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Megawatt Daily provides detailed coverage of power prices in major US and Canadian electricity markets, up-to-date information about solicitations and supply deals, and information about complex state and federal power regulations. News and market commentary found in Megawatt Daily is used by major players in the electric power industry, helping them understand what is moving the US power markets, market intelligence and reference prices for contracts.
Megawatt Daily Benefits
Traders and Marketers rely on Megawatt Daily’s critical end of day price assessments—helping them make more profitable transactions. They also use news and pricing analysis to evaluate U.S. power market movements, saving them valuable time and effort.
Analysts use Megawatt Daily to deliver business-critical information, creating reports and summaries that their executive management need to make crucial strategic and planning decisions.
Finance and Compliance use Megawatt Daily price assessments to resolve contract pricing issues, establish contract prices for billing and understanding regional basis for contract price formulae.
Business Development and Sales draw on Megawatt Daily news, market commentary and assessments to understand the electricity market/pricing trends and stay on top of customer/counter-party activities as well as develop new business opportunities.
Attorneys use Megawatt Daily to keep abreast of power market news in the US and Canadian energy sector, tracking regulatory changes, proposals and discussion.
Executive Management read Megawatt Daily news and market commentary to track important market developments and news around competitors and customer companies. They employ the market assessments in developing pricing/budgeting strategies.
Features
Megawatt Daily provides you with
- Intra-Day coverage
- Electricity News
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rulings
- Market trends and helpful insights into the workings of the power industry
- M&A activity
- RFP and ISO coverage
- Daily coverage
- Power Market Commentary
- Recap of prior day trading activity for both the spot and futures market
- Daily Price Survey
- Over 30 daily on-peak indexes
- Over 30 daily off-peak indexes
- Spark spreads
- Daily market commentary
- Generation unit outages
- Daily emissions news
- Day-ahead markets for power delivery
- Platts-ICE Forward Curve-Electricity
- Weekly Coverage
- On-peak and off-peak day ahead markets for delivery across ERCOT as well as the Southeast, West, Northeast, PJM, MISO and SPP/MRO regions in North America.
- Weekend markets for delivery in various regions
- Monthly Coverage
- FTR Market - RTO Breakout Top 20 Participants
- FTR Market - Top 50 Participants
- Quarterly Coverage
- Most Active Delivery Points
- RTO/NERC Region Top Companies
Megawatt Daily covers key regions across the US and Canadian power markets. Delivered to your desktop on a daily basis, Megawatt Daily brings you crucial competitive intelligence across the entire power marketplace.
- Over 30 daily on-peak indexes
- Over 30 daily off-peak indexes
- Spark spreads
- Daily market commentary
- Generation unit outages
- Quarterly Data and Analysis
- Megawatt Daily subscribers have access to Platts' exclusive quarterly data on wholesale sellers' volumes, and our Power Sales Analysis, which breaks the sales data down by region, by seller and in other valuable ways.
- Enhanced RFP and ISO Coverage
- Subscribers have benefited from stronger coverage of RFPs and of the all-important ISO markets - their structure, rules and conflicts, and the key auctions of financial transmission rights.
Archive Access
As part of your subscription to Megawatt Daily, you have access via Platts Market Center to past articles from back issues of Megawatt Daily. This valuable resource will allow you to search for and analyze useful information and create your own customized reference on issues in power that interest you. You'll always find what you're looking for, because our archives are easily searchable - just enter key words, company names, a date range, or an industry, and specify which publications you wish to search.
Market Data - Electric Power
The price assessments listed in Megawatt Daily are also available in data-point format for easy analysis. This is the most efficient way to receive our industry-standard assessments.
For a modest additional cost, upgrade your subscription to include Market Data - Electric Power. With a click of a mouse you'll have access to the latest electric power price assessments including:
- Term and spot price assessments and indexes
- Futures and derivatives.
- NYMEX nearbys and outrights for Central Appalachian coal.
- North American spark spreads
Purchase and Delivery Options
Standard Delivery
The Megawatt Daily is delivered online through Platts Market Center and via email.