UK generation shortage & Ukraine5 Oct 2014 19:37
LONDON, October 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Info Re ICIS Purchasing Index report - Quote' UK generation shortage and Ukraine crisis raise power prices despite long-term downward trend. ICIS, the global independent price reporting agency, has highlighted wholesale market concerns over the threat of gas and power supply shortages this winter, with the release of its third quarter (Q3) analysis of 2014 into the ICIS Power Index (IPI). The IPI, which reflects wholesale power prices over a year of delivery, confirms a downward trend, but also reveals a recent peak due to concerns over a potential shortage of supply. ICIS' data and sources show this is a result of more nuclear generation capacity being offline for the winter longer than expected. The news that these outages could last into December 2014 caused the IPI to rise by 2.5 per cent day on day, when the news was announced on the 4th September - one of the largest single increases this year. At the same time, ongoing tension between Russia and Ukraine has caused concern over security of gas supplies. While Russia does not directly export gas to the UK, any disruptions to its supplies to continental Europe have a powerful knock-on effect on the UK market. End Quote. Nuclear off line - thru Dec Alk - or ALK buying in STOR market Sept - is this correct or correctamundo? !. GL DYOR Don't gamble and pay your taxes on time. HNY can't wait for 2015 - 87 days away.