West dailies mixed on weather, volatile gas

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West day-ahead power prices were mixed Friday as temperatures werernexpected to remain steady through most of the region, while spot gasrnprices pressed lower in a volatile session.rnIn California, SP15 day-ahead on-peak was up $1.50 to $18.25/MWhrnon ICE for Monday delivery. Day-ahead off-peak dropped $3.25 tornabout $15.75/MWh.rnSpot gas prices at PG&E city-gate dropped 2.5 cents to $2.020/rnMMBtu for flow Saturday-Monday, while SoCal city-gates plunged 12.5rncents to $1.875/MMBtu. Thermal generation in the California ISO regionrnaveraged 6,321 MW month to date ended Thursday, down from 8,478rnMW in the same period of 2015 amid a recovery in hydro generation ofrn139% to 2,914 MW.