Power markets post checkered gains as South heats up

摘要

Power prices braved a fairly lackluster session across much of nthe United States on Tuesday, June 14, as market fundamentals nstalled and offered very little drive for values. But in the majority of nthe country, prices managed to trend slightly higher, reflecting an nincreased demand picture as temperatures continue to push higher nahead of the official start of summer in one week.nGains were most pronounced in the South, where temperatures nfrom Texas to Louisiana “will sizzle through this weekend with high ntemperatures from the middle 90s to above the century mark due to na ridge of high pressure centered over southwestern Texas,” accord-ning to AccuWeather.com.