West power dailies slide on weaker demand outlook

摘要

Western power day-ahead prices trended down in Thursday trading forFriday-Saturday delivery as demand was forecast to slide ahead of theweekend.Mid-Columbia on-peak notched down about $1 to price around$25/MWh. The off-peak package also decreased about $1 to tradearound $22/MWh.Similarly, California-Oregon Border on-peak and off-peak packagesdecreased about $1 to price around $25/MWh and $23/MWh,respectively. Nevada-Oregon Border on-peak saw the biggest declineday on day, sliding $4 to price around $23/MWh, down 15% from its lastsettlement.