A Bizarre Week

August 09, 2021

Interest in risk was abnormally high last week, everywhere except Texas. Buyers and brokers in PJM, NEPOOL, and NYISO took dramatic leaps into pricing requests for index/flex solutions. However, their counterparts in ERCOT had a near-zero interest in risk as fixed-price products represented 99% of their requests.

Risk Appetite Report 8/2/21 – 8/6/21

The risk appetite gauges above reflect the mix of fixed, flex, and index volume priced on behalf of customer requests in the period. The total annual MWh priced represents 130,150,864 for customers with peak demand above 750 KWh.