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I think the reason the world is going to shit is the same reason this thread is going to shit... think about it.

LOL @ Ace Ventura reference. Man, what a retarded movie!

I agree, or at least for Albertan utility companies. Just looking at stocks like ACO.X, TA, CU, EP.UN on the TSE you can see that they are clearly in a rut right now. I think there is higher demand growth for power than there is for supply growth, as it is harder to get financing for new...

You're right, amigo. I'm about as green as it gets around here... but thanks for clearing that up. I knew it was a dumb question, but now I know.

Hi, I'm not that new to option theory but I have never done any option trading in reality and have a question about the mechanics of the process. I'm pretty up to speed on the concepts of buying and selling puts and calls, but something is bugging me. Suppose you bought 100 contracts of...

I still don't see what the big fuss about wind generation is. I think the fact that it is intermittent (and that you can't feasibly store electricity) isn't that widespread among the lay-person. I think it's funny how utilities companies love to cheerlead wind generation for public relations...

Bump. Anybody do any power trading in Canada or the Pacific NW? I graduated from university a few years ago and worked on a real-time desk in Calgary for one of the major generators and have recently moved into scheduling transmission in an adjacent market... (not hard to guess which one...

Holy smokes... glad I wasn't around then to take that advice this morning when I saw that HH prompt month was under $5...

There's definitely some good info on the ISO sites. I used to work for ATCO Power in Calgary, http://www.cupil.com is a great site for seeing the real-time data about the Alberta market. (It is the offline backup of one of the real-time screens we used to use.) I'd love to trade info like...

I'd like to know too. I'm trying to get into the industry here in Canada... specifically Powerex in Vancouver. It would be nice to find some reading material to devour and brains to pick.