El Niño, Clean Power Plan, litigation big factorsrnimpacting power sector in 2016: experts

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El Niño, the Clean Power Plan, organized wholesale power marketrnexpansion and litigation about demand response are among the mostrnimportant factors likely to influence power markets in 2016, accordingrnto industry observers.rn“Weather volatility will continue to drive the energy markets to alltimernlows and all-time highs as we continue to see 1-in-100-yearrnweather events more commonplace,” said Adam Sinn, an AspirernCommodities power trader based in Houston.rnNick Cioll, chief financial officer at Sperian Energy, a Las Vegasbasedrnretail electricity provider, called 2016 “a very important inflectionrnpoint in the energy industry … with what is shaping up as a perfectrnstorm for prices and production and weather conditions.”