SPP Tracker: Prices, peakload reach record highs on extreme winter weather

摘要

The February winter storm caused Southwest Power Pool wholesalepower prices to spike 3,200% year on year as peakload climbed 9.2%,the highest jump across the nation, and generators were ordered toconduct rotating outages.The disruption carried over into the forwards market where theprompt-month spiked and prices down the curve trended well aboveyear-ago levels.