Central spot power prices fall on warm forecast

摘要

Central spot power prices fell as unseasonably warm weather wasrnexpected across the Midwest over the next several days, puttingrnpressure on spot natural gas prices.rnThe Midcontinent Independent System Operator projectedrnpeakload of 77,800 MW Thursday and 76,520 MW Friday.rnCoal accounted for 55.9% of Thursday's generation mix at 1:55 pmrnEDT, followed by natural gas (26%), nuclear (11.5%) and windrngeneration (4.5%).