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Market Moves: April  Updated May 1, 2008

Genscape physically monitors approximately 340 of the most significant power plants and transmission paths throughout the United States. When a plant ramps up or trips, that information sounds an alert on your desktop within 45 to 90 seconds of its occurrence.

Genscape Power North America sent out 1052 plant alerts for the month of April.

These alerts indicate that a plant has dropped or raised production past a certain reasonable level. Genscape also transmits color alerts on many plant outages, defining the cause of the event as well as the forecast for a return to production.

Listed below is a sample of the market events Genscape caught in April:

Date Plant Event Reaction Region
4/25/2008 Bruce Mansfield Bruce Mansfield tripped. Prices rose into the $100's/MWh. NPCC
4/14/2008 Arkansas-2 Shutdown for maintenance. On-peak traded up $2 in the mid $70s/MWh. Off-peak edged higer in the mid $40s/MWh. SERC
4/8/2008 Millstone-2 Shutdown for refueling. Day-ahead prices were near $99/MWh. NPCC
4/4/2008 Palo Verde-2 Shutdown for refueling. Balance of the month prices were up to $80/MWh. WECC
4/1/2008 Comanche Peak-1 Shutdown for maintenance. Ercot next-day prices rose $20/MWh. ERCOT
4/1/2008 Columbia Shutdown for maintenance. On-peak prices rose $9 to average in the $90s/MWh. WECC

 

*as reported in various market sources

 

Genscape delivered alerts instantly as the events unfolded, arming our customers with the market’s most timely and accurate output information.

Genscape also allows customers to take in the data through a .csv or XML based feed to run proprietary or third party analytic software. Whatever system you use, Genscape can create value for you and your team.

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