Your Resource for Global Energy Research
London Economics Press (LEP) is your partner in understanding the energy markets. We specialize in providing concise and meaningful overviews of key electricity markets worldwide, including wholesale electricity price forecasts. LEI performs “multi-client” forecasts for eleven regional wholesale markets across North America. The energy, and where applicable, capacity market price outlooks are updated every six months. These forecasts include an examination of recent market developments, key assumptions used in the modeling, and a 10-year wholesale electricity price and, where relevant, capacity price forecast
Contents
- An overview of the market and recent developments – a discussion of the key market drivers, and developments in the previous six months, including any new entrants and retirements, new transmission lines, market rule changes, market auction outcomes, mergers and acquisitions, new state policies or initiatives, and environmental rules
- Modeling assumptions in the LEI price forecast – a detailing of assumptions used for each region, including market topography, future fuel prices, emission costs, the cost of generic new entry, import and export flows, demand levels, and the breakdown of supply. For regions with multiple zones, assumptions are broken down by zone.
- 10-year price forecast – a price forecast for wholesale electricity prices, and capacity market prices (for those regions where this is applicable). Where relevant, these price forecasts are broken down by zone
Available Markets
- Alberta
- California (CAISO)
- Midwest (MISO)
- New England (ISO-NE)
- New York (NYISO)
- Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM)
- Ontario
- Southeast Reliability Council (SERC)
- Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
- Texas (ERCOT)
- Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC)