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Tough financial forces and bad summer weather
seem to be determined to try and take charge of
the wholesale energy supply market.
Prices tumbled throughout the middle of June to brand-new lows. Annual gas costs are today
15% lower than the same time last year, whilst annual force prices fell to a two-year low plus are
22% down year-on-year.

Falling force prices dragged yearly spark spreads down 7% to £3.4/MWh, and even that
reliable stalwart coal is having a difficult time of aspects, with slipping prices buffering the fall of
dark spreads slightly to a £17.9/MWh premium to spark spreads.

So what's been setting off these cost crashes? Well, concerns about debt inside the Eurozone
nations hasn't helped. Greece lurches from crisis to crisis and even the election of a fresh
government is doing small to allay fears about its long-term future. However it's slowing financial
development inside the US plus China which has really pushed international power markets
downwards. Brent Ameratex Energy Crude Oil tumbled to $97.6/bl, its lowest level because
January 2011, and annual API coal dropped to a brand-new 20-month low of $95.4/t.

But, all of this is good news for consumers. While we can be lost out on that 'BBQ summer' the
forecasters promised us, both domestic and commercial end-users have watched stamina
prices drop inside real terms. A fall inside inflation has additionally assisted to stabilise the retail
market, however, the big difference has been at the pumps, where motorists have finally started
to see the numbers found on the forecourts going down rather of up. This, combined with lower
electricity and gas fees, has given the British economy a brief respite, throughout which it has a
chance to push up creation and keep the delicate heart of UK PLC beating for a while longer.

Ironically, it's been the biomass market that has held the fort. Despite biomass contracts
dropping, with costs for 2013 down 1% to £88.5/t, prices are still about 6% higher than
this time last year. They've recovered from their four-year low plus are at their highest level for
five months. This boost has been helped inside no little measure with all the approval of the
plans for a 40MW staw-fuelled biomass plant in Snetterton, Norfolk, that have finally been given
the go-ahead.

The real headline grabber throughout June and into July has been the atrocious weather the UK
has experienced. Lower than average June temperatures plus storm after storm has resulted in
a rise inside UK gas demand. Supply peaked at 223.1mcm on 11th June, in the middle of the
bad weather. Industry watchers believe which the unseasonably bad weather has encouraged
various persons to do anything they wouldn't normally do inside June - they turned the heating
up. The result was which although the national program decreased 0.1%, the territorial program
climbed 2.2%. To date, summer demand (calculated from April 1st) was down 7.8% found on
the national program however, up a staggering 31.1% on the regional system, compared to the
same time last year.
What this indicates is that while gas demand for power generation is down year-on-year,
expenditure by households plus little companies has risen. This means that gas expenditure is
acting as a barometer for the productiveness of the UK economy and while the big users may
be struggling, homes plus businesses are continuing to ride out the worst of the financial storm,
placing a more positive face on what has been a difficult limited months.

How costs might fare inside the next few weeks depends 3 details - the resolution (or otherwise)
of the Eurozone crisis, and the financial condition of the US and China. If they begin to wobble
you may see costs commence to climb back up again.

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Crude oil energy 248004

  • 1. Tough financial forces and bad summer weather seem to be determined to try and take charge of the wholesale energy supply market. Prices tumbled throughout the middle of June to brand-new lows. Annual gas costs are today 15% lower than the same time last year, whilst annual force prices fell to a two-year low plus are 22% down year-on-year. Falling force prices dragged yearly spark spreads down 7% to £3.4/MWh, and even that reliable stalwart coal is having a difficult time of aspects, with slipping prices buffering the fall of dark spreads slightly to a £17.9/MWh premium to spark spreads. So what's been setting off these cost crashes? Well, concerns about debt inside the Eurozone nations hasn't helped. Greece lurches from crisis to crisis and even the election of a fresh government is doing small to allay fears about its long-term future. However it's slowing financial development inside the US plus China which has really pushed international power markets downwards. Brent Ameratex Energy Crude Oil tumbled to $97.6/bl, its lowest level because January 2011, and annual API coal dropped to a brand-new 20-month low of $95.4/t. But, all of this is good news for consumers. While we can be lost out on that 'BBQ summer' the forecasters promised us, both domestic and commercial end-users have watched stamina prices drop inside real terms. A fall inside inflation has additionally assisted to stabilise the retail market, however, the big difference has been at the pumps, where motorists have finally started to see the numbers found on the forecourts going down rather of up. This, combined with lower electricity and gas fees, has given the British economy a brief respite, throughout which it has a chance to push up creation and keep the delicate heart of UK PLC beating for a while longer. Ironically, it's been the biomass market that has held the fort. Despite biomass contracts dropping, with costs for 2013 down 1% to £88.5/t, prices are still about 6% higher than this time last year. They've recovered from their four-year low plus are at their highest level for five months. This boost has been helped inside no little measure with all the approval of the plans for a 40MW staw-fuelled biomass plant in Snetterton, Norfolk, that have finally been given the go-ahead. The real headline grabber throughout June and into July has been the atrocious weather the UK has experienced. Lower than average June temperatures plus storm after storm has resulted in a rise inside UK gas demand. Supply peaked at 223.1mcm on 11th June, in the middle of the bad weather. Industry watchers believe which the unseasonably bad weather has encouraged various persons to do anything they wouldn't normally do inside June - they turned the heating up. The result was which although the national program decreased 0.1%, the territorial program climbed 2.2%. To date, summer demand (calculated from April 1st) was down 7.8% found on the national program however, up a staggering 31.1% on the regional system, compared to the same time last year.
  • 2. What this indicates is that while gas demand for power generation is down year-on-year, expenditure by households plus little companies has risen. This means that gas expenditure is acting as a barometer for the productiveness of the UK economy and while the big users may be struggling, homes plus businesses are continuing to ride out the worst of the financial storm, placing a more positive face on what has been a difficult limited months. How costs might fare inside the next few weeks depends 3 details - the resolution (or otherwise) of the Eurozone crisis, and the financial condition of the US and China. If they begin to wobble you may see costs commence to climb back up again.