional electricity markets: Mass Hub (Northeast), Into Southern (Southeast), PJM West (Midwest), and Mid-C (West)
• A low/high ISO day-ahead price for each major ISO, on peak and off peak, so you can compare ISO vs. ISO and identify congestion by ISO
• Spark spreads, delivered in a way that allows you to compare ISO by ISO
• A daily analytical story, so you can see the market from different perspectives
• Quarterly data and analysis on wholesale sellers' volumes, and our power sales analysis, which breaks the sales data down by region, by seller and in other valuable ways.
• Daily market commentary

Archive Access

As part of your subscription to Platts Megawatt Daily, you have access via Platts Market Center to past articles from back issues of Platts Megawatt Daily. This valuable resource will allow you to search for and analyze useful information and create your own customized reference on issues in power that interest you. You'll always find what you're looking for, because our archives are easily searchable - just enter key words, company names, a date range, or an industry, and specify which publications you wish to search.

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