Genscape Announces Launch of the Weekly Coal Stock Change Report
 

The Third Offering in the Genscape Suite of Weekly Coal Reports

Louisville, KY, Tuesday May 10, 2006 – Genscape Inc., the nation’s first and only supplier of real-time power plant output and transmission status information has recently launched a weekly report tracking changes in the coal inventory held by power plants.

The Genscape Weekly Coal Stock Change Report addresses a key information need in energy markets, answering the question about the amount of coal held in reserve by power generators. The coal stock change report relies on proprietary real-time information that Genscape gathers on coal burn and coal deliveries to arrive at the change in stockpiles.

The Weekly Genscape Coal Burn Report, published since 2004, has shown pinpoint accuracy (within 2% of the EIA coal burn figures) in estimating coal consumption in the power sector. The Weekly Genscape Coal Transport Report delivers weekly updates on the amount of coal shipped by rail in the country, and includes detailed shipment information by mine and plant, and also sums up the figures by region and coal basin.

The combination of these two data inputs in a stock pile model allows Genscape to deliver insights into coal stock changes on a weekly basis.

“The energy market is increasingly focused on the fundamentals of coal-fired generation” says Abudi Zein, Senior VP, Genscape Data Resources, “as strained logistics and just-in-time inventory management have created the potential for disruptions that can quickly ripple through the entire energy complex”.

“Interest in all aspects of the Coal Market (supply, burn, delivery capabilities and constraints) is at an all time high”, said Mike McAuliffe, Genscape’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, “and this report will fill an information gap on the U.S. coal complex which only Genscape is able to provide”. McAuliffe also noted that, in addition to the traditional coal and power users of the Genscape coal information, other subscribers include natural gas traders, fundamental and technical energy analysts, and investors in energy equity and debt securities.


For More Information: Michael McAuliffe, VP of Sales & Marketing (502) 583-4315.