Market Snapshot: March 9, 2023

WEATHER: NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID-MARCH HAVE WE HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE NATURAL GAS MARKET? NATURAL GAS MARKET PRICES CREEP HIGHER DESPITE GOOD STORAGE NUMBERS. EIA: NATURAL GAS STORAGE REPORT Electricity: PJM BGE HUB FORWARD POWER PRICING Electricity: PJM AD HUB PRICING 2023 Electricity, which usually runs parallel to Natural Gas in market movement,…

In the past 20 years, natural gas has displaced most coal-fired generation in Pennsylvania.

Natural gas-fired power plants generated 2% of the electricity produced in Pennsylvania in 2001. Over the next 20 years, natural gas-fired generation in the state will increase rapidly, reaching 52% in 2021. Natural gas displaced most coal-fired generation, which fell from 57% of the electricity generated in Pennsylvania in 2001 to 12% in 2021. Natural…