| Gas | Power |
| Market Close | Market Close |
| Gas prices moved higher yesterday, taking direction from bullish commodity markets, with carbon in particular displaying strong upward movement. Meanwhile, supply levels tightened due to a drop in flows which offered additional support to the front of the curve. | Gains could be observed across the power curve yesterday as contracts followed their gas counterparts and stronger fuel markets. An expected drop in temperatures next week helped the near-curve climb higher, although a healthy wind generation forecast for today weighed on the prompt. |
| Market Open | Market Open |
| The UK gas system has opened long this morning following a rise in Norwegian flows and healthy wind levels. Gas prices have moved down at the front of the curve, while the far-curve has found little support from fuel markets as oil is stable, coal is down and carbon continues to increase. | Wind levels are set to drop over the weekend and the start of the next week which has helped the Day-Ahead contract open at a strong premium. Temperatures are forecast to be around the seasonal norm, offering little direction to prices which are generally mixed this morning. |
For a breakdown of the current generation mix visit our Power Generation Insights page.
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Brent Summary Brent 1st-nearby prices have slumped to around $59.5/b following a strong loss yesterday, however, prices rebounded slightly due to expectations of OPEC production cuts. 1-year forward prices Market close data has revealed that the 1-year forward price for commercial gas recorded a small loss, while commercial electricity moved higher – closing at 60.20ppt and £59.65/MWh, respectively. Today’s prices can also be found in an easy to read table on our ‘current UK energy price' page. |
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